Connection:The
end of chapter twenty reminded me of a book called “Ender’s Game” where Ender
has to take the blame for when a group of older kids tried to beat him up,
Ender had to take action and took them out with extreme prejudice. He although
decided to sacrifice himself to the blame so his trainers would not get into
trouble.
By Axel West
Summary of chapters 9-20
Holes
Stanley has just dug his first hole and thinks it will get easier then his friends at Camp Green Lake tell him it wil just get harder. Stanley was by himself now beginning to write his letter to his mom. Later his friends called him by the name ‘Caveman’ and Stanley realized his nickname was now ‘Caveman’. Stanley woke up the next day in all aches and pains. He was now on the lake digging his 2nd Hole. Later that day Stanley found a fish skeleton while he was digging. Stanley didn’t get the rest of the day off. X-ray told Stanley if he found anything he must give it to X-ray so he could get a day off. Stanley was the last one to finish digging that day and when he got back Mr Pendanski was sitting in a circle with the boys from group D discussing what they wanted to do with their lives. Stanley dug holes every day until he couldn’t even figure out what day of the week it was. Stanley saw something glisten as he threw a dirt onto the pile so he climbed out of the hole a searched through pile of dirt. He found a golden tube with the engraving of KB on it. Stanley didn’t want to give the tube to X-ray because he had such little of his hole to dig. Stanley decided to give it to x-ray and told him to show the Warden tomorrow. X-ray got the next day of thanks to Stanley. Mr Pendanski was ordered by the Warden to bring back three wheel barrows after dropping off X-ray at the camp sites. Group D were put into pairs and had to put the dirt into a wheel barrow and sort through it so they don’t miss anything. Stanley got a letter from his mom and all the boys said he must read it to them but he read it to himself later. The next Day while Stanley Was digging the hole with the other six boys Zigzags shovel came across and hit Stanley on his head. Stanley didn’t know if he had been knocked out or not. The next day the boys were back to usual digging their own holes. Zero was watching over Stanley shoulder later that day while he was writing to his family. Zero asked Stanley to teach him how to read and write. The next day when the water truck had left the boys saw Magnet with a sack of seeds and he called out to the boy “who wants some seeds”. Everyone had some until it came to Stanley somehow all the seeds were all over Stanley’s hole. Next thing Stanley was in the truck on the way to the Warden. In the Wardens office she sent Stanley to fetch a small flowered case. He slowly walked to fetch it he then gave it to the Warden and she opened it. It was a makeup kit. She painted her nails and the rubbed Stanley’s face until she got to a wound on his ear which caused him to jump back in pain. The Warden Rubbed nail varnish on Mr Sir’s face and he fell on the floor and started rolling around. The Warden told Stanley to go back to his hole so he did. On the way he stepped on a rattlesnake and it started rattling. Stanley started to run. When he got to the hole his hole seemed as if it had gotten bigger then he looked at everyone and the a Zero and his hole seemed a lot smaller.
By Jacqui Ekermans
Discussion Director
Who: Who is
Stanley’s best friend?( Give your own opinion.)
When: If Zero learns how to read and write when will he?
What: What gave X-Ray the right to claim the reward ?
Why: Why did none of the other boys take the blame with Stanley?
How: How did you think Stanley felt after Mr. Sir did not give Stanley any water?
By Ziggy Dalton
end of chapter twenty reminded me of a book called “Ender’s Game” where Ender
has to take the blame for when a group of older kids tried to beat him up,
Ender had to take action and took them out with extreme prejudice. He although
decided to sacrifice himself to the blame so his trainers would not get into
trouble.
By Axel West
Summary of chapters 9-20
Holes
Stanley has just dug his first hole and thinks it will get easier then his friends at Camp Green Lake tell him it wil just get harder. Stanley was by himself now beginning to write his letter to his mom. Later his friends called him by the name ‘Caveman’ and Stanley realized his nickname was now ‘Caveman’. Stanley woke up the next day in all aches and pains. He was now on the lake digging his 2nd Hole. Later that day Stanley found a fish skeleton while he was digging. Stanley didn’t get the rest of the day off. X-ray told Stanley if he found anything he must give it to X-ray so he could get a day off. Stanley was the last one to finish digging that day and when he got back Mr Pendanski was sitting in a circle with the boys from group D discussing what they wanted to do with their lives. Stanley dug holes every day until he couldn’t even figure out what day of the week it was. Stanley saw something glisten as he threw a dirt onto the pile so he climbed out of the hole a searched through pile of dirt. He found a golden tube with the engraving of KB on it. Stanley didn’t want to give the tube to X-ray because he had such little of his hole to dig. Stanley decided to give it to x-ray and told him to show the Warden tomorrow. X-ray got the next day of thanks to Stanley. Mr Pendanski was ordered by the Warden to bring back three wheel barrows after dropping off X-ray at the camp sites. Group D were put into pairs and had to put the dirt into a wheel barrow and sort through it so they don’t miss anything. Stanley got a letter from his mom and all the boys said he must read it to them but he read it to himself later. The next Day while Stanley Was digging the hole with the other six boys Zigzags shovel came across and hit Stanley on his head. Stanley didn’t know if he had been knocked out or not. The next day the boys were back to usual digging their own holes. Zero was watching over Stanley shoulder later that day while he was writing to his family. Zero asked Stanley to teach him how to read and write. The next day when the water truck had left the boys saw Magnet with a sack of seeds and he called out to the boy “who wants some seeds”. Everyone had some until it came to Stanley somehow all the seeds were all over Stanley’s hole. Next thing Stanley was in the truck on the way to the Warden. In the Wardens office she sent Stanley to fetch a small flowered case. He slowly walked to fetch it he then gave it to the Warden and she opened it. It was a makeup kit. She painted her nails and the rubbed Stanley’s face until she got to a wound on his ear which caused him to jump back in pain. The Warden Rubbed nail varnish on Mr Sir’s face and he fell on the floor and started rolling around. The Warden told Stanley to go back to his hole so he did. On the way he stepped on a rattlesnake and it started rattling. Stanley started to run. When he got to the hole his hole seemed as if it had gotten bigger then he looked at everyone and the a Zero and his hole seemed a lot smaller.
By Jacqui Ekermans
Discussion Director
Who: Who is
Stanley’s best friend?( Give your own opinion.)
When: If Zero learns how to read and write when will he?
What: What gave X-Ray the right to claim the reward ?
Why: Why did none of the other boys take the blame with Stanley?
How: How did you think Stanley felt after Mr. Sir did not give Stanley any water?
By Ziggy Dalton
Drawing by Daniel Love
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