1. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID ASSIGNMENT -ANDREW ROBERSON

2. HOLES: Background  Purpose: to introduce problems in the life of a young individual and how he deals with the issues.  Plot: Stanley Yelnats is accused of stealing a pair of shoes when he did not and the judge does not believe him so he is sent off to a correctional facility called: Camp Green Lake. Stanley makes accusations that his problems are due to a relative (grandfather) who started generation after generation of bad luck.

3. Social Aspects of Middle School Level Students. -AWKWARD TIME FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE OF AGE LEVEL AND AROUND THE AGE OF PUBERTY -STUDENTS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IN THEIR OWN BODIES SO MANY WILL OVER-ANALYZE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT ARE SMALL IN NATURE -SOME MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL DO ANYTHING TO BE ACCEPTED INTO A PEER GROUP.

4. Social Aspects Continued  Holes is able to portray an individual (Stanley) who struggles with his own personal identity (Bullying; Derrick Dunne)  Stanley Struggles with his identity because he believes his life is already pre- determined because of the “bad luck” his grandfather left him  Stanley feels as though there is no way out and that there is only a rut to live in (correction facility or middle school)

5. SOCIAL ASPECTS: COMPARE AND CONTRAST MIDDLE SCHOOL VS CAMP GREEN LAKE - CAMP GREEN LAKE - DAILY SCHEDULE - WORK SCHEDULE - PEER PRESSURE -FAMILY -FRIENDS -MISCHIEF - MIDDLE SCHOOL -DAILY SCHEDULE -CLASSES -PEER PRESSURE -FAMILY -FRIENDS -MISCHIEF

6. Content and Extracurricular Requirements of Middle School Students  There is not a lot of content from a Middle School Perspective in the Book, HOLES.  One example of content is that reading is being taught at the camp.  The big lesson or “content” that the Camp Green Lake Correction Facility is trying to achieve is “building character” as the warden says  The extracurricular requirements that the clients at the Camp are to dig 5ft x 5ft holes in order to build character  The “content” that goes along with this Camp that if the clients find anything they have to turn it into the Warden

7. Parental Involvement in Middle School Students  Stanley's’ Parents are not very concerned with his life or school  Stanley’s dad is an inventor and is more concerned with what he is doing in the field of invention than he is with how Stanley is doing in school  His immediate family is not necessarily interested in disciplining, complimenting, or encouraging him through school  Staff and Administrators at Camp Green Lake played more of a role as parents than his own…

8. Staff and Administrators  Warden Walker, Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski are the three key staff and administrators at Camp Green Lake  These three individuals take a non professional approach to teaching clients character  Examples: They should be teaching the clients about life and not punishing them for their own benefit.