Holes
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Nonfiction Read: Displacement
Stanley Yelnats has to go to Camp Green Lake. He's not going to swim or learn to water ski. He's going to dig holes. He is displaced from his home as he was wrongly accused of stealing. In this article you will find other people who have been displaced from their homes as you study the lives of war refugees.
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"If only, If Only..."
The song that Elya Yelnats sings carries meaning throughout the whole story. You will use the Rhetorical Analysis graphic organizer to analyze and think deeper about the song and Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. You will then listen to and analyze the Song by Fiction Plane, then compare and contrast the two.
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Nonfiction Read: "I Was Homeless"
Watch the introductory video, read, and listen to the article, "I Was Homeless" from the Scope Magazine. Afterwards do the activities listed below and discuss how this article compares with the book Holes. [Break students into expert groups to answer the questions in a deep and thoughtful ways.]
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Holes: Big Answers To Small Questions
The students read the passage independently, then travel around the classroom answering the questions on butcher paper. There can be 3-4 stations with each station asking a question about a story element (i.e. one on characters, one on setting etc). Each station has enough squares for each student in the class to write their answer. The question can be posted on the butcher paper, or on the wall. Students must support their answer with evidence from the story.
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Vocabulary
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Future Lesson Ideas:
- Timeline
- Plot dialogue that changes the plot
- More nonfiction reads from Scope
Why Do Kids Get Into Trouble? Documentary
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