{"id":1523,"date":"2020-11-14T17:31:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?page_id=1523"},"modified":"2021-11-17T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:41:56","slug":"holes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Holes by Louis Sachar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Plot<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Stanley is serving an 18 month sentence for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit. His prison is Camp Green Lake, which has no lake and isn&#8217;t green. Every day, he digs a hole. Every day, for 18 months &#8211; to build character, the Warden says. But Stanley soon realises that Camp Green Lake has a secret, a secret connected to his own family&#8217;s past and his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Author &#8211; Louis Sachar<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.louissachar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis Sachar&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3y-hfPPPl9E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 2px solid #99cc00\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #333300\">Discover more about Louis Sachar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333300\">and his work in the Library catalogue<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dewey15.nled.org.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in school<\/a>\u00a0 OR\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at home<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Themes &#8211; universal ideas<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Family, fate, justice, secrets, self-belief.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>More to explore &#8211; motifs, symbols, context, setting<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ancestors, baseball, bullying, curses, deserts, deodorant, donkeys, emigration, fossils, homelessness, inventors, juvenile detention, lakes, Latvia, miscarriages of justice, names, onions, outlaws, palindromes, peaches, poverty, prison escapes, racism, recycling, rattlesnakes, summer camps, Texas, thefts, trainers, venomous creatures, water.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Did you know?<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Did you notice that sometimes Madame Zeroni is said to be <em>Egyptian<\/em> and sometimes a &#8216;<em>gypsy<\/em>&#8216;? Can you see a similarity between these two adjectives?<\/p>\n<p>The Roma people are a nomadic group of tribes from northern India, but in medieval Britain, people believed that the Roma came from Egypt<em>. <\/em>The \u00a0word <em>gypsy<\/em> was originally a short version of the word <em>Egyptian<\/em>.\u00a0 Nowadays, the word gypsy is seen as insulting.<\/p>\n<p>X-Ray tells Stanley that his name is Pig Latin for Rex. So what is Pig Latin?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoX6Nasi7cM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Further reading<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border: 2px solid #99cc00\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Discover these titles and more<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333300\">through the Library catalogue<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dewey15.nled.org.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in school<\/a>\u00a0 OR\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/#!dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at home<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There are plenty of fantastic crime books. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/597780\/the-case-of-the-missing-treasure-a-murder-most-unladylike-mini-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The case of the missing treasure<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/robin-stevens.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robin Stevens<\/a> for a short introduction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/robin-stevens.co.uk\/books\/murder-most-unladylike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Murder Most Unladylike<\/em><\/a> series set in a 1930s girls&#8217; boarding school with teenage detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=8825&amp;brKey=623796502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/211390\/the-thief-lord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Thief Lord<\/em><\/a> by Cornelia Funke is a half magical story set in Venice about a group of children on the run. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=7805&amp;brKey=1226891885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For full on magic, try the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/a\/artemis-fowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Artemis Fowl<\/em><\/a> series by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eoincolfer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eoin Colfer<\/a>, which shares the exploits of a 12 year old criminal mastermind and his attempt to steal from LepRecon. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=7046&amp;brKey=1109073367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copies available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer some real life crime, read <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/106980\/scottish-criminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Scottish criminals<\/em><\/a> by Gary Smailes. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=8825&amp;brKey=623796502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley gradually comes to have more belief in himself. If you&#8217;d like other stories on growing self-confidence try <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/327902\/anyas-ghost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Anya&#8217;s Ghost<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verabee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vera Brosgol<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=8931&amp;brKey=1434468545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy<\/a>) or <a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/352609\/smile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Smile<\/em> <\/a>by <a href=\"https:\/\/goraina.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raina Telgemeier<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=9644&amp;brKey=317428558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy<\/a>). Both focus on teenagers who feel they just don&#8217;t fit in.<\/p>\n<p>For more on poisonous lizards, look at <em>Reptiles<\/em> by Jen Green. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=6495&amp;brKey=1356891036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are some brilliant stories involving curses. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/c\/carries-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Carrie&#8217;s War<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtisbrown.co.uk\/client\/nina-bawden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Bawden<\/a> is set in a Welsh village during World War II. The evacueed children discover a skull that will curse the house if it is ever removed. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=3859&amp;brKey=1348811309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toppsta.com\/books\/details\/43220\/the-boy-who-lost-his-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The boy who lost his face<\/em><\/a> is another Louis Sachar story. This time a boy named David is cursed by an old lady when he tries to steal her walking cane and now nothing will go right. <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=4123&amp;brKey=1416142366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktrust.org.uk\/book\/h\/howls-moving-castle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Howl&#8217;s moving castle<\/em><\/a> by Diana Wynne Jones is about Sophie Hatter, a young girl cursed to appear as an old woman, who seeks help from the wizard, Howl. Keep your eyes open for the wonderful anime version too.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opac.ea.n-lanark.sch.uk\/ORL01\/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&amp;brSn=8306&amp;brKey=2039726937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library copy available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Literacy and Language<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There are three interlinked stories in <em>Holes<\/em> and the author uses parallels throughout <em>Holes<\/em> to bring them together e.g. Elya climbs the mountain with the pig every day and gets stronger each time; Stanley digs a hole every day and also gets stronger. It&#8217;s like history repeating itself. What other parallels appear in the book?<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;<em>If only, if only<\/em>&#8216; rhyme is repeated throughout the book but in slightly different ways. A repeated story naturally changes over time, in fact there are small changes almost every time someone tells it. Can you suggest any explanations for changes to\u00a0 &#8216;<em>If only, if only<\/em>&#8216; from the book?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Louis Sachar creates some beautiful images throughout the book. Can you identify what figure of speech this is?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He dug the hole into his memory<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Numeracy<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There are five tents for campers at Camp Green Lake. Seven boys sleep in each tent. Each boy digs a hole every day. So can you work out how many holes will be dug in a year?<\/p>\n<p>If the Warden opened Camp Green Lake 20 years ago, how many holes would that be?<\/p>\n<p>The book also says that no rain has fallen for 110 years, and that Kate Barlow buries what she&#8217;s stolen 20 years after that. If someone dug a hole every day since the treasure was buried, how many holes do you estimate in total?<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Health and Wellbeing<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>At the start of the novel, Stanley is described as being overweight. He has no friends and is constantly bullied. But Stanley changes gradually through the book to become brave, self-sufficient and strong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpsych.ac.uk\/mental-health\/parents-and-young-people\/young-people\/exercise-and-mental-health-for-young-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use this website<\/a> to suggest some reasons that this change happens.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Rights Respecting Schools<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?attachment_id=2138\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"113,117\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rrsa4squarelogo.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2138 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28200613\/rrsa4squarelogo.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a>The staff at Camp Green Lake do not meet all the responsibilities of the UNCRC.<\/p>\n<p>Can you identify any of the articles that are being ignored? <a href=\"https:\/\/cypcs.org.uk\/rights\/uncrc\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use this website to help you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Developing the Young Workforce<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/dracula\/dyw2logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"134,118\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DYW2logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/04\/28213511\/DYW2logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>The most obvious activity seen in <em>Holes<\/em> is digging, but Stanley actually develops a number of employability skills during his time at Camp Green Lake.<\/p>\n<p>What does Stanley learn during his time there that might help him get a job in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plot Stanley is serving an 18 month sentence for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit. His prison is Camp Green Lake, which has no lake and isn&#8217;t green. Every day, he digs a hole. Every day, for 18 months &#8211; to build character, the Warden says. But Stanley soon realises that Camp Green Lake has a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/pw\/language\/holes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holes by Louis Sachar<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2863,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1523\/revisions\/2863"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}