Name: _________________

Holes Final Project

Due: Monday April 15th, 2019

Now that we have finished reading the book Holes, I would like to see you interpreting what
you have read in a different way. You must include at least 5 - 10 vocab words in the project
from your list that we have been working on throughout the unit.

You have the choice of doing one of the four options:

1. BOOK SEQUEL: Write a sequel to Holes. What happens to Stanley and Zero after the novel
ends? You could make it a picture book and include photos, or a mini chapter book. Picture
Book must include written text as well. Your story must have a clear beginning middle and
end and be at least 4 pages double spaced typed.

2. DEAR DIARY: Choose a character in the book. Write about the events in the book from his
or her point of view, in the form of several diary entries. At least 6 diary entries. Each diary
entry must be at least a paragraph long (7 - 10 sentences).

3. NEWSPAPER: Create a newspaper that is themed around the events in the book. You might
include news articles, advertisements, comic strips, and an advice column. You must have at
least 4 different items in your newspaper. News articles would be a reporter’s take on an
event that happened in the novel, such as Stanley running away from camp or getting
arrested. An advertisement could be about an item or product used in the novel. The Comic
Strip could be a group of small images that communicates a story that happened in the
book. For the advice you could choose any character and have them asking for advice or be
the advice giver and what kind of advice they would give.

4. NEWS INTERVIEW: Imagine you are a journalist that is interviewing one of the characters
from Holes. Write a script for it. Think about the kinds of fun questions you can think of and
interpret how you think the character would answer them. The script must be at least 4
pages double spaced and typed

If you have another idea, you are welcome to come talk to Miss Wills about the possibility!
 Name: _________________

Holes Final Project Rubric

5 - Excellent 4- Proficient 3- Satisfactory 2- Limited 1- Poor
CONTENT • The student’s • The student’s • The student’s • The student’s • The student’s
exploration of the topic exploration of the topic is exploration of the topic is exploration of the topic is exploration of the topic is
• Explores the topic is insightful and/or adept and/or plausible. clear and/or logical. tenuous and/or simplistic. minimal and/or tangential.
• Establishes a purpose imaginative.
• Presents ideas • The ideas presented by • The ideas presented by • The ideas presented by • The ideas presented by
• Supports the response • The ideas presented by the student are thoughtful the student are the student are superficial the student are
• Considers the reader the student are and/or sound. appropriate and/or and/or ambiguous. overgeneralized and/or
perceptive and/or predictable. underdeveloped.
• Supporting details are • Supporting details are
carefully chosen.
specific and/or apt. • Supporting details are imprecise and/or • Supporting details are
• Supporting details are relevant and/or generic. abbreviated. irrelevant and/or scant.
• The writing is considered
precise and/or original.
and/or elaborated and • The writing is • The writing is • The writing is confusing
• The writing is draws the reader’s straightforward and/or unsubstantiated and/or and/or lacks validity and
confident and/or interest. generalized and incomplete and does not does not interest the
creative and holds the occasionally appeals to the appeal to the reader’s reader.
reader’s interest. reader’s interest. interest.

ORGANIZATION • Events and/or details • Events and/or details are • Events and/or details are • The development of • The development of
are developed in a developed in a sensible developed in a discernible events and/or details is events and/or details is
• Focus judicious order, and order, and coherence is order, although coherence not clearly discernible, and haphazard and/or
• Coherent development coherence is generally maintained. may falter occasionally. coherence falters incoherent.
• Connections between maintained. frequently.
events and/or details • Transitions, either • Transitions, either • Transitions, either
• Closure • Transitions, either explicit or implicit, clearly explicit or implicit, tend to • Transitions, either explicit or implicit, are
explicit or implicit, connect events and/or be mechanical and are explicit or implicit, are absent and/or
fluently connect events details within and/or generally used to connect lacking and/or inappropriately used to
and/or details within between sentences and/or events and/or details indiscriminately used to connect events and/or
and/or between paragraphs. within and/or between connect events and/or details within and/or
sentences and/or sentences and/or details within and/or between sentences and/or
paragraphs. paragraphs. between sentences and/or paragraphs.
paragraphs.

SENTENCE • Sentence structure is • Sentence structure is • Sentence structure is • Sentence structure often • Sentence structure
consistently controlled. consistently controlled. generally controlled, but lacks control, and this may generally lacks control,
STRUCTURE lapses may occasionally impede meaning. and this often impedes
• Sentence type and • Sentence type and
• Sentence structure is impede meaning. meaning.
sentence length are sentence length are • Sentence type and
controlled usually effective and usually effective and • Sentence type and sentence length are • There is essentially no
• Sentence type and varied. varied. sentence length are seldom effective and/or variation in sentence type
sentence length are sometimes effective varied; syntactic structures or sentence length;
effective and varied • Sentence beginnings • Sentence beginnings are
and/or varied. are frequently awkward. syntactic structures are
• Sentence beginnings are often varied. often varied.
unintelligible.
are varied • Some variety of sentence • There is little variety of
beginnings is evident. sentence beginnings. • There is essentially no
variety of sentence
beginnings.

VOCABULARY • Words and expressions • Words and expressions • Words and expressions • Words and expressions • Words and expressions
are used accurately and are often used accurately. are generally used are often used inexactly. are generally used
• Accuracy of the words deliberately. appropriately. inaccurately.
and expressions • Specific words and • Imprecise words and
• Effectiveness of the • Precise words and expressions show some • General words and expressions predominate; • Ineffective words and
words and expressions expressions are used to evidence of careful expressions are used specific words, if present, expressions predominate;
• Appropriateness and create vivid images selection and/or some adequately to clarify may be improperly used. specific words, if present,
effectiveness of the and/or to enrich details. awareness of connotative meaning. are frequently misused.
• A voice/tone created by
voice/tone created by effect.
• The voice/tone • The voice/tone created the student is not clearly • A voice/tone created by
the student created by the student is • The voice/tone created by the student is established or is indistinct. the student is not evident
convincing. by the student is distinct. discernible but may be or is indiscreet.
• Only 2 vocab words were
inconsistent or uneven.
• At least 5 vocab words • 4 vocab words are used used • Only 1 vocab word was
are used • 3 vocab words are used used

CONVENTIONS • The quality of the • The quality of the • The quality of the • The quality of the • The quality of the
writing is enhanced writing is sustained writing is sustained writing is weakened by writing is impaired by the
• Mechanics (spelling, because it is because it contains only through generally the frequently incorrect consistently incorrect
punctuation, essentially error-free. minor convention errors. correct use of use of conventions. use of conventions.
capitalization, and conventions.
• Any errors that are • Any errors that are • Errors blur clarity • Errors severely reduce
indentation for new present do not reduce present rarely reduce • Errors occasionally and/or interrupt the flow clarity and/or impede the
speakers, etc.) clarity and/or do not clarity and/or seldom reduce clarity and/or of the response. flow of the response.
• Clarity and flow of the interrupt the flow of interrupt the flow of the sometimes interrupt the
response the response. response. flow of the response.
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