The Highlights of HomeschoolingNovel Literature Unit Study

My Side of the MountainWritten by Jean Craighead

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Everything in the unit can be used to create a file folder lap book.

Pre-Reading Skills ActivityAuthor Information ActivityTime line ActivityTheater Box Activity

Each Lesson covers one whole book and includes:Create a Newspaper Layout Activities including: Editorial, Travel, Advice Column,Comics, Society News, Sports, Obituary, Weddings, Book Review, Want Ads, Word Search. Creative Writing Activities including: Letter, Fairy Tale, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fable, Dream or Nightmare, Tall Tale, Memoir, Newberry Award, A Different Ending.Writing Skills Activities including: Description, Expository, Dialogue, Process, Point of View, Persuasion, Compare and Contrast, Sequel, Climax and Plot Analysis.Poetry Skills Activities including: Couplet, Triplet, Quinzain, Haiku, Cinquain, Tanka, Diamanté, Lantern and Shape Poem.Literature Skills Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Main Problem, Possible Solutions, Character Traits, Character Interaction, Cause and Effect, Description, Pyramid of Importance, Villain vs. Hero.Art Expression Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Travel Brochure, Postal Stamp, Book Cover, Menu, Fashion Designer, Puzzle, Mini Book, Ten Commandments.Poster Board Activities including: Collage, Theater Poster, Wanted Poster, Coat of Arms, Story Quilt, Chalk Art, Silhouette, Board Game Construction, Door Sign, Jeopardy.Creative Art Activities including: Sculpture, Shadow Box, Mosaic, Mobile, Acrostic,Tapestry, Paper Dolls, Book Mark, Photography, Parade Float, Sketch.

Encyclopedia Skills ActivityJournal ActivityMain IdeaKey EventPredictionComparisonComprehensionTrue and FalseVocabulary Skills Activities including: Define,Synonym, Antonym, Syllables,Sequence of Events.HandwritingFinal Activities including: Sign Language Vocabulary, Literature Web, Bingo.

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To use this unit either print out all the pages or have the studentrecreate most of them in a notebook or on white or colored paper.

All of the pages can be added to the lapbook project as shown in thephotos, or only use those items you want to use to create yourlapbook and use a spiral notebook for the other pages.

The following are photos of how the work can be presented in thelapbook format. You can make yours look different if you like.To create the lapbook use 3-6 file folders (colored are best), construction paper or index cards, markers, glue and a stapler.

This is followed by a photos of how to do the newspaper layout.

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Each unit divides the book into 10 lessons or less. Each lesson covers one to four chapters of the book. Students read the chapters for each lesson, then do the work for that chapter.

LessonsLesson 1 Pages 3-24 Chapters 1,2,3Lesson 2 Pages 25-35 Chapters 4,5Lesson 3 Pages 35-46 Chapters 6,7Lesson 4 Pages 46-54 Chapters 8,9Lesson 5 Pages 54-68 Chapters 10,11Lesson 6 Pages 68-93 Chapters 12,13Lesson 7 Pages 93-106 Chapters 14,15Lesson 8 Pages 107-115 Chapters 16,17Lesson 9 Pages 116-121 Chapters 18,19Lesson 10 Pages 131-177 Chapters 20,21,22

Vocabulary Words

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Lesson 2 inspired magnificent coltish hemlock smother coltish

Lesson 3 escorted apparently awkward patiently pleasant exertion

Lesson 4 lecture immediately harassing particular savory dart

Lesson 5 personable appreciated recognition provoke preserve astonishment

Lesson 6 furtively peculiar vengeance fashion preening reassured

Lesson 7 scheme tethered indignity cavort furiously scolding

Lesson 8 superb dignity assured conspicuous stupidity improved

Lesson 9 ingenuity serenade ingenious portico behold concoction

Lesson 10 shinny resounding untoward conceded forum convincing

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Newspaper Activity: As the student completes the newspaper activitieshave them lay them out on a big board or on several poster boards. Don’t glue them on until the entire newspaper is laid out.Begin by creating a name for your newspaper. Type out the name of your newspaper, in big bold letters and place it on the board where you think it should go. Use tape or sticky clay to place articles and pictures on your poster board, until you are done with all of them. By using this method of placement, you can move them around as needed.

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