Unit Plan

Holes Teacher's Guide

  • Grades: 6–8

About this book

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2
Lexile Measure: 660L
Guided Reading Level: V
Age: Age 11, Age 12, Age 13
Genre: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
Subject: Changes and New Experiences, Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Determination and Perseverance, Friends and Friendship, Law

Overview

In this Flashlight Readers session, students build key comprehension skills including identifying the sequence of story events and recognizing the cause-and-effect relationships of these events in the development of a narrative. Students gain these skills by participating in interactive games and activities related to the Newbery Medal-winning book Holes by Louis Sachar.

Objective

Students will:

  1. Match key story symbols/events and explore how they're repeated through multiple story strands
  2. Reconstruct plot by creating a timeline of story events
  3. Interact with vocabulary and symbols from the book
  4. Play a reading comprehension adventure game based on plot, characters, and themes
  5. Communicate with the author by participating in a moderated chat or by reading the transcript
  6. View stills from the movie with references to related passages from the book
  7. Learn about the author, his writing process, and how he comes up with story ideas

Lesson Plans for this Unit

  • Subjects:
    Literature, Cause and Effect, Plot, Character, Setting, Literature Appreciation, Writing Process
  • Skills:
    Development of Reading Comprehension, Cause and Effect, Plot, Character and Setting
  • Duration:
    9 Days
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