Are you looking for some in-depth questions to use with the reading comprehension activity for Holes? This resource is great for providing a range of questions targeted at chapter 21 of this fascinating story about Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to Camp Green Lake, a correctional boot camp in a desert in Texas, after being falsely accused of theft.

This reading comprehension activity for the last wild has questions covering each content domain along with some focused questions to prompt more in-depth written answers. This worksheet is intended to be used alongside chapter 21 of the published text Holes by Louis Sachar.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 5 & Year 6: Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Understand what they read by exploring the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identifying key details that support the main ideas; and identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.