Holes Pre Reading Activities

PRE-READING
Pre-reading activities help learners prepare for what they will read. It can engage students in predicting the characters, setting or action. By completing pre-reading tasks learners can also anticipate the kind of language, vocabulary, and even grammar they will find in the text. This kind of active preparation can improve students’ understanding by activating prior knowledge, at the same time generating interest and motivating them to read.

This resource is ideal as preparation for reading the novel.
Supported by a completed example with sample questions & answers, There are four front covers for students to practice inference and deduction, writing about what they think will happen in the novel.
Initially the focus is on exploring the shapes, sizes, colours, proximity and position of the images/things. For example on page 2, the size of the shovel (spade), it’s place above everything and how it is shown in detail.
Students should write about the effects on readers.
Ambitious students will want compare & contrast 2 front covers and include symbolism.

WRITEhere-writeNOW materials adhere to the principles outlined in the UK Department for Education programmes of study for English:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/244215/SECONDARY_national_curriculum_-_English2.pdf
Namely, studies of English language & literature will support students to be able to write well so that they can communicate information and concepts, as well as their thoughts, feelings and ideas to others.
Literature can be one of the best sources, enabling students to learn how language works using WRITEhere-writeNOW with a selection of the work from well-known writers, while at the same time increasing access to higher levels of vocabulary.
Reading critically and engaging in analysis using the resources available in WRITEhere-writeNOW gives students opportunities to gain knowledge, build on what they already know and prepare them to engage in higher and deeper levels of learning.
Learning how to use the skills of language efffectively cannot be more important than it is now with WRITEhere-writeNOW.