Award Winning 6 - 8
Holes - Louis Sachar
Lexile - 660L
Newbery medal 1999
Summary - Stanley Yelnats has been wronged his entire life because of one by his great great grandfather. Zero has had the worst luck he could possibly think of, all the members of the D- tent think so too. When Stanley and Zero meet camp green lake (aka juvenile detention) they have no idea what they have landed themselves in, or that their family’s path’s have even crossed at all. Through friendship and running away, the two solve their family curse’s and become better people with the help of the D-tent and the rest of camp green lake.
Selling tool - Book Review -
Personally this book is one of my all time favorites, and it spans time because it is so simple and yet so complex. The characters from both timelines help to enhance the depth of the story, and creates mass appeal through the historical aspect and the modern day aspect. It connections good and bad, evil and sainthood and allows for young readers to understand what fate is, what luck is and what it means to write your own story and create your own destiny.
Activity - After reading the book students will write letters to their favorite characters. They will ask them questions about why they did certain things in the book, provide an alternate idea or ending for something that happened in the book and ask for advice on another aspect of the writer's life.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.A - Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B - Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.C - Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.D - Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.E - Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Goal - Students will be able to create their own ideas about characters and present them in the form of a non-formal letter.
Objective - Students will understand and demonstrate their knowledge of the characters and their lives throughout the book. Students will present their work to their peers and be able to constructively critique the work of their peers.
Outcome - Students will have a better understanding of character development and peer reviewing.
Holes - Louis Sachar
Lexile - 660L
Newbery medal 1999
Summary - Stanley Yelnats has been wronged his entire life because of one by his great great grandfather. Zero has had the worst luck he could possibly think of, all the members of the D- tent think so too. When Stanley and Zero meet camp green lake (aka juvenile detention) they have no idea what they have landed themselves in, or that their family’s path’s have even crossed at all. Through friendship and running away, the two solve their family curse’s and become better people with the help of the D-tent and the rest of camp green lake.
Selling tool - Book Review -
Personally this book is one of my all time favorites, and it spans time because it is so simple and yet so complex. The characters from both timelines help to enhance the depth of the story, and creates mass appeal through the historical aspect and the modern day aspect. It connections good and bad, evil and sainthood and allows for young readers to understand what fate is, what luck is and what it means to write your own story and create your own destiny.
Activity - After reading the book students will write letters to their favorite characters. They will ask them questions about why they did certain things in the book, provide an alternate idea or ending for something that happened in the book and ask for advice on another aspect of the writer's life.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.A - Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B - Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.C - Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.D - Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.E - Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Goal - Students will be able to create their own ideas about characters and present them in the form of a non-formal letter.
Objective - Students will understand and demonstrate their knowledge of the characters and their lives throughout the book. Students will present their work to their peers and be able to constructively critique the work of their peers.
Outcome - Students will have a better understanding of character development and peer reviewing.
References -
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/4/
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_image/9780385743785_3350.pdf
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