Holes

The book 

Summary from chapter 1-7

Stanley Yelnats is a kid who has a great great grandfather who made every boy have a curse. Stanley was accused of stealing over $5000 sports shoes that actually weren’t stolen from him and were falling from the sky. He was arrested and got a choice at court to either go to jail or camp green lake. He chose Camp Green Lake, a place that is supposed to improve him by digging holes, where he will meet some strange people and dig some deep holes, 5 feet long and five feet deep.

1. Why​ ​does​ ​Stanley​ ​go​ ​to​ ​Camp​ ​Green​ ​Lake?​ ​Have​ ​you​ ​ever​ ​been​ ​accused​ ​on something​ ​you​ ​didn’t​ ​do?​ He was accused to ‘stealing sports shoes’ and yes, I was accused of swearing.                                 
2. ​Do​ ​you​ ​think​ ​it’s​ ​true​ ​that​ ​digging​ ​holes​ ​can​ ​turn​ ​a​ ​bad​ ​person​ ​into​ ​a​ ​good​ ​one? What’s​ ​something unpleasant​ ​that​ ​you​ ​have​ ​done​ ​before?   I think that it can help because they experience what it would be like if you didn’t have everything you wanted. I called someone’s hair grey.                                
3. The​ ​author​ ​says​ ​that​ ​a​ ​good​ ​inventor​ ​needs​ ​to​ ​have​ ​intelligence,​ ​perseverance and​ ​luck.​ ​Do​ ​you​ ​agree?​ Explain​ ​your​ ​answer. I agree because you do of course need to be intelligent because you can’t make inventions not knowing what 1+1 is and you can’t make something and if it gets hard give up. You need luck because you need the invention to work.                                                                         
4. Why​ ​does​ ​Stanley’s​ ​great-great​ ​Grandfather​ ​have​ ​a​ ​curse​ ​on​ ​him?​ ​Do​ ​you​ ​believe in​ ​curses? Stanley’s great great grandfather was supposed to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain but he did not. I don’t believe in curses.
5. Why​ ​do​ ​you​ ​think​ ​the​ ​boys​ ​prefer​ ​to​ ​be​ ​called​ ​by​ ​their​ ​nicknames​ ​at​ ​Camp​ ​Green Lake?​ ​Do​ ​you have​ ​a​ ​nickname?​ ​What​ ​is​ ​it? I think that they like nicknames because it shows that they are in a group. I have many nicknames, such as Addy, Adidas, Dorito and Addiso                                                                                                                     
6. Stanley​ ​feels​ ​like​ ​he​ ​is​ ​holding​ ​‘destiny’s​ ​shoes’.​ ​Do​ ​you​ ​believe​ ​there​ ​is​ ​such​ ​a thing​ ​as​ ​destiny?​ ​Explain. Yes, everything happens for a reason and those things change your future.                                                                                                                                                                               
7. Based​ ​on​ ​what​ ​you​ ​have​ ​read​ ​so​ ​far,​ ​do​ ​you​ ​think​ ​Stanley​ ​has​ ​made​ ​the​ ​right choice​ ​in​ ​coming​ ​to​ ​Camp​ ​Green​ ​Lake?​ ​Why? I think that going to Camp Green Lake was a good idea because he made good friends, he had a story to tell after, and he would be proud of digging so many holes.                                                 
8. Stanley​ ​feels​ ​proud​ ​of​ ​his​ ​first​ ​hole​ ​when​ ​it​ ​is​ ​finished.​ ​Why?​ ​Describe​ ​a​ ​time when​ ​you​ ​felt​ ​proud? Stanley felt proud because he finished something that was incredibly hard. I felt proud when I finished my picture for the Tawhirimatea quilt.                                                                                                                                                                             
9. What​ ​do​ ​you​ ​think​ ​of​ ​the​ ​story​ ​so​ ​far?​ ​What​ ​do​ ​you​ ​think​ ​will​ ​happen​ ​next? He might make friends with some of them.

The meanings of the following words: 

Perseverance​, desolate​,​ ​excavated​,​ ​preposterous​ and grimaced:

Perseverance means even if you have hard times you still continue and succeed.

Sentence containing perseverance: “Well done, it takes a lot of perseverance to build a house”

Desolate means someone or something that is sad and unhappy.

Sentence containing desolate: “Come on, don’t be so desolate!”

Excavated means that you are going to do anything with a shovel.

Sentence containing excavated: “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to excavate a hole”

Preposterous means when you are being unreasonable and foolish.

Sentence containing preposterous: “You are being preposterous thinking that I am being unfair!”

Grimace is a facial expression you make when you are grossed out.

 

 

This week we have been learning about the book holes, this is what I think it will be like.

We have been learning about Matariki, a star cluster containing 9 stars. I made a book with the important facts about it. This is my book.

 

Over the past few weeks, I have chosen a theme and some questions for Inquiry. The theme I chose was Māori wayfinders, which were people who use the stars for navigation. The 3 questions I chose were, were there any other ways to navigate? How did they know which stars to follow? And how did they know how to use the stars? The main website I used was Matauranga, How Did They Find Their Way.

What’s a question you think I should find out?

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