my side of the mountain by jean craighead george summary

How would you have felt in this situation? Listen to your child’s answers p.17.

Describe Sam’s first night in the woods? He was able to catch fish, but couldn’t start a fire to cook them he made a shelter, but was so cold with the winds and he couldn’t sleep because of a whippoorwill calling p.17.

What did the truck driver say to Sam as he dropped him off in the forest? He was surprised and told him how he ran away as a child as well Said he’d be back in the morning if Sam wanted a ride home p.10.Tell me the story of Great Grandpa Gribley and how it effects Sam? He owned the land in the Catskill Mountains and built a home and plowed the land the farm failed and he went to be a sailor Sam found the land with the tree that had Gribley carved into it and lives 300 feet from it he wanted to live on his great grandfather’s land p.9.H e has a mom and dad, four sisters and four brothers p.8 How did Sam know that a blizzard was coming? The animals were silent and in hiding his hawk was nervous it was darker than usual during the daytime p.7.It’s in a tree he dug and burned out that’s six feet in diameter his bed is on the right made of ash slats and deerskin fireplace on the left made of clay and stones chimney p.3 Sam learns to live off the land, and in the course of a year, discovers just how much he values freedom, independence, and adventure when faced with the challenges of blizzards, loneliness and fear. Grades 4-7 Genre – Fiction GRL U AR pts: 6.0įifteen-year-old Sam Gribley has decided to run away from his crowded apartment home, but unlike most kids who rarely get beyond their block, Sam goes from New York City all the way to the ruined farm of Great-grandfather Gribley in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.

My side of the mountain by jean craighead george summary