Prep Term 2 HOLES Booklet 2

Part 2: The Last Hole

Part 3: Filling in the Holes

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 TARGETS

 how to recognize implied meanings.

 how to identify and understand the

main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text.

 how to comment on a writer’s use of

language, understanding their use of
vocabulary.

 how to give a personal response to a

text with textual reference in support.

 how to understand the different ways

texts can reflect the social, cultural and
historical contexts in which they were
written.

 how to identify social, cultural and

moral issues in stories and in class
readers.

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CHAPTERS 29-36
Before Reading
1. Match the words with the pictures.
1. to choke ____ 4. freckles ____
2. a mirage ____ 5. a scar ____ F
3. to be delirious ____ 6. turquoise ____

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2. Match the words with their meanings.

1. to pound ____ a. to make small, quick involuntary movements
2. a riot _____ b. a big, flat piece of hard material like rock or wood
3. to twitch _____ c. moved forward with an unsteady jump
4. lurched forward ____ d. loud and violent behavior by a crowd
5. a slab ____ e. hot and wet air
6. a deep gash ____ f. to make a low, gruff sound in the throat
7. to grunt ____ g. to repeatedly hit hard
8. humid ____ h. a deep cut or wound
3. Find these word groups in chapters 29, and complete them in the box.

the flash the clap ____________ of God

the thumb beads ____________ of moisture ____________ of lightning

the handle ____________ of his shovel ____________ of thunder

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4. In chapter 30, we will read: Stanley made a feeble attempt to punch Zigzag, then he felt a flurry of
fists against his head and neck. What is meant by a “flurry of fists”? Look up the dictionary
definition of flurry and fist, then explain what the phrase means in your own words.
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After Reading
1. How did the other boys feel about Stanley’s deal with Zero? Do you think they were right?
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2. Why did Zero hit Mr. Pendanski? Do you think he was right to be angry? Explain your answer.
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3. Stanley runs away to look for Zero. Make a list of the pros and cons of his decision.

Pros Cons

4. The author ends chapter 33 with a single-word sentence: Lunch. Why is this an effective way to
end the chapter?
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5. What did Zero find that helped him survive on the lake? How did it get there?
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6. Why does Zero refuse to go back to Camp Green Lake? Do you agree with his decision?
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CHAPTERS 31-35

1) Place a tick in the appropriate column in the chart below and provide a reason
for your choice.

Name Goodie Baddie Reason

Elya Yelnats

Stanley Yelnats

Hector Zeroni

Mr Sir

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Mr Pendanski

Trout Walker

Derrick Dunne

Madame Zeroni

Kissing Kate Barlow

The Warden

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CHAPTERS 37-43

Matching. Put the correct letter in the blank space provided. Note – there will be too many
answers!

____ Zero doesn’t know how to do this A. Camp Green Lake

B. Kissing Kate
C. Walker
____ The nail polish has this in it D. Start digging
E. Spiced peaches
F. Read
____ Stanley’s great great grandfather survived at G. Dig holes
this place
H. Spit in a hole
I. Rattlesnake venom
J. God’s thumb
____ Kate Barlow was famous for what food?
K. Zeroni
L. Mary Lou
M. Rat poison
____ What is Zero’s last name?
N. Sunflower seeds

____ What was the name of Sam’s donkey?

____ Kate Barlow’s last words

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After Reading
1. Describe the place that Stanley and Zero found. Include as many details from the book as you can,
and use at least five adjectives from the box:

foul flat muddy soggy tiny layered

deep hot bitter warm steep

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2. What do you, the reader, knows about the onions that Stanley and Zero does not know?
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3. Were you surprised by Zero’s confession about the shoes? What clues were there earlier in the
story (forshadowing clues)?
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4. In chapter 41, Zero says: “I should have just kept them. If I had just kept those old smelly sneakers,
then neither of us would be here now.” Explain what would have been different if Zero had kept
the old sneakers. Would it have been better for the two boys if he had?
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5. Think about this quote from page 187: As Stanley stared at the glittering sky, he thought there was
no place he would rather be. He was glad Zero put the shoes on the parked car. He was glad they fell
from the overpass and hit him on the head. Explain why Stanley feels this way, giving evidence
from the story.
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Extension Activities
Choose only one of the activities below to complete.

1. In chapter 43, Zero tells about a happy memory from his early childhood: he was in a crib, and his
mother was singing the same lullaby to him that Stanley sings. Think back to your earliest
memories. Describe one of them in the box below, including as many details as you can
remember. Where were you? What could you hear and see? How did you feel?
2. When Zero was a little boy, his mother told him to wait for her in a playground, and never
returned. He waited for more than a month. Other children wanted to play with Zero and share
their food with him, but their mothers told them to stay away from him. In the box below, write a
paragraph explaining what you would do if you met a homeless child. What would you say to your
parents if they told you to stay away from the child?

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CHAPTERS 44-50
Before Reading
1. Match the phrases with their meanings.
1. something won’t budge ____ a. to imagine you are seeing things which aren’t really there

2. to hallucinate ____ b. something cannot be moved

3. to torture someone ____ c. real, legal, acceptable according to the rules

4. to be legitimate ____ d. to be arrested and put in prison

5. to pry something loose _____ e. to force something to move, using leverage to make
something move
6. to cause a commotion _____ f. to cause someone severe pain in order to punish them or
force them to say or do something
7. to be incarcerated ____ g. to make a lot of loud noise, to attract a lot of attention

2. Use the red words above to complete the story below.

Dr. Jones entered the cave slowly. He was careful not

to touch any of the bright green frogs on the walls. He
knew the slime on their skin could make him
____________________ and imagine seeing strange
things, and he needed to focus right now.
As he got closer to the statue, he saw the huge
shining diamond sitting in its hands! At last! It was his!
He gently tried to ______ the diamond
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Suddenly, he heard something! A loud

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villagers! They were coming! If they caught him here,
they might ______________ him or even worse – kill
him!

3. In chapter 45, we will read: The light illuminated Stanley’s hole. He glanced down and had to force
himself to suppress a scream. Find the definition of suppress in the dictionary. Why do you think
Stanley has to suppress a scream? What do you think he sees in the hole?
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After Reading
1. Why do you think the lizards didn’t bite Stanley and Zero?
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2. What was the treasure that Zero and Stanley found? Why didn’t anyone believe the Warden
when she said it was hers? Who did it really belong to?
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3. Think about this quote from page 225: A short while later both boys fell asleep. Behind them the sky
turned dark, and for the first time in over a hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake.
Explain the significance of this passage. Why do you think it started to rain?
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4. How does Hector’s mother know the same lullaby that the Yelnets sang?
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5. Why is Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston in the Yelnats’ living room in Chapter 50?
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BONUS ACTIVITIES
Word Search
Find vocabulary words from this booklet in the word search below.
raspy
__ __ __ __ __ : scratchy, rough
freckles
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : spots on the
skin

__ __ __ __ __ : move forward
suddenly

__ __ __ __ __ : hot, wet weather

__ __ __ __ __ : low sound made in

throat

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : wetness

__ __ __ __ : a deep cut

__ __ __ __ : an old wound that never

heals

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : crazy because
of a fever

__ __ __ __ __ : the ability to be
moved

__ __ __ __ __ __ : the appearance of water on hot ground

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : a color between green and blue

__ __ __ __ : loud, violent behavior by a crowd

__ __ __ __ __ __ : make quick, involuntary movements

__ __ __ __ __ __ : a criminal wanted by the police

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : a criminal hiding from the police

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : to pollute, make dirty

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : impossible to explain

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : to imagine seeing things

__ __ __ : to force something to move using leverage

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : acceptable, real

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : noise that attracts attention

__ __ __ __ __ : to squeeze someone's neck so they can't breath

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : to arrest and put in prison

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 If Only, If Only…
Read the lyrics of the Pig Lullaby below, and complete the activities below.
“If only, if only,” the woodpecker sighs,
“The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer.”
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
He cries to the moon,
“If only, if only.”

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;

Reflecting the sun and all that’s gone by.
Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only.

1. What is the mood (feeling) of this poem? What words give it that feeling?
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2. Who are the speakers in the poem? What do they want?
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5. In literature, a symbol is something that stands for or suggests something else. Symbolically, what
does Big Thumb represent for Stanley and Zero?
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6. What else do we learn about Stanley in Chapter 43?
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7. Why does Zero say ‘Satan’ and then later ‘Sa-tan-lee’?
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8. Why does the suitcase have Stanley’s name on it?
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 9. What piece of information found at the end of Chapter 49 suggests that justice has been served?

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10. At the end of Chapter 45, the author writes, ‘Stanley could hear his heart beat. Each beat told him he
was still alive, at least for one more second.’’ Would you call this a positive or a negative statement? Why?
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11. How is the version of the lullaby Zero’s mother sings at the end of the novel different from Stanley’s
father sang to Stanley?
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12. What does Stanley do with his share of the treasure/loot? What does Zero do with his share?
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13. In Holes, we saw how the choices that people made over 100 years ago in the past, continued to have
an effect on the people who lived in the present. Below is a list of choices made by the characters in
Holes, How did these choices affect Stanley?
a) Elya Yelnets chooses to ignore Madame Zeroni’s curse.
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b) Katherine Barlow gives Sam some jars of spiced peaches.
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c) Sam’s boat is sunk by Trout Walker.
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d) Kissin’ Kate robs Stanley’s great-grandfather-the first- and buries his suitcase in a dry lakebed.
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e) Stanley’s great-grandfather finds refuge on ‘‘God’s Thumb.’’
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Characters- Digging Deeper

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14. Characters in literature can be classified as either dynamic or static characters. A dynamic character is
one who we see change during the course of the novel. A static character is one who remains essentially
the same throughout the novel. Is Stanley a dynamic or a static character? If dynamic, how would you say
Stanley has changed since the beginning of the novel? If static, what things at the end of the novel
suggest that he has not changed?
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15. Now, list five character traits that describe the main antagonist of Holes below:
_____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ ______________
Who is this? ______________________

16.One of the ways we learn about a character is by comparing or contrasting that character with
another character. Both Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski are counselors at Camp Green Lake. How are Mr.
Sir and Mr. Pendanski different? (Consider the difference between how each treats Stanley)
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17. Below is a list of the boys from D tent. Match the nickname to the real name.

a) Caveman Lewis _____

b) Squid Theodore _____
c) X-Ray Stanley_____
d) Armpit Jose______
e) Magnet Rex______
f) Zigzag Alan______
g) Barf Bag Ricky______

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15. More Literary Elements-Digging Deeper

Personification is a type of figurative language, as metaphor and simile are too. Figurative language is when
you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal every day, literal meaning. Personification is when
you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have. This creative literary tool adds
interest and fun to poems or stories. Personification is what writers use to bring non-human things to life.
Example: ‘My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
Look to see what is being personified in the poem below. Yes, that is right. It is fog. The author giving it
human qualities as if it can really move around like a cat does.

a) Identify what is being said from the following example below from the novel:
‘’A cloud had appeared earlier in the day. It was the first cloud he could remember seeing since coming
to Camp Green Lake. He and the other boys had
been watching it all day, hoping it would move
in front of the sun. Occasionally it got close,
but it was just teasing them.’’
Tease (verb ) 1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

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b) What is another example of personification in Holes and explain what it is below. Here’s a hint:

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16. Thinking back to the literary elements you have learned so far, which literary element best
describes what the author writes: ‘’ ( Stanley’s ) muscles and hands weren’t the only parts of his
body that had toughed over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well. ‘’
Literary element _________________ Meaning:
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 Themes:
The theme is an implicit (hidden) idea repeated throughout the
story. There are at least four major themes in Holes. Think of at
least one example from the story of each of the themes below.
Explain what that example seems to teach us about that theme.

1. Family heritage and history: We inherit the benefits and consequences of our ancestors’ choices
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2. Fate and free will vs choice: Does destiny control our lives or are we free to choose our own path?
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3. Justice and Judgment. Stanley Yelnats, is convicted of a crime that he didn't commit.
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4. The healing nature of friendship: Acceptance and kindness create happiness for many.
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Narrative Story Telling- Common Structures
A story has linear narrative if the events are recounted in the story following chronological order. In a story
with non-linear narrative, the events are told out of chronological sequence. Holes is an example of
nonlinear narrative. The author uses a good deal of flashbacks creatively to fill in details about the story.

The events below are listed in the order in which they are recounted in the story. Number the events in the
proper chronological order. (That is, the order in which they happened, not the order in which they’re found
in the story)
*Oxford’s definition: linear: adjective

1. arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line.

2 .progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential. "a linear narrative"

a. ____ Stanley’s great-grandfather was robbed by Kissin’ Kate Barlow. (Chapter 3)

b. ____ Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake. ( Chapter 4)
c. ____ Elya Yelnats fails to keep his promise to Madame Zeroni. ( Chapter 7)
d. ____ Elya Yelnats arrives in America. (Chapter 7)
e. ____ Stanley digs up a gold tube. (Chapter 13)
f. ____ Stanley’s great-grandfather survived after finding refuge on ‘’God’s Thumb. ’’(Chapter 21)
g. ____ Katherine Barlow was a schoolteacher in Green Lake. (Chapter 23)
h. ____ Hattie Parker sees Katherine Barlow kissing Sam the Onion Man. (Chapter25)
i. ____ Kate Barlow is killed by a yellow-spotted lizard. (Chapter 28)
j. ____ Stanley finds Zero under the wreckage of the boat, Mary Lou. (Chapter 35)
k. ____ Mrs. Tennyson thanks Sam for the onion tonic (remedy) that cured her daughter. ( Chapter 40)
l. ____ Stanley and Zero return to Camp Green Lake. (Chapter 43)
m. ____ Stanley and Zero dig up the suitcase. (Chapter 44)
n. ____ Stanley and Zero are released from Camp Green Lake. ( Chapter 48)
o. ____ Sam gives onion juice to the rattle snake hunters. (Chapters 49)
p. ____ Camp Green Lake becomes a camp for Girl Scouts. (Chapter 50)

2. Stanley’s name is a palindrome- It reads the same forwards and backward. How does Stanley’s name
reflect the kind of narrative structure of this book?

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Cover Art:
Motifs
In literature, a motif is a frequently occurring image or symbol that represents an important idea or
theme in the story. There are several motifs in Holes, including mountains, shoes, lizards, peaches, and
onions. Choose one of these motifs and explain its role in the story. Where do we see this motif? What
do you think it represents? Why? You may wish to add a drawing of your motif in the space below too.

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 Student Evaluation
Please take a few minutes to tell us how we did. Evaluate this booklet in the chart below.

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Notes
Use these pages to take notes, or as instructed by the teacher.

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