Monday, May 21, 2012

First Post for Holes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Choose one of the following responses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In your own words, explain the story of Stanley's great-great-grandfather, Elya Yelnats from Latvia, and Madame Zeroni.

In Chapter 9, Stanley began to write a letter to his mother so she wouldn't worry about him.  Finish up the letter he started.  Then, re-write a letter to his mother describing how he really felt about Camp Green Lake.

In the first part of Holes, we find that yellow-spotted lizards are extremely dangerous.  Make a prediction as to how yellow-spotted lizards may play a role in this novel.

23 comments:

  1. The yellow spotted lizard will go in Stanley's hole and jump out to bite him.

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  2. Dear Mom

    Today was my first day at camp, and I've already made some friends. We've been out on the lake all day, so I'm pretty tired. Once I pass the swimming test I'll get to learn how to water-ski. I ... Am having fun today like every other day. The water was good.
    Love,
    Stanley

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    Dear Mom,
    It's really hot hear i am digging for hours. If you dig a hole it will be hard because my new friends told me that that the second hole is harder and tougher. It is not fun at all. There used to be water. But now it's dry out here. I miss you a lot. I get a jug of water they some times give you water. But as i said they sometimes give you water
    Love,
    Stanley

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  3. Dear mom,
    Today was my first day of camp, i've already made some friends. We've been out on the lake all, day so i'm pretty tired. once I pass the swimming test, i'll get to learn how to water-ski. I had a lot of fun at Green Lake.
    from:stanley
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    Dear mom,
    Today was a bad day. I needed to dig holes and I had splinters and I was bleeding. The sun was making me sweat a lot. I don't have friends they are mean to me. The boys are talking about a yellow spotted lizard and i'm afraid it will poison me. I wish I was at home.
    love, stanley

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  4. I predict that the lizards (yellow) will be through out the story. The reason why is because at times when they are digging holes, the lizards can pop out and bite u, then your dead. Also because if you are in vast deserted deserts, there will be some type of wild life in the area. So be careful Stanley..................

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  5. What happened to stanleys great great grandfather was how he loved a women named lativa. Lativa wasn't very smart, she couldn't think for herself. One day a man asked her father for her hand in marriage in exchange of a fat pig. But Stanley's grandfather wanted to marry her too, so he asked madame zeronie for help. Madame zeronie really didn't Want for him to be with lativa but she gave him advice anyway. She gave him a baby pig and told him to cary the pig up a mountain and to let the pig drink from the stream while singing him a song and once he does that for two weeks the pig will get bigger and then she made him promise to come back on the last day and carry her up the mountain or him and his family will be cursed . When it was time to compare the two pigs they were the same weight. So they let lavita decide who she wanted top marry she didn't know who to choose so she told them to think of a # and she said if she was thinking of that # she would marry him. Stanleys great grandfather was upset so he just walked away and went to america. But he forgot to walk madame zeronie up the mountain.

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  6. In this section of holes zero finished digging before anybody. Stanley grandfather married a woman named Sarah miller.He and her had a baby named Stanley .After Stanley finish digging, he got stuck in the hole he digged.When he finally got out he took a shower and went to the wreck room.Stanley almost got in a fight.Stanley got a nickname called caveman.Stanley found a fossil stone but Mr.pandanski said it wasn't interesting.

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  7. The yellow-spotted lizard may take role in this novel because of where they live, what they eat, and they're dangerous. The lizard live in holes which the boys dig every day. The boys use the bathroom in the holes and can get bitten which means immediate death. The lizards feed upon sunflower seed shells which Mr.Sir is eating. That could attract one.

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  8. 1.I think Stanley's great great grandfather Elya Yelnats is a compationate man.Who thinks he knows what he wants. Like how he liked Myra because she is pretty not because she has a good heart.And she is also empty headed.elya is also a man of great strenth.the captain could see that
    Madame Zeroni sounds like she is related to Zero.she is also a clever woman.She knows that if someone is not going to take care of you she is probably not the one

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  9. I miss you mother even if it is fun over here i still miss you! Where I am we have a nice view of the lake. Also we have great food here we all eat good.Well I have to get ready for swimming after swimming we are going to eat ice cream!

    Dear Mom,
    Today was my first day at camp,and I have already meet the principal from here, he is MEAN! Well guess what they are making me.Do well they are making me dig holes! There are these reptiles called yellow spotted lizards, they are scary, the principal knowing that the animals are there, still he let us be in danger and one more thing this camp doesn't let you have personal space, Where do you think we have to do the bathroom? In the holes! Time to go Dig more holes.The hole has to be about like 4 FEET and if we find anything interesting in the hole we have to immadietly report it and well mom honestly the place where I am is a total dump!
    From,
    Stanley Yelnats

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  10. i pick number three i think that the yellow spotted lizard will get scared ang then bite one of the kids when there diging the holes

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  11. I predict that the yellow-spotted lizards will have a role in this novel because maybe the Warden or whatever he is called wants to teach the boys how to act right by making them or thinking that they are the yellow-spotted lizards. I think that because on chapter eight Stanley talks about the yellow-spotted lizards. In one paragraph it says they dig HOLES.SOUNDS FAMILIAR? Duh the title. It is called HOLES because of the yellow..something something.It is just like HOOT.not only because the both stories start with H.BECAUSE OF THE ANIMALS.

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  12. Fake Letter:
    Dear Mom,
    Today was my first day at camp, and I've already made some friends. We've been out on the lake all day, so I'm pretty tired. Once I pass the swimming test, I'll get to learn about water-ski. I dig holes and I'm really having fun. You do not need to worry about me because camp green lake is great and the water by the lake is fresh and feels like summer.
    Real Letter:
    Dear Mom,
    Today was my first day at camp, and its turning out really bad. We've been out on the lake all day, so I'm pretty tired, this is a bad place I need to get out of here so get me out.I HATE IT!!!!!!!

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  13. Dear Mom,
    Today was my first day at camp and i've already made some friends.We've been on the lake all day so i'm pretty tired.Once I pass the swimming test I'll get to learn how to water ski.I can't wait to pass it so i could learn to water ski.
    Love,Stanely
    Dear Mom,
    this has the be the worst camp ever because there is no lake and each day you have to get up at 4:30 just to eat breakfast.Plus each day we have to dig a hole 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep.And we have to dig them in the hot blazing dessert.
    Love,Stanley

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  14. I think the yellow spotted lizard is going to play a role in the book by someone is going to get bite by the lizard but someone who doesn't really care.So while the cops and secured call the ambulance and the hospital and taking care of the boy Stanley is going to run away with one of his new friends and the cops are not going to realize and he's going to get away.

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  15. The second section:

    Dear Mom,
    Today was my first day at camp, and I've already made some friends. We've been out on the lake all day, so I'm pretty tired. Once I pass the swimming test, I'll get to learn how to water ski. I......(continued) made my first hole, I have to admit I am proud of myself.
    There was a kid at the lake named barf bag, everyone has a nickname. Myself? I haven't developed one yet. But, I know I will soon.
    There are the guards too, Mr. Pendanski, he pretty cool I guess. Mr.Sir, I don't know if that's his real name though. Oh, and The Warden, from what I hear people say about him he's not very much a nice guy.
    I have to admit, it's not easy digging the holes. Especially if your in the sun for hours, gosh it's not picking daises. People finish before me, today I was pretty sure I was the last one done.
    I found a fossil today, but, it wasn't great enough to take the day off though.

    Don't worry about me mom. How are you?

    -Stanley

    Second part of section two:

    Dear mom,
    I don't love Camp Green Lake, the sun, it's my enemy. Everyday, in the sun, it's not the best. I much rather have to not dig holes, can't we do something more, I don't know, reasonable, I mean come on. You dig holes! In the dirt! For hours straight, it builds character?! How?! The holes are so plain, how will the character ever be somewhat appealing?!

    Crazy things in Camp Green Lake

    -Stanley

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  16. The yellow spoted lizerd will play a part of the novel is stanley big fear and when he dig an other hole it will jump out of the ground

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  17. How the yellow spotted lizard are extremely dangerous and play role in the novel is some one might get bittin by does

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  18. I think when someone is digging they will probably disturb the nest of the yellow spotted lizard and will bite one of stanley's friend and will die and the people will try to kill it but fail.

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  19. The story of stalney grandfather is that after he got on the boat to America.when he got to America he learned English.He also fell in love with Sarah miller.Later they had a baby Sarah also sang the song to the baby.then bad stuff started to happen.

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  20. In the first part of Holes the yellow-spotted lizards play a role in this novel is that if there was no lizard it would not make the book interesting and dangerous. A nother role it plays is being a lizard that is easy to kill you.

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  21. I perdict that the yellow-spotted lizards would play a role in this novel because they're talking about how there dangerous and explaining what they look like. In the text it said aleast up to twenty yellow-spotted lizards are in one hole.
    So while one of the students are digging a hole they might spot one and might keep it to them selves instead of telling.

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  22. Elya Yelnats really liked this girl. So one day he went to her father to ask to marry her. But the girls dad wanted a big fat pig instead of Elya marrying his daughter. So Elya goes to Madame Zeroni to ask for help about the girl.
    Madame Zeroni tried to tell Elya that she wasn't worth it but Elya wouldn't listen. Madame Zeroni was telling him that she was dumb she can't have an intelligent conversion or milk a goat. Elya didn't listen so madame Zeroni gave him a bargain. She gave him a piglet she told him to take the pig up the mountain everyday and sing to it. the pig would get bigger and it did. But there was a catch if he didn't take her up to the mountain and let her drink she would curse him and his family. when the pig finally got huge and he took the pig it was the same size as igors pig. then they let the girl decide and she didn't know who to choose so then elya didn't care anymore and left the country breaking his promise to Madame Zeroni

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  23. Stanley has a flashback about his great great grandfather and how he got married. At first, it said that he and another man want to marry a woman from afar. One of them offered a pig for the daughter's marriage. Then Stanley's grandfather need help from Madam Zeroni and she gave him a little pig that he had to carry up a mountain everyday for it to drink water.after the pig has grown, the grandfather and Madam Zeroni made a deal to take her up that mountain before she died. After leaving on a boat because he had given up on the woman, he was cursed by Madam Zeroni because he realized he hadn't taken her to the mountain but wanted to search for her lost son to fix it.

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