Holes by Louis Sachar
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Writing about the Warden | ||
Students unveil the villainess within the warden using an essay planning sheet. There's advice on using quotations, a formal essay style and discourse markers too. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 04/03/2013 | |||
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Who are you most like in Holes? | ||
An interactive Choices whizzy activity. Students answer a number of multiple choice questions to determine which character they're most like! There is also a Word document and PDF available. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 04/02/2013 | |||
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Character cards and 'Connect four' | ||
These character cards are a lovely starting point for role-play work and help students get to know the characters from the novel in more detail. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 08/07/2011 | |||
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Zero's trial | ||
Defend Zero! A lovely speaking and listening post-reading activity. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 27/04/2009 | |||
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Holes wordsearch - teacher's sheet | ||
The answers to the wordsearch. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 26/05/2006 | |||
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Holes wordsearch | ||
A useful 'filler' that also helps students to remember character names in Holes. Teacher's answer sheet is available. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 26/05/2006 | |||
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Showing and telling |
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Detailed plans and guidance on examining Sachar's simple, 'telling' style of writing. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 19/05/2006 | |||
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Camp Green Lake ID card | ||
A useful ID card template. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 24/06/2005 | |||
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Themes and character in Holes | ||
A handy template for exploring themes and an analysis of Camp Green Lake's effects on Stanley. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 24/06/2005 | |||
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Explaining character in Holes | ||
Explaining character in Holes using evidence from a text. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/09/2004 | |||
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Studying the Holes film trailer | ||
A worksheet to accompany watching the trailer to Holes. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 18/05/2004 | |||
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A scheme of work for year 8 | ||
Including teaching ideas (starter - development - plenary etc), objectives and some interesting resources. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 23/10/2002 | |||
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The epilogue | ||
Lesson plan for starter activity. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Characters | ||
Describe the main characters. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Chapter 40 | ||
What happened while Stanley and Zero were on the mountain? | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Kissin' Kate's Obituary | ||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Holes (The movie) | ||
Design the movie poster. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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The Lizard | ||
Complete the table with details. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Kate's Diary | ||
Write extracts from Kate's diary using information and prompt questions. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Madame Zeroni | ||
Write one of Madame Zeroni's amazing stories. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 30/08/2002 | |||
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Holes in Holes! | ||
Some questions to get you thinking about holes in the story. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 12/06/2002 | |||
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Camp Green Lake Incident Report | ||
Complete an official report using this writing frame and proforma. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 12/06/2002 | |||
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Green Lake Informer | ||
Produce an edition of this newspaper, after the events at the school house. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 12/06/2002 | |||
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Dear Mom, Dear Stanley | ||
Write the letter Stanley writes home in Chapter 9, and his mom's reply. | |||
| KS3 | Prose Published: 12/06/2002 | |||
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