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Holes Plot Diagram

Bringing the story to life through visuals

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Create a Plot Summary for Holes

3. Scaffold or differentiate as desired. Different students might use different templates, or templates may have certain information filled in, such as imagery or text.

2. Students will create an image in each cell that represents each stage of the story (beginning, middle, end; STORY; SWBST; or plot arch). They will summarize each part of the story in the description boxes below.

1. Select one of the templates on the following slides. Each one has a different way of guiding students through creating a summary.

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Templates

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Beginning, Middle, End

Event Arch

S.T.O.R.Y.

Somebody Wanted, But, So, Then

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EXPOSITION

Stanley believes his family is cursed because of his great- great grandfather's failure to fulfill a promise to Madame Zeroni.

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CONFLICT

Stanley is accused of stealing a pair of shoes and is sent to a boys detention camp.

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RISING ACTION

At the camp, the boys are made to dig holes all day. Stanley makes a friend named Zero, and he finds a lipstick container.

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CLIMAX

The curse of this family is lifted when he carries Zero to the top of the mountain.

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FALLING ACTION

The boys spend a week away from the camp, eating onions, before the decide to go back and look for the treasure.

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RESOLUTION

With the curse lifted, the two boys’ luck turns around; they find the treasure, get out of the camp, Stanley’s dad invents a foot odor eliminator, Zero finds his mom, the camp is shut down and everything is just perfect!

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