Context Clues
The bus wasn't air-conditioned, and the hot, heavy air was almost as stifling as the handcuffs.
What does stifling mean?
So hot that it’s difficult to breathe
"This isn't a girl scout camp!"
Mr. Sir
1) Who's in the flashback
2) Why is it important?
His brain took him back to a time when he was very little, all bundled up in a snowsuit. he and his mother were walking, hand in hand, mitten in mitten, when they both slipped on some ice and fell and rolled down a snow-covered hillside. They ended up at the bottom of the hill. He remembered he almost cried, but instead he laughed. His mother laughed too.
1) Stanley and his mother
2) Stanley wants to be thinking about his family when he dies and not Mr. Sir and the Warden. Family is important to Stanley
Whose name is on the suitcase that is discovered in the final hole?
Stanley Yelnats
Twitch is sent to Green Lake for stealing cars. Later he helps Stanley steal a car. When we learn about why he is sent to camp Green Lake it ___________ him helping Stanley steal the car.
a. Foreshadows
b. Negates
c. Conflicts
A. Foreshadows
The land was barren and desolate. He could see a few rundown buildings and some tents.
Define desolate
Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
"I can fix that."
Sam
1) Who's in the flashback
2) Why is it important? Make a connection.
He took both of her hands, and kissed her. Because of the rain there was nobody else out on the street, Even if there was, ______ and ______ wouldn't have noticed. They were lost in their own world.
Hattie pointed her quivering finger in their direction and whispered, "God will punish you!"
1) Kate and Sam
2) This is the start to story of why rain stopped falling on Green Lake. It shows us that Sam and Kate loved each other, but their love was not allowed. It lead to Kathrine becoming Kissing Kate Barlow.
What does Stanley's father name his invention? How is the name of his invention tied to Kate and Sam?
1) Sploosh
2) Kate was famous for her spiced peaches, Zero survived off the peaches, the invention smells like peaches.
Stanley remembers rolling down a snowy hill with his mom.
a. Irony
b. Flashback
c. Conflict
d. Resolution
b. Flashback
If he jerked too quickly, he felt the throbbing pain just above his neck where Zig Zag's shovel had hit him.
Define: Throbbing
Pulsing with pain
What does this quote mean?
"You make the decision: Whom did God punish?"
Answer: Here, the narrator turns the question on its head and asks us to consider the real losers of the situation, when Sam is shot for kissing Miss. Kathrine.
Elaborated: The answer is clear: God punished the townspeople and the descendants of those who persecuted Sam and Kate. The lake dried up and deprived Trout Walker of his wealth and his sanity, while Kate Barlow made money from robbing travelers.
1) Who's in the flashback
2) Why is it important?
"She'd tell me to wait in a certain place for her. When I was real little, I had to wait in small areas, like on a porch step or a doorway...and then one day she didn't come back."
1) Zero is talking about his Mom
2) We learn more about what a rough childhood Zero had, and why he is a ward of the state.
From what point of view is the novel Holes told?
Third Person limited (Stanley) and Third Person Omniscient (Kate and Sam story)
Stanley remembers how the shoes fell on his head when he was walking home late from school, and how this incident put him in Camp Green Lake.
a. Irony
b. Flashback
c. Climax
B. Flashback
Mr. Sir screamed and clutched his face with both hands.
Define: clutched
grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly
Why?
"Kate Barlow died laughing."
Kate is not under Trout Walkers Power. She died laughing because she hid the treasure and now that she has been bitten by a Yellow Spotted Lizard, Trout will never find the treasure.
1) Who's in the flashback
2) Why is it important?
He didn't have friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size. Even his teachers sometimes made cruel comments without realizing it.
1) Stanley
2) We learned about who Stanley was, we better understand his background. We learn that he was bullied.
Name the THREE part climax of the novel Holes
1. Stanley and Zero find the treasure
2. The Warden discovers Stanley and Zero in the hole with the treasure
3. The boys are surrounded by Yellow Spotted Lizards
It is ____ that Zero was the one who was able to read the name of the suitcase in the last hole.
a. Ironic
b. Foreshadowing
c. Flashback
a. ironic
Madame Zeroni hated to see Elya so forlorn. Against her better judgement , she agreed to help him.
Define: Forlorn
pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
1)Why did it rain?
2)How does this relate to Kate and Sam's story?
"Behind them the sky had turned dark, and for the first time in over a hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake."
1)Stanley and his family suffer from a curse, which is broken at the end of the novel.
2)By finding the treasure and keeping it out of the hands of Trout Walker's descendant (the Warden), Stanley seems to have managed to break Kate's vengeful curse. (make the connection between the Warden and Trout)
1) Why is in this flashback
2) Why is it important (can you make a connection between the two story lines?)
"I want you to carry me up the mountain. I want to drink from the stream, and I want you to sing the song to me." _____ promised he would. ____ ____ warned that if he failed to do this, he and his decedents would be doomed for all of eternity.
1) Elya and Madame Zeroni
2) This is the start to the Yelnats family curse. Elya is Stanleys Great great grandfather and he is unable to complete this task. Therefore Stanleys family is cursed. Later on Stanley will break the curse by carrying Zero, Madame Zernoi's great great grandson, up the mountain, having him drink from the stream, and singing him the pig song.
Name THREE themes in the novel Holes
Bad luck can be changed into good luck
Hard work and determination lead to success
There is a lot of injustice in this world, but sometimes bad people get what they deserve
The curse-Elya didn't carry Madam Zeroni up the mountain to let her drink the water, nor did he sing her the pig song.
a. Irony
b. Climax
c. Foreshadowing
d. Protagonist
c. Foreshadowing