Holes

Activities for Chapters 16 - 20
Pages 72 - 91

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Vocabulary Words of the Day  - evict and callused

evict - To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel, throw out,  remove, dislodge, put out, eject

Page 75 -  The landlord is threatening to evict us because of the odor.

callused -To form or develop such hardened tissue, coarse, rough

Page 80 -  His muscles had strengthened, and his hands were tough and callused.

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Classroom Dig Activity

During the classroom dig activity small paper lunch bags were placed in a grid pattern. Students were placed in five teams. Each team had to solve clues to determine which bag on the grid to look in. All the objects inside the bag related to the story.

"Sploosh" One Hundred Year Old Peaches

 

Lizards

Fish Fossils

Golden Tube

Treasure

 

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