Review Vocabulary from Part 1 of Holes

I’ve used word cards with my EAP students this term instead of vocabulary notebooks. We’ve used the cards for in-class practice with partners or small groups quizzing each other.

Having completed Part 1 of the book, it seems like a good time to review. I’ve compiled most of the student-selected words and the target words from Simon C’s cloze exercises to make a vocabulary list which could be used in several ways. This list is divided using Lextutor’s Vocabulary Profiler.

Download the Holes Part 1 Vocabulary Checklist

The list is lengthy, with one hundred words, but you might choose to only use the first 50 words on the front page.

Here are the directions:

Quiz your partner. Read each word and ask if they: remember seeing the word; can give a Japanese meaning for the word; or, can use the word in English.
Mark the words R/J/U for REMEMBER, JAPANESE MEANING, and USE.
Mark your own answers as well. Take turns every 4 or 5 words.

***Some words are not real English words, so think carefully.***

The fake words are:
• reckle
• flenge
• attionate
• trenture
• extond
• kouret
• nofflate
• rowte
• unbremle

Thanks to Jim and Simon C for feedback on this.