My Side of the Mountain Study Guide
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Study Guide for My Side of the Mountain
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to My Side of the Mountain for 4th-6th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara's Notes: Boys and girls alike enjoy this story. The book is much better than the movie. This is a good choice for students who have finished the lower level guides or 5th graders new to TLP. (Grades 4, 5, 6)
About the book: My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
This is an account of Sam's adventures as he lives alone on his grandfather's mountain for a year. Sam lives in the trunk of a tree, catches and trains a falcon, and makes his own clothing.
Book Summary — 177 pages
Book Category — Adventure
Theme — Companionship
Setting — Catskill Mountains
Novel Study Highlights — 7 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Med. to Difficult
Critical Thinking — Light
Biblical Focus — Creation
Related Studies — Nature, survival, outdoor living
