Arbeitsblatt: Holes

Chapter One Setting Draw it! setting is where something is or where something happens. To describe the setting can also include the time of day, the moods of any people there, and any other details that would help you understand what is happening. Holes opens with description of the setting of most of this story. Draw this setting. Be sure to include each thing on this list, and as many details from the chapter as you can find (be creative about showing what it is like there): • log cabin1 • hammock2 • lake lake is in quotation marks because something is called lake, but it not really lake) • scorpions • rattlesnake3 • lizard4 • holes INFERENCES: To infer something (or, make an infer-ence) is to figure something out, or at least make guess about something. For example, if someone bursts into tears and leaves the room, you could infer that something has upset them. You might even know what it is. good inference is not wild guess. It based on evidence. Tears are evidence that someone is upset. If you knew only the name, you might infer that place called Camp Green Lake would have lake, green plants, and lots of fun things to do. However, the first chapter gives you plenty of evidence to help you infer that Camp Green Lake is not fun place. Questions: What are three reasons you could infer that Camp Green Lake isnt fun for the campers? What is one reason you can infer that the Warden is not nice to the campers? 1 Blockhaus 2 Altwassersumpf 3 Klapperschlange 4 Eidechse Chapters Two and Three THEMES theme is a subject or topic of discourse or artistic representation (Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, tenth ed.); in other words, theme is big idea worth thinking and talking about. In Holes, one theme is something called perseverance. Perseverance 5 means continuing to try, even though what youre trying is hard, things get in the way, or it discouraging, or all three. It takes perseverance to run marathon -- not just the day you run in it, but all those days before that when you are running to get ready. Lots of people say theyre going to run in marathon but never end up even at the starting line. Thomas Edison is famous for his perseverance. He had to try thousands of different things before he found one that worked. One of his most famous quotes is Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration 6. Accordingly, genius is often merely talented person who has done all of his or her homework. Notice that he puts genius in quotes, because it what youre calling someone (whether really genius or not). Questions: 1. For the picture below, describe how the person needed to have perseverance to do what he or she is doing. 2. In one of Aesop Fables,The Tortoise7 and the Hare8_, how does perseverance help the winner of that race? (You can find short version of the story at: Aesops_Fables/The_Hare_and_the_Tortoise_p1.html) 5 Ausdauer, Beharrlichkeit 6 Ausdünstung, Schweiss 7 Landschildkröte 8 Feldhase and rhyming, fun-to-read-aloud version at: (and on the next page) 3. How do you know Stanley father has perseverance? The Hare and the Tortoise Nah nah nah boo boo, Im faster than you! shouted Harriet Hare as she sped down the road. Normally, Timothy Tortoise was very easy going reptile. He was happy roaming through the forest at his own pace. But the nasty taunts9 of Harriet Hare were starting to make him angry. Later that day Timothy finally arrived (last as usual) at the playground by the river. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived, Harriet started teasing him again. A heavy green shell and short little feet, youre the slowest guy ever did meet!, Harriet taunted 10. Timothy slowly turned his head to look Harriet straight in the eye, I am too slow or so you say. To find the truth, let race today! All the animals in the playground gasped11. race? Between Harriet Hare, the fastest runner and Timothy Turtle the last to show up? What an odd thing that would be to watch. Ill set up course for you to race on, offered Freddy the Fox. Harriet Hare laughed out loud, A race you want? race youll see. know Im faster than Timothy! And so Freddy the Fox set up race course all the way from the playground by the river to the big oak tree at the edge of the forest. All of the animals met at the starting line early in the afternoon. 9 Beschimpfungen 10 Höhnen 11 Schnauften On your mark. shouted Freddy. Just minute Freddy, giggled Beatrice the Bear, um, Timothy hasnt quite made it to the starting line yet. Im fine, smiled Timothy, I always make it to where Im headed. Get set.Go! chanted12 the animals all together. Harriet Hare was off like shot. She made it around the corner by the meadow 13 before Timothy even had all of his feet across the starting line. Freddy the Fox groaned14 and shook his head. Hed been hoping his friend Timothy would somehow manage to beat Harriet -- she was always such show off. Oh well, let head over to the finish line everyone. If we cut across the meadow maybe well manage to get there in time to watch Harriet cross the finish line. Off the animals went, leaving Timothy to slowly make his way down the path Freddy had set as the race course. Meanwhile, Harriet had run so fast that she could actually see the finish line already. She had to sit down, she was laughing so hard, I cant believe the nerve of him, to think that he might actually win! Harriet gazed over to the finish line and realized that none of the spectators were there yet. Perhaps Ill rest underneath this tree, so when win the crowds will see. After all that turtle slow, hell take all day to catch up know. Harriet lay down and promptly fell asleep. Timothy made his way down the path along the river, across the meadow and right past the snoozing Harriet. He didnt stop and rest anywhere along the race track. 12 sangen 13 Wiese 14 Ächzte As Timothy approached15 the finish line all of the animals began to cheer 16. Harriet awoke from her nap and ran as fast as she could, but she was too late. Timothy picked his last foot up across the line an instant before she made it there. Harriet pulled her ears and stomped her feet, No fair, no fair, no fair, say! am the fastest any day. Timothy smiled and nodded slowly, It true have slower pace, but slow but steady wins the race! Chapters 4 and 5 Understanding Quotes17 (Quote Analysis) An author can describe important events in story by telling you about them: He checked Stanley backpack and allowed him to keep it. Then he led Stanley outside into the blazing18 heat (p.14). 15 erreichte 16 Hurra schreien 17 Zitate 18 brennend Sometimes what character says (and how he says it) is just as important as what happens. It can tell us what the person talking is like, and what has happened in the past or will happen in the future. You can learn lot from quote by explaining it in four parts, called quote analysis: 1. Write the quote and the page it comes from. Put it in quotation marks. 2. Explain who said those words, and to whom they were talking. 3. Paraphrase the quote. That means put it in different words that mean the same thing. Dont use quotation marks because quotation marks mean you are writing exactly the words that were said. 4. Explain what this quote tells you about this character or the plot of the story. What kind of person would say these things? Why would they say it? What would they have to know, or be thinking about, to say it? Example: Quote: If it makes you feel better to call me Mom, Theodore, go ahead and call me Mom. Characters: Mr. Pendanski says this to one of the boys. Paraphrase: If you want to call me Mom, it okay with me. What does it tell you? Mr. Pendanski wants them to feel comfortable with him. He doesnt want to scare them. Your Turn! Mr. Sir is different kind of person than Mr. Pendanski. Analyze this quote from him: Whenever you speak to me, you must call me by my name. Is that clear? (p. 13) Write the quote: Who does he say it to, and when and where? Paraphrase the quote: What does it say about Mr. Sir? Tall Tales19: In some ways, the storyHoles_ is like tall tale. In tall tales, things are extreme. Good is very, very good and bad is very, very bad. Things dont change -- rule is rule. What is the one rule at Camp Green Lake? Who is probably very, very bad character? 19 Legende Chapters 6 and 7 Flashbacks20 Many books tell story by starting at the beginning, telling you what happened, and ending at the end. Holes does not do this. We find out why Stanley is at Camp Green Lake after he gets there, and little by little we find out more about what happened. Holes also has something called flashbacks. In the middle of the story, FLASH! we are zapped back in time and we find out about things that happened long time ago that are important to Stanley, even though he doesnt know it. We dont really know how they will be important -but we can make inferences21 about them. Whenever there are extra blank lines on the page, ask yourself why?? Usually the setting is changing to different time or place, or lot of time passes by. Sometimes the pause is because something very important has happened or been said. In chapter 7, what is the first sentence of the flashback to his grandfather time? What is the setting (time and place)? Find the country Latvia on the maps; it is abbreviated22 as Lat. in the second map because it is small, and close to some other countries. 20 Rückblende 21 Rückschluss 22 abgekürzt Find map of the world. Where is Latvia on it? Here is new character -- an animal. Why is pig important to this flashback story? Theme: Perseverance Madame Zeroni gives Elya advice about the girl he loves. She tells him to do something. Why is Elya going to need perseverance to do as Madame Zeroni asks? Chapter 8: Draw it! This chapter describes the nature and needs of the yellow-spotted lizards. Draw some of these lizards in their natural surroundings23. Include and label the following: 1. the lizards, with their specific characteristics* 23 Umgebung 2. 3. 4. 5. where they live (and how many may be there) shade things these lizards eat predatory bird (i.e., bird that eats other animals) Chapters 9 10 Vocabulary: For each word, read the definition and examples, discuss it, and then: 1. Write the word 2. Write what it means 3. Draw picture to go with it 4. Answer the question about it. For related vocabulary exercises, see e- and ten word parts exercises. word meaning and example • evaporate • what to draw to change into an invisible vapor and go out into the air (what water 1. lake with water does) evaporating to disappear, especially quickly and 2. Someone after completely. For example, sadness sadness has can evaporate when you hear good evaporated. news or see someone special. question to answer (you may draw your answer, too) What (at least one thing) would be left in the ocean if all the water evaporated? How can you the strength or quantity of something. For high-intensity light change the intensity example, The intensity of the wind or someone staring intensity of your knocked down the fence. with much intensity voice? Inferences24: On page 44, we are introduced to character named Caveman. Who does Stanley infer that the Caveman is? Why does he infer this? On page 47, Stanley makes different inference about who the Caveman is. Who is Caveman? Why does he infer this? When Stanley shows Mr. Sir the fossil, he immediately tells that the Warden will not be interested in it. Why do you think Stanley thought she might be interested in it? What is question Stanley is probably asking himself? UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT Conflict is struggle; fight, for or against something. In literature, conflict is the part of the story that makes you want to know what going to happen -- who or what is going to win that struggle? Four common kinds of conflict are: 1. Conflict with another character example: being in race or argument with someone 2. Conflict with nature, or natural disasters example: trying to climb Mount Everest, or survive tornado or disease 3. Conflict with self feelings of fear, anger, or self-doubt example: having to speak in front of people, but being afraid to 4. Conflict with society or social group struggling with written or unwritten rules, laws or customs example: sticking up for someone nobody else likes, or being their friend. Activities: Describe one example of each kind of conflict. Stanley has close brush with conflict with Lump in this chapter. Which of the four kinds of conflict would it be? How do you know? 24 Beeinflussungen, Beeiträchtigungen Chapter 11 Quote Analysis 1. Write the quote and the page it comes from. Put it in quotation marks. 2. Explain who said those words, and to whom they were talking. 3. Paraphrase the quote (put in your own words). 4. Explain what this quote tells you about this character or the plot of the story. What kind of person would say these things? Why would they say it? What would they have to know, or be thinking about, to say it? Example: Quote: If it makes you feel better to call me Mom, Theodore, go ahead and call me Mom. Characters: Mr. Pendanski says this to one of the boys. Paraphrase: If you want to call me Mom, it okay with me. What does it tell you? Mr. Pendanski wants them to feel comfortable with him. He doesnt want to scare them. Your Turn! Analyze this quote from page 53: If anybody gets day off, it should be me. That only fair, right? Quote: Characters: Paraphrase: What does it tell you? Chapter 12 Choose one of these: Draw it! Before and after Sometimes what one person says can change the mood of one person or whole group. On page 57, Stanley says something that makes Zero smile and the other boys laugh. Then Mr. Pedanski says something that changes Zero feelings. Draw the group when Stanley makes his comment, and put Stanley words in circle next to him as youd see it in comic strip. Make another drawing of the group when Mr. Pedanski says what he says, and Zero glares 25 at him. Include details from the book. OR Complete quote analysis for each of these quotes from page 58: Even you, Zero. Youre not completely worthless26. I like to dig holes. Chapter 13 Symbols 25 anstrahlte 26 wertlos symbol is something real that stands for an idea. In literature, symbol is often real, concrete thing (something you can actually see, like cloud) that stands for an abstract idea (like springtime or hope) that the thing would make you think of. Advertisements27 are full of these symbols. truck that is like rock uses the rock as symbol. rock is concrete, real thing that you can put your hands on. The truck salespeople would like you to think of the way rocks last long time when you think of their truck. Durability is the idea the rock stands for. In Holes, small cloud appears in chapter 13. It the first cloud that Stanley has seen since he arrived. Seeing the cloud makes them hope for few minutes of shade, or maybe, just maybe, rain. So, the cloud is symbol for hope that things will change. Symbol Question: What else happens in chapter 13 that gives Stanley hope? Chapter 14 Vocabulary Review Be creative with your responses have fun! Answer in complete sentences that reflect the question, such as Large dogs are left on your skin when sweat evaporates28 -- only answer with something that makes sense! 1. What is left on your skin when sweat evaporates? 2. How would you sing if you sang with intensity? 3. Draw low-intensity snowfall and high-intensity snowstorm. 4. Draw person whose energy has evaporated. 27 Werbungen 28 verdampfen Inferences/Questions Sometimes we dont have enough information to make an inference29. We should still ask ourselves the questions and look for the answer in later chapters. At the beginning of this chapter, X-ray does something that Stanley doesnt understand. What question is probably in Stanley mind? Understanding Characters: We meet the Warden in this chapter. To really understand character role in story, it helps to look at the character from several angles30. When youre asked to describe character, think SADDR which stands for these ways of looking at character: Speech: When X-Ray says, I bet you always wanted to dig big hole, right? Am right? you would suspect that he is confident and thinks he knows lot. The Warden speaks softly, but says to the Mr. Pedanski: Then fill it. And the next time tell you to do something, expect you to do it without questioning my authority. If it too much trouble for you to fill canteen31, Ill give you shovel32. You can dig the hole, and the Caveman can fill your canteen. What does this tell you about the Warden? Is Mr. Pedanski in charge, or is she in charge33? Is she an easy boss to work for? Action: After Stanley gave X-Ray what he found in the hole, X-Ray told him to get in the water line in front of Zero. This tells you that X-Ray tells other people what to do -- and they listen. The Warden walks right up to X-Ray and tells Mr. Pedanski to drive X-Ray back to camp. What do these actions tell you about her? 29 Rückschluss 30 Winkel 31 Feldflasche 32 Schaufel 33 Verantwortung tragen Description: X-Ray has thick glasses, and is except for Zero, X-Ray was the smallest. This tells you that while he the leader of the group, it not because he is the biggest or toughest. (It doesnt tell you why he the leader -- just that it not by being big and tough.) The Warden is tall woman, with black cowboy boots and black cowboy hat, with lot of freckles34. What would you think if you saw her? Drawing: Draw the Warden, doing something that she does in this chapter. Reaction of others: All the other boys do what X-Ray tells them to do. This tells you he is leader. How does Mr. Pedanski act towards the Warden? What does this tell you about her? Chapters 15-16 Theme: Perseverance What is something the Warden says or does in this chapter that shows she has perseverance? Answers and Questions Stanley now knows why Zigzag did not want to talk about the thing he found at breakfast. Why was that? What is certain to the boys at the end of chapter15? What is something they dont know? What does Stanley learn about Zero in chapter 16? 34 Sommersprossen Learning Log (for any chapter) Chapter: A. New Title: Give the chapter (or chapters) new title. Consider what happened, and the feelings of the characters in this chapter (or chapters. B. Setting: Identify the setting of the chapter. a. Time (either time of day, month, or year, or phrase starting with when) b. Place c. In one or two sentences, summarize what happened or what the reader learned from this chapter. d. What is one question you could ask based on what you learned in this chapter?