Rattlesnakes and Scorpions

Yellow Spotted Lizards

Holes

Log cabin 2 trees and a Hammock

Camper tents

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 1&2 The setting of this story takes place at Camp Green Lake.

Draw a picture of what you think Camp Green Lake looks like.

Don’t forget to include:

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 3 Stanley’s family was cursed with bad luck.

Cut out the boxes at the bottom.

Glue the type of bad luck next to the person who experienced it.

Stanley

Stanley’s great-grandfather

Stanley’s father

Stanley’s family

Could not invent anything

Got robbed by Kissin Kate Barlow

Was arrested for something he

didn’t do

Live in a small, smelly apartment

Sunglasses Cowboy hat Soda in his hand

Sunflower seeds

Gun on his side

Rattlesnake tattoo on his arm

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 4 Draw a picture of Mr. Sir.

Don’t forget to include:

Is Mr. Sir

Friendly or Unfriendly?

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 5 The campers at Camp Green Lake all have different nicknames.

Cut out the nicknames at the bottom of the page.

Glue the nickname next to the picture of the character with that name.

Armpit Zero

Mom Squid

Zigzag

Magnet

X-Ray

Alan

Zero José

Mr. Pendanski

Ricky

Theodore

Rex

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 6 Stanley was a fan of Clyde Livingston.

He was accused of stealing Clyde Livingston’s shoes.

I am a fan of

This is what I think Clyde Livingston’s shoes looked like:

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 7 Cut out the squares at the bottom and glue them in order.

Elya wants to marry Myra but her father wants a pig.

Elya goes to Madame Zeroni for help and she

helps him get a pig.

Elya’s pig is the same weight as Igor’s pig.

Since Eyla did not keep his promise, Madame Zeroni cursed him and his family.

Elya is sad and goes to America.

Eyla decides he doesn’t want to marry Myra

anymore.

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Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 8 Camp Green Lake has many yellow-spotted lizards.

Cut out and glue the boxes that describe the yellow-spotted lizards in the book.

Have purple stripes

They jump very high

They can fly

Have 11 yellow spots

Live in trees

Live in holes

Skinny

Large

Small

Dirty

Strong

Girly

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 9 Stanley was given the nickname Caveman.

Cut out the words at the bottom and glue the words that describe a caveman.

If I could pick a nickname for me, I would pick _______________________________

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 10 Stanley found a fossil in his hole.

Here’s how to make your own fossil.

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Roll a small amount of clay into a ball.

Let the clay dry. Now you have your own fossil!

Carefully take out the toy with a toothpick.

Press a small toy into the clay.

Basic Salt Dough Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup of fine salt 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup of water (may add more) Instructions: In a large bowl, combine the salt and the flour. Make a well in the salt/flour mixture and add the water. Knead until smooth and shape into a ball.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 11 What do you remember from the book?

Answer the questions to see how much you can remember.

1. Who is the main character in the book? ______________________

2. Where is the setting of the story? ___________________________

3. What do the campers dig everyday? _________________________

4. Who is the leader of the group? _____________________________

5. What was Stanley’s nickname? ______________________________

6. What did Stanley steal that sent him to Camp Green Lake? _______________________________________________

7. What did Stanley find in his hole? ___________________________

8. What do the campers get when they find something interesting in their hole? ______________________________________________

A hole A fossil Stanley

Caveman Barf Bag X-Ray

Camp Green Lake Elya Shoes

A car A day off money

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 12 Match each picture to the matching description.

X-Ray

Magnet

Mr. Pendanski

Stanley

Zero

Blames his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

Leads the group during circle time.

Laughed at Magnet for wanting to be an animal trainer

Likes to dig holes

Likes animals

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 13 Answer the questions below and complete the crossword puzzle.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 14 You meet the Warden in this chapter.

Draw a picture of the warden. Don’t forget to include:

Red hair Freckles Dark red fingernails

Black cowboy hat

Black cowboy boots with turquoise stones

Water canteen

Is the Warden

Friendly or Unfriendly?

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 15 Cut out the squares at the bottom and glue them in order.

The Warden had all the campers dig a large

hole.

Stanley realized they were looking for

something.

The Warden came.

X-Ray took the tube and pretended he found it.

Stanley found a tube in his hole.

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Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 16 Below are important words in this chapter.

Find the words and circle them.

Camp Green Lake Caveman Holes Mr. Pendanski

Sneakers Squid Stanley Tube

Warden XRay Zero

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 17 The boys at Camp Green Lake are becoming frustrated and angry with each other.

What is making them frustrated and angry?

Cut out the squares and glue the correct reasons in the box.

Because they got to relax in the Wreck

Room.

Because the Warden was getting mad at

them.

Because they had to wear orange suits.

Because they were tired.

Because they had unlimited water.

Because they had to dig in the hot sun.

Why were the campers upset with each other?

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 18 The main idea of this chapter is written below, but it’s in a secret code.

Use the key to read the main idea.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 19 Cut out the squares at the bottom and glue them in order.

Mr. Sir returned.

Stanley said he stole the

seeds.

Mr. Sir took Stanley to

see the Warden.

The seeds feel into Stanley’s hole

The boys tossed the bag

around

Magnet stole sunflower

seeds from Mr. Sir’s truck

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Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 20 In this chapter, we learned how mean the Warden can be.

Cut out the squares at the bottom and glue the ones that describe the Warden.

Has her own nail polish made

of rattlesnake venom

Uses the phrase, “Excuse Me”

when she doesn’t like

what she hears.

Digs holes with the campers.

Locks campers in a closet when they don’t listen

to her.

Struck Mr. Sir in the face when she was angry.

Screams and yells when she doesn’t get her

way.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 21 Draw a line between each character and what describes them.

Forgot to take Madame Zeroni up the mountain and cursed his family.

Was robbed by Kissin Kate Barlow

Has her own nail polish made of

rattlesnake venom

Took the blame for stealing Mr. Sir’s sunflower seeds

Dug Stanley’s hole for him.

Was hit by the Warden and

poisoned by her nail polish

Zero

Warden

Stanley Yelnats IV

Mr. Sir

Stanley Yelnats I (Stanley’s Great Grandfather)

Elya Yelnats (Stanley’s Great-Great Grandfather)

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 22 Cut out the pictures at the bottom

And glue the ones that describe Zero.

His only friend is Stanley.

Is very good at math.

Is the slowest at digging

holes.

Will dig part of Stanley’s hole in exchange for

lessons.

His best friend is X-Ray

Does not know how to

read or write.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 23 Flashbacks interrupt what’s going on in a story

to tell about something that happened in the past.

The author of Holes uses many flashbacks in the book.

Circle the boxes with examples of flashbacks from the book.

Miss Katherine was a school teacher at Green Lake and

made spiced peaches.

Elya Yelnats wanted to marry Myra and went to Madame

Zeroni for advice.

Stanley teaches Zero how to read and write.

Stanley gets in trouble for stealing sunflower seeds and

is sent to the Warden.

Trout Walker asked Miss Katherine on a date and she

said, “No.”

Stanley finds a gold tube in his hole and gives it to X-Ray.

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Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 24 Fill-in the blank for each statement.

Use the word bank at the bottom.

1. Stanley was sent to the Warden for stealing ___________________

2. The Warden hit ___________________________ in his face because she was angry with him.

3. Mr. Sir is mad at Stanley and won’t give him any ________________ 4. One hundred and ten years ago, ___________________________

was the largest lake in Texas. 5. Miss Katherine was a _____________________________

6. _________________________ liked Miss Katherine but she didn’t

like him back.

7. Stanley realized the tube he found was a lipstick tube that belonged

to ______________________________

8. Stanley agreed to teach _______________________ how to read.

Stanley Mr. Sir Kissin Kate Barlow

teacher shoes sunflower seeds

Warden Trout Walker Green Lake

Zero water money

Sam finished fixing the schoolhouse and Miss

Katherine was sad.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 25 Cut out the boxes at the bottom

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Sam kissed Miss Katherine.

Hattie Parker saw Sam

and Miss Katherine and said, “God will punish

you.”

Miss Katherine began to like Sam and kept

finding him things to fix.

Sam agreed to help fix

the schoolhouse in exchange for Miss

Katherine’s peaches.

Miss Katherine bought onions from Sam and

Mary Lou.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 26 In this chapter, we found out that Miss Katherine became Kissin Kate Barlow.

Cut out the boxes at the bottom and glue the reasons why Miss Katherine became an outlaw.

No one liked Miss Katherine’s peaches.

Sam was murdered because he kissed Miss

Katherine.

The townspeople believed that white

people were better than black people.

Miss Katherine believed

everyone was equal.

The townspeople burned down the

school.

Trout Walker would not take Miss Katherine out

on a date.

The schoolhouse did not turn out the way Miss

Katherine wanted.

What led a kind schoolteacher to become a famous outlaw?

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 27 Complete the crossword puzzle.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 28 Draw a line between each character and what describes them.

Some characters have more than one description.

Was a kind schoolteacher who became a famous

outlaw.

Buried the money she stole

somewhere at Green Lake.

Was bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard and died

laughing.

Owned Green Lake but lost all his

money when the lake dried up.

Was killed because he loved a white

woman.

Wanted Kissin Kate Barlow’s money.

Sam

Miss Katherine

Trout Walker

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 29 Answer the questions. You can use the word bank at the bottom.

1. Kissin Kate Barlow used to be a teacher named ________________________. 2. Miss Katherine fell in love with _____________________. 3. Sam was _____________________ because he kissed Miss

Katherine. 4. Kissin Kate Barlow buried her _________________________

somewhere in the desert. 5. Stanley’s great grandfather was robbed by ____________________. 6. Stanley’s great grandfather was left in the ____________________. 7. Stanley’s great grandfather survived because he found refuge at _______________________________.

Camp Green Lake killed Mr. Sir

Sam money desert

Stanley holes Miss Katherine

Kissin Kate Barlow God’s Thumb peaches

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 30 Part 1 Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Match each cause and effect.

ZigZag began to fight with Stanley.

Stanley is teaching Zero how to read.

The people of Green Lake killed Sam.

Stanley’s great great grandfather forgot to carry Madame Zeroni up a mountain.

It stopped raining at Green Lake and the lake dried up.

Stanley’s great grandfather was robbed by Kissin Kate Barlow.

CAUSE EFFECT

Stanley’s family is cursed.

He lost all his money and was stranded in the desert.

Zero jumped on ZigZag and began to strangle him.

Zero helps Stanley dig part of his hole.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 30 Part 2 directions

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The Warden came and told Zero to stop digging

Stanley’s hole.

Zero hit Mr. Pendanski in his face with a shovel.

Zero ran away from Camp Green Lake into

the desert.

Zero began to choke ZigZag.

Stanley and ZigZag got

into a fight.

ZigZag got angry at

Stanley for having Zero help him dig his hole.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 31 Complete the crossword puzzle.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 32 Match the character with the best description.

There may be more than one description for each character.

Took Zero’s place at Camp Green Lake.

The fastest digger at Camp Green

Lake.

Ran away from Camp Green Lake.

Was teaching Zero how to read and

write.

Stole Mr. Sir’s truck and crashed it in a

hole.

Zero

Stanley

Twitch

The newest camper at Camp Green

Lake.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 33 Answer the questions. Use the word bank at the bottom.

1. Both ___________________ and _______________________ ran away from Camp Green Lake.

2. Stanley ran away and is going to ________________________.

3. Big Thumb is the part of the ___________________________ that looks like a large thumb.

4. _________________________________ live in the bottom of the dug holes.

5. Stanley ran away to find _____________________________.

6. Zero is related to ________________________________.

7. Miss Katherine became _______________________________.

8. Miss Katherine loved ________________________, but he was murdered because he kissed her.

9. Kissin Kate Barlow buried her ____________________________ somewhere in the desert. Stanley Mr. Sir Kissin Kate Barlow

yellow spotted lizards mountain Sam

Trout Walker Big Thumb Madame Zeroni

Zero money Elya Yelnats

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 34 Answer the questions.

Fill out the message at the bottom using the letters in the top boxes.

To get you started, for all the boxes that have a “34” underneath, write a “S” in the box.

the main character:

related to Madame Zeroni

was murdered

owns Camp Green Lake

famous outlaw:

part of the mountain

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 35 Cut out the boxes at the bottom and glue them in order.

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Zero and Stanley eat jars of “Sploosh” which tastes like peaches.

Zero and Stanley decide they need to go to the

“Big Thumb”

Stanley finds Zero under a boat named “Mary

Lou”

Stanley decided to run away and look for Zero.

Zero runs away from

Camp Green Lake.

MARY LOU

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 36 Below are events that happened to certain characters.

Write the name of the character in the arrow next to the event that happened to them.

1. The first to run away from Camp Green

Lake.

3. His great grandfather found God’s

Thumb.

2. His great-great-great

grandmother cursed Elya

Yelnats.

9. Was learning how to read.

6. Almost fell down the mountain.

Zero Stanley

5. Got sick from drinking Sploosh.

7. Cut his hands from holding the

shovel.

8. Is the strongest.

4. Found jars of peaches under a boat and named

it Sploosh.

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10. Does not know where his

family is.

Zero

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 37, 38, 39 Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Match each cause and effect.

Stanley carried Zero up the mountain and sang to him.

There was harmful bacteria in the Sploosh.

Zero got sick from the Sploosh.

Stanley and Zero found weeds and bugs.

Zero got sick from drinking too much Sploosh.

Stanley was relieved that they found water and food.

CAUSE EFFECT

Stanley knew there was water nearby.

Madame Zeroni’s curse was broken!

Stanley carried Zero up the mountain.

Stanley laid down and sang the song about the woodpecker. “If only, if only…”

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 40, 41, 42 Cut out the boxes at the bottom and glue them in order.

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Zero tells Stanley about how he was the one

who stole Clyde Livingston’s shoes.

Stanley and Zero decide to go back to Camp

Green Lake and dig the hole where the tube

was found.

Stanley and Zero got their strength back by eating lots of onions.

Stanley and Zero found an onion patch.

Stanley and Zero climbed up the

mountain to the Big Thumb.

PREDICTION: Do you think Stanley and Zero will find anything?

YES or NO

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 43 Complete the crossword puzzle.

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 44 Fill in the blank to each question.

You can use the word box at the bottom.

1. ______________________ and ______________________ ran away from Camp Green Lake.

2. Stanley and Zero climb up the mountain to the _____________________.

3. Stanley and Zero find water and ______________________.

4. Stanley and Zero decide to return to _______________________________ to dig one more hole.

5. Stanley and Zero are digging in the hole where Stanley found the ________________.

6. Stanley and Zero are hoping to find the ___________________ that ________________________________ buried.

7. Stanley and Zero find a ________________________ buried in the hole.

8. The __________________________ shows up to the hole where Stanley and Zero are.

onions money Big Thumb

Camp Green Lake Stanley Kissin Kate Barlow

suitcase tube Zero

Warden fossil Trout Walker

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 45, 46, 47 Cause is why something happens.

Effect is what happens.

Match each cause and effect.

The Warden was scared she would get in trouble.

The Warden and her family were digging for the treasure for years.

There are yellow spotted lizards in the hole where Stanley and Zero are.

The Warden decided to open a camp so that other people can help dig for the treasure.

Stanley’s name was on the suitcase.

CAUSE EFFECT

The Warden could not take the suitcase.

The Warden is too afraid to go near Stanley and Zero.

The Warden lied and said Stanley stole the suitcase from her cabin.

Stanley Yelnats

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________

Holes- Chapter 48, 49, 50 Decide if the statements below are either TRUE or FALSE.

1. Stanley got to keep the suitcase.

2. Zero was left with the Warden.

3. Stanley and Zero didn’t get bit by the lizards because they had onion blood.

4. Stanley’s father found a cure for foot odor.

5. Stanley’s family is still cursed.

6. Stanley was found not guilty of stealing the shoes!

7. Camp Green Lake closed down and became a Girl Scout Camp.

8. Zero never saw his mother again.

9. There was no money in the suitcase.

10. Clyde Livingston hated Stanley and his family. I liked reading Holes.

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