A complete SOW for Hole by Louis Sachar including PowerPoints and resources. The unit covers lots of analysis, creative writing and context (civil rights). There is also some reciprocal reading sessions.

Activities for every chapter of Louis Sachar’s Holes. Visible Thinking, Drama, Creative Writing and Reading Comprehension. The Holes book study teaches students how to understand reading comprehension through VIPERS - vocabulary, inferences, predictions, explanations, retrieval and summaries. Activities for every chapter -no printing required. Suitable for a range of class sizes - from individual students to large classes. File includes ppt. and pdf versions of the book study.

Looks at the escape genre (use this when Stanley escapes from Camp Green Lake).

Full sequence of lessons based on the book ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. End product of a persuasive leaflet encouraging parents to send their child to Camp Green Lake. Using AFOREST techniques.

Holes by Louis Sachar Complete comprehension questions for all chapters Includes: Smart Notebook slides PDF version SAT style comprehension printable tests (PDF and WORD available)

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’Holes’ By Louis Sachar This is lesson 1 in a series of 6. The whole scheme of work is available. The whole scheme includes 6 full lessons, each fully resourced, and including a detailed PPT. The scheme culminates in the class writing a description of a setting using all of the descriptive techniques learned and developed during the series of lessons. There are also 2 additional lessons that complete the scheme ( a hot and a cold task) This scheme was incredibly engaging and produced brilliant pieces of writing. Images sourced from Pixabay.

This resource examines the opening and offers a task as a director of a film version.

An example of Year 6 Greater Depth writing. A setting description of Camp Green Lake inspired by the story Holes by Louis Sachar. Self assessment questions attached.

This resource provides a series of creative writing tasks based on the Louis Sachar Novel Holes. The powerpoint presentation provides ideas for a leaflet, diary entry and newspaper article amongst others.

A fun question and answer game as oppose to comprehension chapter questions. Attached are 124 questions from all of the chapters in Holes by Sachar. On one side of the question is a hole, and should be places face down on the floor. On the other side of the hole is a question OR a yellow spotted lizard. Students are to get into coloured teams and throw bean bags at the holes. If they land on a hole, time stops and that team are allowed to answer the question for a point. If they land on a hole and it ends up being a yellow spotted lizard, then that team lose a point. It’s a very fun way to engage students with comprehension questions!

Two domino activities to support the study of Holes by Louis Sachar. Blooms type questions, encouraging students to find quotations and recollect key events within the novel. Aimed at KS3. Differentiated resource.

PPT with clear examples and instructions for activities for a Year 6 Reading set.

SATs style comprehension questions for each chapter of Louis Sachar's 'Holes'. Accompany the use of the novel as an independent or class reader with these 1, 2 and 3 mark questions which require pupils to use skills from a full range of reading 'strands' or assessment focuses.

These two resources (planning frame and model) will allow children to demonstrate informal writing in UKS2.

Here are seven sessions inspired by Louis Sachar’s ‘Holes’ (or the film of the same name) pitched at Year 5 or Year 6. First, children write an informal letter from Stanley to a member of his family back home. After that, they write a formal letter of complaint from Mrs. Yelnats to Warden Walker. There are also optional cold task and hots tasks (Pizza Problems!) if you need them. It’s all in Powerpoint and Word, so edit as you wish. Absolutely everything you need is in the zip folder. Models and planning are frames included along with many other supporting resources (word banks, text extracts and information pages). Get stuck in! Here is an overview of the six sessions: OPTIONAL COLD TASK Pizza problems! Write an informal email to a friend. Use the planning frame and the word bank if you need them. Reading fluency and tricky vocabulary Look at tricky words and rank them. Use synonyms and paraphrases to replace tricky words. Improve reading fluency through modelled and paired reading. • I can explore unfamiliar vocabulary in context • I can read a story fluently Plan an informal letter to Mom ** Read the start of Stanley’s letter and Mom’s reply. Discuss how Stanley is creative with the truth. Focus on planning structure – give each paragraph a theme. Share read an example letter before starting. • I plan an informal letter • I can use informal language and sentence structures Write a letter to Mom Explore the difference between formal and informal. Identify formal and informal language. Revisit contractions and dashes – they are common in informal writing. Write a letter home. • I can make contractions by dropping letters and using an apostrophe in their place • I can add chatty afterthoughts using dashes Plan a formal letter Explore formal language choice. Get into role as one of Stanley’s parents. Pick three key points to complain about. Read information relating to your three points and plan your letter. • I can use precise language (limited, inadequate, insufficient) and write in a formal style Write a formal letter Share read a formal letter paying close attention to grammar features. Spend time exploring word banks. Write formal letters, maintaining an appropriate register throughout. • I can write maintain a formal style throughout my writing • I can use a range of (upper KS2) punctuation OPTIONAL HOT TASK Pizza problems 2! Write a letter of complaint. Use the planning frame and the word bank if you need them.

Series of lessons for teaching Holes for a good Year 8 class. 58 seperate files and resources

Ten questions (with answers) aimed at checking comprehension of the text.

This is a 10 day Teaching PowerPoint complete with success criteria’s and differentiated/adapted resources that leads to a long writing task - setting description of Camp Green Lake as well as Innovating the description to change the setting to a new setting where children plan and write independently. The lessons include talk tasks and grammar based on the book and it is pitched at National Curriculum levels for Year 6. See breakdown of teaching materials below. All the lessons follow in sequence and each lesson whether role play or grammar builds up to the long writing task. This set of lessons is structured based on the best pedagogical approaches to use in the classroom such as AFL questions to gather what learners already know, the use of talk partners to share learning, allowing learners to choose their own task from MILD, SPICY and HOT (this works wonders for their self-esteem) The tasks are differentiated and progressive. The PowerPoint allows you to teach and model the writing. The learners’ can use their work from Day 1 to Day 7 and interweave it into the Long Write. Lessons include a word bank to support EAL/SEN learners and a word bank for all children for the long write. Lesson 1: Comprehension: To make a prediction. (Front cover) Lesson 2 : Comprehension : To make a prediction (blurb) Lesson 3 : Comprehension : To raise a range of questions. (about Camp Green Lake) Lesson 4: Grammar : To create expanded noun phrases ( Camp Green Lake ) Lesson 5 : Grammar/Writing : To use figurative language Lesson 6: Planning: To plan a setting description (Camp Green Lake) Lesson 7 : Speaking and Listening : To participate in roleplay and ask questions ( Camp Green Lake) Lesson 8 : Composition : To write a setting description (Camp Green Lake) Lesson 9 : Planning : To plan a setting (new innovated setting) Lesson 10 : Writing : To write a new setting description. (new innovated setting)

Resources on the novel Holes by Louis Sachar Resources include - Critical Essay Skills - Writing about heroes - Paired Reading - Inference