Holes - Year 6 - teaching resource

Holes – Year 6 English Teaching Resource

(23 editable lessons with 27 worksheets)

Explore Holes by Louis Sachar in depth with this complete Year 6 English teaching unit. Featuring 23 fully editable lessons and 27 worksheets, this resource guides pupils through key themes, characters, and contextual understanding while developing a range of reading and writing skills.

This unit includes:

• An introduction to youth detention and boot camps in the USA

• Exploration of the historical context of the American South – including racial segregation and civil rights

• In-depth character analysis (Stanley, Zero, Kate Barlow, The Warden, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, and Sam)

• Thematic study of crime, justice, friendship, punishment, and redemption

• Understanding narrative techniques – hooks, tension, setting

• Structured writing using the Point/Evidence/Explain framework

• Studying authorial intent and viewpoint

• Activities to support comprehension and plot retention

• Close language analysis of key passages

• Drama-based hot-seating activities

• Empathy writing tasks – letters and diary entries

Perfect for upper KS2 English, this Holes unit encourages deep thinking, personal response, and confident textual analysis.

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