Are you looking for some questions to use with Holes by Louis Sachar? This resource is great in providing a range of questions that are organised into content domain to allow a focus on one or more specific skills, and this resource also includes questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

The Holes comprehension activity has questions targeted at chapter 23 of this fascinating story about a group of boys who are sent to a juvenile detention center in the desert.

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.