“Holes”

Chapters 1-10

Assignment Schedule:

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Read Chapters 1-3 / Read Chapters 4-7, Vocabulary Sentences / Read Chapters 8-10 / Study for Quizzes, Response Journal / Comprehension
and Vocab Quizzes!
Read Chapters 11-14

Vocabulary Words: perseverance, scarcity, desolate, spigot, forlorn, preposterous, scowled, predatory, mere, grimaced

Response Journal: In Holes, the characters have very unique characteristics. Choose three friends or family members and decide what characters they are similar to. Provide the names of your friends or family and the characteristics they share with the particular character in Holes.

Name: ______

“Holes” Vocabulary Chapters 1-10

Define each below. On a separate piece of paper, use each word in a quality sentence.

perseverance: ______

scarcity: ______

desolate: ______

spigot: ______

forlorn: ______

preposterous: ______

scowled: ______

predatory: ______

mere: ______

grimaced: ______

Name: ______

“Holes” Chapters 1-10 Quiz

Short Answer: Answer each of the questions below. (1 point each, 10 points total)

  1. What do all the boys call Mr. Pendanski?
  1. What options does the judge give Stanley?
  1. Why doesn’t Camp Green Lake have fences or guards?
  1. What is unusual about Stanley Yelnats’ name?
  1. Why does ElyaYelnats become cursed by Madame Zeroni?
  1. How does Stanley almost get in a fight?
  1. Who is Caveman?
  1. What must the boys at Camp Green Lake do to get time off from digging holes?
  1. What does Stanley find when digging his first hole?
  1. What did Zero do after he finished digging his hole?

Characters: Write the proper character name for the given description. (1 point each, 4 points total)

______1. The main authority at Camp Green Lake. He/she “owns the shade.”

______2. Stanley’s friend at Camp. The best digger at Camp Green Lake.

______3. A mean counselor at Camp Green Lake. He is always eating sunflower seeds.

______4. An inventor who is trying to recycle old sneakers.

Summary: Write a summary of Chapters 1-10. (4 points for key details, 2 points for grammar and spelling, 6 points total)

Vocabulary: Fill-in the blanks with the proper vocabulary word below. (.5 points each, 5 points total)

:

desolate

forlorn

grimaced

mere

perseverance

predatory

preposterous

scarcity

scowl

spigot

  1. Mr. Sir said that any attempt to escape would be a ______attempt to escape.
  1. Yellow-spotted lizards have very ______instincts towards the campers of Camp Green Lake.
  1. “Sweet Feet” ______at Stanley when he found out that he had stolen his shoes.
  1. The desert around Camp Green Lake seemed very ______to Stanley as the bus drove down the road.
  1. There was a ______of water at Camp Green Lake because it had not rain in many, many years.
  1. To finish his hole on time, Stanley had to learn great ______.
  1. The ______in the shower would not let out a lot of water for the boys to take a shower.
  1. There was probably a ______on Stanley’s face when the bus drove up to Camp Green Lake.
  1. Mr. Pendanski told Stanley that he had to dig a ______one hole a day.
  1. Camp Green Lake is a ______version of a camp; there isn’t even swimming or water-skiing.