By: Louis Sachar

 As you read the book, study the reviews and take your quiz on each section. Go through and have fun doing the rest of the activities.

'HOLES' was the winner of the 1998 Newbery Award. Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert for a crime he didn't commit. There the boys must dig a deep hole every day. At the prison Stanley finds his real best friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.  About the Author

 Student Project Pages ~ Have Fun!  Go digging through the activities on the following pages.

                                 Follow the directions on each of these pages.

                                                         Camp Green Lake, Texas

                                                         Stanley Yelnat's Inventions

                                                          Yellow Spotted Lizard 

                                                        Zero's Math

                                             Peaches and Onions

        GO TO....Nevada State 7th Grade Standards ~ Technology and Language Arts

        GO TO....Grading Criteria 

        GO TO....Rubrics Evaluation for Written Summaries

 

The movie release date of Walt Disney's production of the award winning book, HOLES, 

written by Louis Sachar, is April 18, 2003. Disney’s HOLES Website

Developed by: Marian Nelson, March 2003, PCSD 

This site was created and intended for educational use only.  Last update: Aug. 21, 2003.

 Graphics used on these HOLES pages were found at these sites.          Bells n Whistles