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EnglishYears 7, 8About 10 sessions (estimate, no timer)A parent checks the finished piece
Holes: The Evidence Wall
Two stories, a hundred years apart, and a camp where nothing is what it seems. Pin up every clue and prove how Sachar built the mystery.
What you'll make
A growing evidence board, a clue sort, an optional fictional case file and a developed evidence-based essay.
What you'll learn
- Inference: reading what is suggested, not just stated
- Narrative structure — how two timelines connect
- Foreshadowing and how writers plant clues
- Supporting an interpretation with precise evidence
You'll need
Your own or a library copy of Holes (complete edition) · Paper or a board, sticky notes, string (optional)
Read the whole novel through the Reading Shelf plan (50 chapters in ten blocks). Tasks unlock as she logs her reading, so nothing is spoiled.
Curriculum links
- Read a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, including whole books and plays, and texts from the English literary heritage
- Understand increasingly challenging texts, making inferences and referring to evidence in the text
- Study setting, plot and characterisation, and the effects of these on the reader
- Write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length for pleasure and information, including well-structured formal expository and narrative essays
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