HOLES- CAMP GREEN LAKE
Hi there! Welcome to my Reading project for term 3! Here you will find out all the facts on Texas as well as facts on the 1998 novel Holes. We are reading this book for Term 3. Hope you enjoy!
Here is a run-down of Chapter 1-7
Stanley Yelnats is an ordinary boy living in Texas. His family goes back generations and has had a curse of bad luck for 150 years all because of his dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather! Stanley was accused for stealing a $5000 pair of sneakers once worn by a famous celebrity.But all he was doing was walking home from school and the sneakers came flying through the air and hit him. A cop car pulled up and he was arrested. He tried explaining but of course no one believes that a pair of sneakers would randomly fly through the air and hit him. In the court the judge said he could either go to jail or he could go to Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake, an old lake dried up each prisoner has to dig a hole 5 feet wide 5 feet deep. Going back generations Elya, Stanleys great-great-grandfather fell in love with Myra, a fourteen year old girl also a man named Igor wanted Myra. Myras father said "Who ever has the fattest pig will get my daughter" Elya went to Madame Zeroni and asked what he should do she said "Carry this pig up the mountain every day and let it drink from the stream and sing this song to it" "But you have to do 1 favour for me" "Anything" Elya replied "You have to carry me up the mountain sing the same song to me and let me drink from the stream if you don't you will be cursed for all eternity. . ."
Watch this trailer and map on the real thing to give you an understanding:
Hi there! Welcome to my Reading project for term 3! Here you will find out all the facts on Texas as well as facts on the 1998 novel Holes. We are reading this book for Term 3. Hope you enjoy!
Here is a run-down of Chapter 1-7
Stanley Yelnats is an ordinary boy living in Texas. His family goes back generations and has had a curse of bad luck for 150 years all because of his dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather! Stanley was accused for stealing a $5000 pair of sneakers once worn by a famous celebrity.But all he was doing was walking home from school and the sneakers came flying through the air and hit him. A cop car pulled up and he was arrested. He tried explaining but of course no one believes that a pair of sneakers would randomly fly through the air and hit him. In the court the judge said he could either go to jail or he could go to Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake, an old lake dried up each prisoner has to dig a hole 5 feet wide 5 feet deep. Going back generations Elya, Stanleys great-great-grandfather fell in love with Myra, a fourteen year old girl also a man named Igor wanted Myra. Myras father said "Who ever has the fattest pig will get my daughter" Elya went to Madame Zeroni and asked what he should do she said "Carry this pig up the mountain every day and let it drink from the stream and sing this song to it" "But you have to do 1 favour for me" "Anything" Elya replied "You have to carry me up the mountain sing the same song to me and let me drink from the stream if you don't you will be cursed for all eternity. . ."
Watch this trailer and map on the real thing to give you an understanding:
Here are some fast facts
Main character: Stanley Yelnats
Characters: X-Ray, Mr.Sir, Mr.Pendanski, Elya, Myra, Igor, Madame Zeroni, Squid, Zero, Armpit, The Lump + more.
Texas basic info.
Size: 696,241sqkm (268,820sqmi)
Population: 27,194,258
Time Zone: 17 hours behind NZ in Eastern Texas. Western Texas is 18 hours behind when NZ is 9:46AM Texas is 4:46PM.
Main character: Stanley Yelnats
Characters: X-Ray, Mr.Sir, Mr.Pendanski, Elya, Myra, Igor, Madame Zeroni, Squid, Zero, Armpit, The Lump + more.
Texas basic info.
Size: 696,241sqkm (268,820sqmi)
Population: 27,194,258
Time Zone: 17 hours behind NZ in Eastern Texas. Western Texas is 18 hours behind when NZ is 9:46AM Texas is 4:46PM.
How big is Texas in comparison to New Zealand?
Texas is 2.57 times larger than New Zealand. Texas is 696,241sqkm and New Zealand is 270,021sqkm.
How long/wide is Texas in comparison to New Zealand?
Texas length: 1277km
New Zealand length: 1492km
Texas width: 1222km
New Zealand width: 438km
Tornado Facts
The hot winds from Texas and the cold winds from Alaska make tornadoes in Tornado Alley.
Texas has 132 tornadoes every year
City sizes:
Houston width: 66km
Auckland width: 62km
Dallas width: 25.3km
Auckland length: 61km
Dunedin width: 23km
Christchurch width: 35km
Houston length: 48km
Co-ordinates
29.7628 N 95.3831 W (Houston)
Tallest buildings in Texas
305m JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
Texas is 2.57 times larger than New Zealand. Texas is 696,241sqkm and New Zealand is 270,021sqkm.
How long/wide is Texas in comparison to New Zealand?
Texas length: 1277km
New Zealand length: 1492km
Texas width: 1222km
New Zealand width: 438km
Tornado Facts
The hot winds from Texas and the cold winds from Alaska make tornadoes in Tornado Alley.
Texas has 132 tornadoes every year
City sizes:
Houston width: 66km
Auckland width: 62km
Dallas width: 25.3km
Auckland length: 61km
Dunedin width: 23km
Christchurch width: 35km
Houston length: 48km
Co-ordinates
29.7628 N 95.3831 W (Houston)
Tallest buildings in Texas
305m JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
302m Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston)
281m Bank of America (Dallas)
275m Williams Tower (Houston)
270m Renaissance Tower (Dallas)
Summary of Chap 8-14
Stanley trips over a guy names "The Lump"
Stanley trips over a guy names "The Lump"