Filling in the Holes for Themselves: 6th and 7th Graders Analyze Texts

Describes a critical reading unit in which one seventh-grade class read L. Sacher’s "Holes" and three other classes read texts of their choosing along with a partner. Notes that the goal was to set up a context for the students, as readers, to experience the main character’s growth--for them to become active, independent, passionate readers.