In this Flashlight Readers session, students build key comprehension skills including identifying the sequence of story events and recognizing the cause-and-effect relationships of these events in the development of a narrative. Students gain these skills by participating in interactive games and activities related to the Newbery Medal-winning book Holes by Louis Sachar.

Students will:

• Match key story symbols/events and explore how they're repeated through multiple story strands
• Reconstruct plot by creating a timeline of story events
• Interact with vocabulary and symbols from the book
• Play a reading comprehension adventure game based on plot, characters, and themes
• Communicate with the author by participating in a moderated chat or by reading the transcript
• View stills from the movie with references to related passages from the book
• Learn about the author, his writing process, and how he comes up with story ideas