Holes: Focus On Reading (saddleback's Focus On Reading Study Guides)

SADDLEBACK STUDY GUIDE Saddleback’s literature study guides FOCUS ON READING Holes Give your students the background and support they need to understand and enjoy literature. With these study guides, your students will practice reading comprehension skills, sharpen their vocabulary, and learn to identify literary elements. • Prepares all students for reading success through prereading background building Focus ON RE ADING Vocabulary READING COMPREHENSION • Focuses reading with guiding “Questions to Think About” • Builds vocabulary with prereading and during-reading activities • Develops cultural literacy by using well-known literature • Includes a comprehensive end-of-book test For more information on other titles in the Focus on Reading series, visit our website: sdlback.com Holes Louis Sachar Three Watson • Irvine, California 92618-2767 1-888-735-2225 • sdlback.com ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Reproducible Activities Focus ON READING Holes Richard J. Lynch Three Watson Irvine, CA 92618-2767 Web site: www.sdlback.com Copyright © 2006 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, with the exception below. Pages labeled with the statement Saddleback Educational Publishing © 2006 are intended for reproduction. Saddleback Educational Publishing grants to individual purchasers of this book the right to make sufficient copies of reproducible pages for use by all students of a single teacher. This permission is limited to a single teacher and does not apply to entire schools or school systems. ISBN-1-59905-110-9 Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 06 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction/Classroom Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iva Focus on the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Focus Your Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Chapters 1–7 Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 IV. Chapters 28–35 Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21 Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Check Your Understanding: Multiple Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Check Your Understanding: Short Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Deepen Your Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 II. Chapters 8–17 Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9 V. Chapters 36–43 Focus Your Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27 Build Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<