Holes Webquest

by Louis Sacher
A 3rd Grade Web quest
by Vanessa Kline

Introduction

After a hard day at school, Stanley Yelnats begins to walk home. Halfway through his journey, a pair of sneakers falls on his head! Stanley gets accused of stealing the sneakers is sentenced to 18 months in jail, or in Camp Green Lake. Stanley chooses Camp Green Lake and his adventure begins!

After reading Holes, you and your partner want to let other people know what a great book it is. It's understandable that you can't wait to tell everyone about Stanley's adventures and the characters he meets along the way! Thus, our mission begins!

Task

Informing the world about such a great book is hard to do! You'll need lots of different strategies. Book reviews, summaries, and advertisements are all good ways to inform others about books, so you'll be choosing one of these topics to help introduce this book to other people.

Process

1) After you're finished reading the book Holes, your partner and you will be looking through some online resources (found in the "Resource" section). Use these to give you ideas about your final project.

2) After you've scanned the book reviews, you'll decide on ONE project you'd like to do with your partner. You can choose from:

        1. Completing an online book review.
        2. Creating an advertisement on Microsoft Publisher.
        3. Creating a summary on PowerPoint.

3) After choosing your project, you and your partner begin by clicking on the link of your project. Good luck!

Resources

Book Reviews:

Book Review from Nickelodeon
Editorial Review on Amazon.com
Book Review by Aaron
Book Review by ABC Audiobooks
Book Reviews by 7th graders
World of Reading Book Review

Advertisements:

"Holes" Ad by 7th graders
"Holes" Ad by Mrs. Kline

Conclusion

Wow, what a task! It's great to see that you loved the book enough to share your opinions with other people! Maybe now you can share your thoughts with the world in a different way. Great job and good luck!