Monday, May 31, 2010

Holes - Book Group Week 5

Holes by Louis Sachar
Week 5: Read pages 155-197 (chs. 35-43)


Vocabulary:

sheepishly (155)
ventilation (156)
clutched (160)
frail (164)
situated (165)
precipice (171)
quack (178)
contritely (179)
feebly (180)
evicted (190)
distinctive (196)


Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Write the definitions in your journal, and underline the word.
2. Choose 2 different vocabulary words and write meaningful sentences for each in your journal. Underline the vocabulary words.
3. As Stanley and Zero walked toward Big Thumb, the book says, “it was like chasing the moon.” What is meant by this phrase? (1 to 2 sentences)
4. Where do Stanley and Zero go, and what does Stanley discover that allows them to survive? (2 to 3 sentences)
5. Explain the significance of Zero mentioning that his mother had sung a lullaby similar to the one Stanley’s mother had sung to him. (paragraph)

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