Holes Novel Study

Student Activities

Task 1: Establish the Camp

• Aim: to recreate Camp Green Lake as described in chapters 4 and 5 and developed throughout the novel.

Making a plan

• Students choose to be in groups 3 or 4
• Group makes a list of buildings and structures that need to be in their world
• Create a plan of implementation
• Sketch their intended layout of the camp so all members agree on what it will look like • Allocate building jobs to team members.

Creating the world

• One student creates world using “Block of Grass” template.
• Worlds are created as “Creative” and “Peaceful”.
• Students come into world using the server host’s IP address and work together to create Camp Green Lake

Task 1 Assessment

• Students show the class around their Camp Green Lake world highlighting the structures they have built and the details they have added based on their understanding of the novel.
• Teacher assessment against the Learning Objectives.
• Students self-assess and reflect on their own and the group’s performance using the attached worksheet.

Task 2: Beyond Camp Green Lake (Continuation Task)

Students extend their world beyond the camp and add elements introduced later in the book.

• Sam's boat – “Mary Lou”
• “God's Thumb”
• Mountains
• Water and weeds
• White cliffs
• Holes
• Water Truck

Students are challenged to introduce a game play element by hiding the items Stanley dropped on the way to “God’s Thumb; the shovel, the glass jars and the burlap sack

Students share their work with the class to and are encouraged to offer constructive, critical feedback to each other.

Students reflect on the success of the tasks and the skills and understandings gained.