Holes -vt24

We will read a book together. More information in the text below. You can find it as a pdf on teams.

Year 8 Holes

 

Reading – Holes

During the following weeks we are going to read the book Holes by Louis Sachar.

You can find the book here:

https://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Hoyo/contenu.html

You will also be able to borrow books during class and follow along when we listen together.

Bring your computer every class and earphones if you wish to listen by yourself.

!! It is Extremely important that you read/listen to the book on your own if you miss a class! !!

 

Week	Lesson 1 Tuesday	Lesson 2 Thursday
17	Introduction Chapter 1-5	Writing prompt: Your predictions Assignment on teams. Write during class
18	Walpurgis – no class	Listen to/read chapters 6-12 6-7: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   8-12: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)
19	Listen to/read chapters 13-16: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   + answer the following questions during class:   1. Describe the second object that Stanley found.(60-61) 2. At the end of chapter 13 we read ”Stanley moved up one place in line”. Why do you think he moves up and what does this mean for Stanley? 3. Were you surprised to discover that the Warden is a woman? What kind of person do you think the Warden is? 4. Stanley can only think of three famous authors. Who? List all the famous authors you can think of!	Ascension – no class
20	Listen/read chapters 17-21: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   Listen/read chapters 22-27: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)	Listen to/read chapters 28-30: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   + answer the following questions during class: 1.      In chapter 28 we read ”Kate Barlow died laughing”. Why do you think that is? 2.      What are the boys at Camp Green Lake really looking for? 3.      . Why don’t the other boys approve of Stanley and Zero’s arrangement?
21	Listen/read chapters 31-35: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   36 – 39: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)	Listen/read chapters 40-43: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   + answer the following questions during class: 1.      How do Stanley and Zero survive? 2.      Why is Stanley surprised to find the sack of jars and the shovel so far down the mountain? 3.       Compare Stanley and Zero’s climb with the climb Elya should have done with Madame Zeroni. In what way are these stories the same? (31, 164-172) 4.      When he hears Zero’s stories, how does Stanley feel about his own family? (193-195) 5.      Chapter 49 ends with these words: “. . . and for the first time in over a hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake.” How is this important?
22	Listen/read chapters 44-47: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   48-50: Skip's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks (esl-bits.org)   Deadline för muntliga redovisning för de som inte är färdiga + eventuella kompletteringar	Final seminar on the book, discussions and short written review