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.

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.

There are 5 Task Maps in this resource, which are all linked to the novel Holes. The task maps make up a unit of Literacy work that can be used over 5 weeks. Week 1: Task Map for Ch 1 to 9 Week 2: Task Map for Ch 10 to 22 Week 3: Task Map for Ch 23 to 31 Week 4: Task Map for Ch 32 to 43 Week 5: Task Map for Ch 44 to 50 Each Task Map is split into 8 literacy based tasks and will usually take the pupils two lessons to complete. The tasks are linked to Bloom’s taxonomy so there are an excellent range of learning objectives being covered.

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.

Planning for thirty-one 30 minute whole class reading sessions for Louis Sachar’s Holes. Used with Y6 but would work with Year 5 or lower attaining year 7s. Planning for each session includes vocabulary to discuss, a section to read, discussion questions and an independent response task. Activ Inspire whiteboard file for each session.

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. (INCLUDING MODEL TEXT)

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.

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to understand the character of the Warden from Louis Sachar's 'Holes', making insightful comments about her character based upon her actions, and backing these ideas up with reference to evidence from the text. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through: - Reading and understanding the selected extracts to determine the key traits of The Warden's character at different points in the text; - Noticing trends in Warden's character throughout the text, observing how she develops from her introduction in the text to later on in the story; - Analysing Sachar's use of language and description in describing the Warden; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts; - Creating their own villainous Warden, using an engaging template. Included is: - Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive; - Selected extract- Chapter 14; - Development of The Warden worksheet (Word and PDF) - Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses; - Create your own villain template - Comprehensive lesson plan. There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with year 7 and 8 classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 4 and 9 with minimal adaptations. All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.

This Guided Reading resources for Holes by Louis Sachar includes: •Weekly Guided Reading chapter by chapter focus •Introductory pre-reading questions/activities •Listed unfamiliar vocabulary to be addressed before reading each chapter •Questions for each chapter focusing on building comprehension, inference and prediction skills. •A complete pack that is ready to print and go! •Perfect for reluctant male readers, who need to develop their reading skills!

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

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

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.

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!

A unique set of activities that will engage your students focus, ignite their learning and strengthen your HOLES unit of work. Spelling Board Game - HOLES themed words 2x A4 playing boards - join together. Enlarge to A3 for best results 54 squares on the playing board. 24 Game words - In addition, use the Game Word Template option to create your own words for the Spelling Game Game instructions Game Life Cards Spelling Worksheet Template - Type in your own Daily Target word - 10 questions on each sheet. Edit the questions to suit your own targets Homework Activities 20-30 minutes for each activity **Group Activity **- “Digging Into Holes” **Creative Writing Adventure Prompt **- HOLES theme Powerpoint Quiz - HOLES theme Bingo Activity - HOLES theme Comprehension worksheet- HOLES theme Cloze Exercise worksheet- HOLES theme Word Search worksheet- HOLES theme **Certificate Template **- edit and use as necessary

This resource provides a précis of this well known story.

A complete lesson, PowerPoint and resources for the book ’Holes’ By Louis Sachar This is lesson 3 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.

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.