Activity
Decide which group of sentences would make good paragraphs. Write yes or no before each paragraph to show your answer.
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Stanley Yelnats and his family have a history of bad luck. The first Stanley's great grandfather made a fortune on the stock market. The family's bad luck struck him when he moved from New York to California and was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow. Stanley's father is an inventor. He works very hard and is smart, however, none of his inventions ever work. Stanley is accused of a crime he didn't commit and is sent to Camp Green Lake as punishment. It seems none of the Yelnats can escape the family curse.
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Camp Green Lake dried up and the people who lived near it moved away over a hundred years ago. Now the lake is desert-like with temperatures around ninety-five degrees. Deserts cover one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The only place to find shade is between two trees in the Warden's yard. Rattlesnakes and scorpions hide under rocks and in the holes the campers dig. Deserts do not have many large animals because there is not enough water for them to survive.
| _______________ Stanley's father was an inventor. He was trying to discover a way to recycle old sneakers. Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus invented an apparatus for applying dyes to the sides of the soles and heels of shoes. George de Mestral invented Velcro. While hiking, he had noticed that burrs stuck to his clothing. He used this idea to develop one strip of nylon with loops, and another with hooks. |
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Louis Sachar gave many of the characters in Holes nicknames to represent one side of their personality, while their given name represents someone entirely different. Kissin' Kate Barlow is the tough outlaw, while Miss Katherine is the mild schoolteacher. Stanley is the easy going boy who is picked on, while Caveman suggests a strong boy who is not easily frightened. Zero suggests a character who is worthless, while Hector refers to someone who is smart and has a sense of standing up for himself. Can you analyze these characters: X-Ray - Rex, Squid - Alan, Magnet - José, Armpit - Theodore, and Zigzag - Rick?
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