WRITING SAMPLES
THE CHARACTERS IN HOLES
THE CHARACTER I LIKE THE LEAST
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WRITING SAMPLES
We do a lot of writing in the Language Arts lessons . Students need to practice and perfect their skills by composing journal entries , summaries , essays and letters . Here are some examples of student writing done in connection with the study of the novel Holes by Louis Sachar .
THE CHARACTERS IN HOLES
Melis AKKOCA
I would never want to live like the characters I ’ m reading about in Holes by Louis Sachar . They all live very unhappy lives . Stanley is the main character and he is always super unlucky . In fact he was so unlucky that he was sent to a place called Camp Green Lake . In Camp Green Lake , the campers are so rude and they make Stanley feel so sad . They are mean to him , too . The poor characters in the book also have to dig a hole every day and it must be 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep . That ’ s a really big hole . It ’ s their punishment . The characters in the novel also eat bad food , sleep in dirty beds , take very cold and short showers and on top of that have to deal with dangerous animals such as yellow spotted lizards and scorpions . The weather is terrible , too . It is always very hot in the desert . All they do every day is dig holes , every day is the same . The final reason why I would never want to live like the characters in the novel is that the campers didn ’ t have a purpose in life . I believe that in order to have a happy life you have to have a goal in your life even it is a small one .
THE CHARACTER I LIKE THE LEAST
Cem Batu ÖREN
In Holes , the character I liked the least was Charles Walker . He was a man who was bossy , cruel , and a person who bragged about himself . People called him Trout Walker because his feet smelled like dead fish . That was due to an illness , he suffered from foot fungus . His father was a rich man . He lived at the same time as Kissin ’ Kate Barlow . One of the reasons that I least like Charles Walker was that when he saw Sam and Ms . Katherine kissing inside the schoolhouse , he reported it to the sheriff . After that day , the people of the town killed Sam because he had kissed Ms . Katherine . Another reason that I don ’ t like Charles Walker was that he burned Ms . Katherine ’ s schoolhouse . When Ms . Katherine rejected the ride on the boat that Charles Walker offered , he became furious . He said that no one says no to Charles Walker and went away . Next day , he burned Ms . Katherine ’ s schoolhouse . The last reason that I least like Charles Walker was that he bragged about himself a lot . He especially bragged about his richness . Clearly , I least like the character of Charles Walker in Holes because he was a bossy , cruel , boastful person .
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