Even as you draw closer to the end of Holes by Louis Sachar, we've still got your next guided reading session sorted with this Holes Chapter 44 Reading Skills pack! As you read along with your class or reading group, dip into the wide array of questions we've provided, which are grouped by reading content domain to allow you to pick out specific skills to focus on. Of course, the fact that all eight domains are covered means you're free to delve into every skill if you wish!

Once the read-through is done, you may want some follow-up work. If that's the case, enjoy our written answer practice questions for this chapter. They help children to become confident and proficient at writing thoughtful, well-structured answers to SATs-style reading questions.

• 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.