Holes Lesson 5: Mr. Sir - PowerPoint

The lesson on Mr. Sir from the novel 'Holes' focuses on teaching students how authors craft characters using three key narrative elements: description, dialogue, and action. The objective is to enhance students' understanding of the character Mr. Sir by examining these elements in the context of the story. Students are encouraged to form initial impressions of Mr. Sir by considering words and phrases that describe him, drawing on their previous experience of character analysis with the protagonist, Stanley. The lesson aims to deepen their comprehension of how characters are built and presented by authors through the specific use of descriptive language, the words characters speak, and their behaviours and actions within the narrative.

Students are tasked with revisiting Chapter 4 of 'Holes', paying particular attention to Mr. Sir's character. They engage in activities that involve matching terms with their definitions, such as identifying what constitutes description, dialogue, and action, and how each contributes to character development. The lesson prompts students to analyse quotations from the text, determining whether they serve as description, dialogue, or action, and to discuss what these excerpts reveal about Mr. Sir's persona. To consolidate their learning, students are guided to write a paragraph about Mr. Sir, with sentence starters provided to help structure their thoughts. This exercise aims to help students articulate how the author, Louis Sachar, uses the three narrative elements to convey Mr. Sir's character to the readers.