“My Side of the Mountain” by: Jean Craighead George, written in 1959

1. Page 67 vocabulary and reading strategies

a. Vocabulary Prediction Chart:

b. I will give them a paper with the chart and the list of words

c. Next I will ask them to guess the meaning of the word

d. Then I will show them the sentences with the words in them and ask them to write there guess down

after reading the sentences.

e. I will then have them write down the clue that helped them with the word.

2. Identifying with a Character: page 67 (goes for pages 68-73)

a. Give the students the worksheet with the 4 questions on it and the cause and effect worksheet. Explain

that as they read the story they will be answering the 4 questions for every two pages and will be

identifying 3 causes and effect relationships in the story. Writing what happens to Sam (effect) and why

it happens (cause)

3. Personification Pages 68-69

a. Guided Reading Worksheet

b. Personification Activity

4. Characterization Pages 70-71

a. Guided Reading Worksheet

b. Characterization Activity

5. Camping Pages 72-73

a. Guided Reading Worksheet

b. Camping Activity

c. Paper plate activity (Divide the paper plate into 3rd’s and label each section. 1. How well the boy sleeps.

2. What he sees and hears. 3. How he feels. Leave room in each section to write how you would feel in

the same situation. (Share your plates)