Holes

(Holes - English teaching resource featuring 150 slides)

Key Stage : 3 or Curriculum for Excellence: Second Level Resources

A Curriculum for Excellence

Second Level English Resources (Year P7/S1)

Holes by Louis Sachar (Powerpoint and worksheets)

This unit will successfully work at Curriculum for Excellence: Second Level.

English Teaching Resources: Holes (Louis Sachar) is a complete KS3 Scheme of work for Louis Sachar's Holes (includes PowerPoint and worksheets). English Teaching Resources: Holes (Louis Sachar) powerpoint / unit plan is a new and innovative teaching resource for Louis Sachar's widely studied novel Holes. Our Holes (Louis Sachar) resources include a huge 150 slide PowerPoint slideshow, 30+ pages of worksheets and step by step lessons for teaching the popular ACfE Second Level English text.
English Teaching Resources: Holes (Louis Sachar) is structured using the four part lesson structure: starter activity, introduction, development and plenary and all PowerPoint slides are clear and 'pupil friendly'. Bright and effective use of colour, photographs, cartoons and video clips are all used to create an excellent learning experience. To view the Holes (Louis Sachar) Unit PowerPoint in more detail you can preview the resources by clicking on the slides in the preview box below.
Holes (Louis Sachar) resources contain a student booklet packed with worksheets created to be used with the PowerPoint slideshow. Like the PowerPoints, the worksheets are bright, colourful and very student friendly and although worksheets are under the copyright of Teacher-of-English.com, they can be photocopied for use in the classroom.
A Curriculum for Excellence Second Level English Teaching Resources: Holes (Louis Sachar) unit plan is a detailed and extensive resource that covers all the key areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a wide range of classroom activities for pupils of all abilities:

    * The social context of Louis Sachar's Holes (Youth detention, Boot Camps)
    * The historical context of Louis Sachar's Holes (racial segregation, civil rights, reconstruction, Jim Crow laws)
    * activities to develop knowledge of the plot of Holes
    * in depth analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero
    * exploration of the key themes of Holes (crime and punishment, friendship, redemption)
    * developing awareness of the features of a novel – narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene
    * teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Holes
    * Louis Sachar's 'message'- the author's purpose
    * cloze and sequencing activities to consolidate understanding of the plot
    * analysis of Louis Sachar's language in key scenes in Holes
    * hot seating activities
    * empathy question preparation - Diary and letter writing
    * Links to a range of Holes and Louis Sachar games, quizes and more lesson ideas

    To preview English Teaching Resources: Holes (Louis Sachar) Unit of Work / lessons click on the PowerPoint images below.