Activity # 1 Scrapbook Cover

Based on what you have learned so far about Camp Green Lake, design a cover for your Holes Scrapbook .

 

Activity # 2 Postcard

In the space below design a post card from Camp Green Lake. Write a note to a friend describing the setting and the affect it has on the characters and the plot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Standard 3.3
Analyze the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.
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Activity # 3: Group work. Reasearch the West Texas Desert region and then draw the setting of Holes on your group story map.

The following links are from an amazing site by Gay Miller millerg3@k12tn.net.
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West Texas Desert

The setting for Holes is West Texas. Louis Sachar describes the desert setting. Learn more about this area of the United States.

  1. What animals live in this area?

Wild Texas: Desert Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki) http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/muledeer.php

Wildlife Fact Sheets  http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/wild.htm

Elf Owls in West Texas  http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/birds/elfowl.htm

Lizard from EduScapes NatureScapes http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/lizard/

Scorpion Emporium! by S.A. Stockwell http://wrbu.si.edu/www/stockwell/emporium/emporium.html

Scorpion Files by J.O. Rein http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/

Scorpions from DesertUSA http://www.desertusa.com/oct96/du_scorpion.html

  1. What is the weather like? How hot does the Texas Desert get? How often does it rain?

Texas Weather Information  http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/tx.html

  1. What are the characteristics of the land? mountains? plains? canyons?

Desert Links

Chihuahuan Desert Region http://www.cdri.org/Desert/index.html

Desert from BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/desert/index.weml

Desert USA http://www.desertusa.com/

Deserts from eduScapes 42eXplore http://42explore.com/deserts.htm

Desert Tour from Tramline http://www.field-trips.org/tours/sci/desert/_tourlaunch5.htm