Holes - Year 6

Holes - Year 6

‘Holes - Year 6’ is a complete unit of work for the Louis Sachar novel ‘Holes’. This editable PowerPoint teaching resource contains 23 lessons with 27 accompanying worksheets. It explores the following in detail:

1. Youth detention in the USA and boot camps
2. The historical context of the American South (racial segregation, civil rights, Jim Crow laws)
3. Analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero
4. Exploring key themes - crime and punishment, friendship, redemption
5. Key features of a novel – narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene
6. Writing about the book using Point/Evidence/Explain
7. Louis Sachar’s purpose and viewpoint
8. Activities to consolidate understanding of the plot
9. Language study in key scenes
10. Hotseating activities
11. Empathy writing tasks - diary and letter writing – to show understanding of plot, character and themes

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