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Holes by Louis Sachar
Card matching past and present events
Subject(s):
English
Age group(s):
12–14
Topic:
English literature
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015
Source | This resource was originally developed by Charlotte Hurley and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Sam’s boat called Mary-Lou
Katherine Barlow’s spiced peaches
onions
Mary-Lou the donkey
Clyde Livingston’s sneakers
Kissin’ Kate’s gold
lipstick tube
the lullaby
a yellow-spotted lizard
foot fungus
Stanley’s greatgrandfather’s suitcase
The mountain top called
God’s Thumb
The curse
to carry someone
the lake
digging holes
Kissin’ Kate Barlow
put on red lipstick
and then kissed
the men she was
about to kill.
Miss Katherine
Barlow made jars of
spiced peaches for
the people who
lived in the town of
Green Lake.
Sam sold onions to the
people in the town of
Green Lake. Sam made
ointments and medicines
out of the onions. The
onions cured illnesses and
made people healthy.
Sam made onion water
for the rattlesnake hunters.
The onion water stopped
the yellow-spotted lizards
from biting the hunters
when they were in the
mountains.
Sam the onion
man had a
donkey called
Mary-Lou.
Sam the onion man
made a wooden
boat. Sam used the
boat to row across
the lake to get the
onions.
Zero stole a pair
of Clyde
Livingston’s
sneakers.
Madame Zeroni taught
Elya Yelnats to sing a
lullaby. He sang the
lullaby to the pig that
he carried up the
mountain.
Madame Zeroni
put a curse on
Elya Yelnats.
Elya Yelnats forgot his
promise to carry
Madame Zeroni up to
the top of the
mountain.
Trout Walker had
smelly feet because
he had foot fungus.
Stanley’s greatgrandfather had his
suitcase stolen by
Kissin’ Kate Barlow.
Stanley’s greatgrandfather survived
in the desert by
finding the mountain
‘God’s Thumb’.
There used to be a
very large lake in the
town of Green Lake
one hundred years
ago.
When she was a
little girl, the
Warden (Ms Walker)
dug holes with her
parents.
Stanley finds a
gold lipstick tube
in a hole that he is
digging.
When Zero runs away
from Camp Green Lake
he survives on the old
jars of peaches under
the boat. He calls the
peaches ‘sploosh’.
Stanley and
Zero survive on
the mountain by
eating onions.
Because Stanley
and Zero eat a
lot of onions, the
lizards don’t bite
them.
Stanley and Zero
find an upsidedown boat
called Mary-Lou.
Stanley and Zero
shelter in the shade
of an upside-down
boat in the desert.
Stanley is sent to
Camp Green Lake
for stealing Clyde
Livingston’s
sneakers.
Stanley’s father
sings a lullaby to
Stanley called
‘If Only’.
Stanley is unlucky
because of the
curse on his
family.
Stanley carries
Zero to the top of
the mountain.
Clyde Livingston
has smelly feet
because he has
foot fungus.
Stanley and Zero
find Stanley’s greatgrandfather’s
suitcase when they
dig a hole.
Stanley and Zero
survive in the desert
by climbing to the
top of a mountain
that looks like a big
thumb.
Camp Green
Lake is in the
middle of a
large dried-up
lake.
The boys at
Camp Green
Lake are made
to dig holes.
Stanley’s father
invents a cure for
foot odour which
smells like peaches.
He calls it ‘Sploosh’.
Sam’s boat
called Mary-Lou
Sam the onion man
made a wooden
boat. Sam used the
boat to row across
the lake to get the
onions.
Stanley and Zero
shelter in the shade
of an upside-down
boat in the desert.
Katherine Barlow’s
spiced peaches
Miss Katherine Barlow
made jars of spiced
peaches for the
people who lived in the
town of Green Lake.
When Zero runs away
from Camp Green
Lake he survives on the
old jars of peaches
under the boat. He
calls the peaches
‘sploosh’.
Stanley’s father
invents a cure for foot
odour which smells
like peaches. He calls
it ‘Sploosh’.
onions
Mary-Lou the
donkey
Sam sold onions to
the people in the
town of Green Lake.
Sam made ointments
and medicines out of
the onions. The onions
cured illnesses and
made people
healthy.
Sam the onion
man had a
donkey called
Mary-Lou.
Stanley and Zero
survive on the
mountain by eating
onions.
Stanley and Zero
find an upsidedown boat
called Mary-Lou.
Kissin’ Kates’s gold
lipstick tube
the lullaby
a yellowspotted lizard
foot fungus
Kissin’ Kate Barlow
put on red lipstick
and then kissed the
men she was about
to kill.
Madame Zeroni
taught Elya Yelnats
to sing a lullaby. He
sang the lullaby to
the pig that he
carried up the
mountain.
Sam made onion
water for the
rattlesnake hunters.
The onion water
stopped the yellowspotted lizards from
biting the hunters
when they were in
the mountains.
Trout Walker had
smelly feet because
he had foot fungus.
Stanley finds a gold
lipstick tube in a
hole that he is
digging.
Stanley’s father
sings a lullaby to
Stanley called ‘If
Only’.
Because Stanley
and Zero eat a lot
of onions, the lizards
don’t bite them.
Clyde Livingston has
smelly feet because
he has foot fungus.
The mountain
called God’s
Thumb
Stanley’s greatgrandfather’s
suitcase
Clyde Livingston’s
sneakers
The curse
Stanley’s greatgrandfather
survived in the
desert by finding
the mountain
‘God’s Thumb’.
Stanley’s greatgrandfather had his
suitcase stolen by
Kissin’ Kate Barlow.
Zero stole a pair of
Clyde Livingston’s
sneakers.
Madame Zeroni put
a curse on Elya
Yelnats.
Stanley and Zero
survive in the
desert by
climbing to the
top of a
mountain that
looks like a big
thumb.
Stanley and Zero
find Stanley’s
greatgrandfather’s
suitcase when
they dig a hole.
Stanley is sent to
Camp Green
Lake for stealing
Clyde Livingston’s
sneakers.
Stanley is unlucky
because of the
curse on his
family.
to carry someone
the lake
digging holes
Elya Yelnats forgot
his promise to carry
Madame Zeroni up
to the top of the
mountain.
There used to be a
very large lake in
the town of Green
Lake one hundred
years ago.
When she was a
little girl, the
Warden (Ms Walker)
dug holes with her
parents.
Stanley carries Zero
to the top of the
mountain.
Camp Green Lake
is in the middle of a
large dried-up lake.
The boys at Camp
Green Lake are
made to dig holes.