6th Grade Summer Reading 2014

Reading Skills and Strategies for

Holes by Louis Sachar

Name (first and last) ______

Elementary school attended ______

SETTING: Where and when does this story take place?

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Is there any other setting in which the story could have taken place? Defend your ideas.

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CONFLICT: What is the biggest problem faced by the main character? Explain. (Read chapters 1 – 6 before answering this question.) ______

How do you predict the conflict will be resolved?

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POINT OF VIEW: Point-of-view is the perspective from which a story or poem is told. In first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the story using first-person pronouns such as “I” and “we” to tell what he or she sees and knows. In third-person point of view, the narrator is someone outside the story using third-person pronouns such as “he,” “she,” or “they” to tell the story.

From which point of view is Holes written? How do you know?

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OUTCOME:

Explain how the main problem is solved. (Use the problem you listed under “Conflict.”)

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PLOT/SUBPLOT: Aplot is the sequence of events that make up a story or novel. A subplot is a secondary plot that occurs along with a main plot. (A subplot is like a story within a story.) A subplot, in Holes, is introduced in chapter 7.

List the major incidents in Elya Yelnats’s life. These incidents are part of a subplot of this novel.

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After reading Holes, explain how the plot(main storyline about Stanley and Camp Green Lake) and the subplot (Elya, Madame Zeroni, Kate Barlow, etc.) come together.

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THEME (AUTHOR’S MESSAGE):Atheme is a universal truth about life revealed in literature, or the author’s message/moral. Writers often tell stories to make us think about life. For example, they may tell a story about two friends. We know that friends shouldn’t lie to each other; however, when we are finished reading, the writer wants us to know that friends sometimes lie so they don’t hurt our feelings.

What do you think Louis Sachar wants us to know at the end of Holes? Write one sentence that explains the theme of Holes.

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How does the author want us (readers) to apply his message to our everyday life?

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Now find two events (textual evidence) from the story that support your idea for the theme of Holes. Include page numbers.

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TEXT TO SELF: Think about the characters in Holes. Which character could you identify with (relate to) mostand why?

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