Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
When Stanley Yelnats is wrongly convicted of a crime he is given the option of prison or 18 months at Camp Green Lake. Stanley has never been to camp before so he chooses the latter-at least there's a lake. When he arrives at Camp Green Lake he finds that it is nothing like what he imagined. he will be expected to dig a hole everyday in the now dried up lake bed because according to the counselors of the camp "digging holes builds character". Stanley soon realizes that he and the other boys are digging holes for reasons other than to build character. In this book, Stanley meets an array of boys who live similar lives.
I would use this book in my classroom because it is a great tool for teaching point of view. Stanley comes from a lower income family and his friend, Zero is homeless, so the students can compare their lives to the characters lives. The writing is easy to understand and would be great for struggling readers.
South Carolina State Standards
Standard 6-1 The student will read and comprehend a variety of literary texts in print and nonprint formats.
Indicator 6-1.4 Analyze an author’s development of characters, setting, and conflict in a given literary text.
I would use a graphic organizer to help students perform a character study. The students would choose a character and create a sock puppet of that character using sock puppet nation. The students would present their character to the class.
http://www.sockpuppetnation.com/
http://www.eduscapes.com/newbery/99a.htm
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/literature/holes/holescomp.asp
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