Al-Ittihad National Private School, Abu Dhabi

Department of English Language & Humanities

Name:

Date:___________________________

Literature

"My Side of the Mountain "

Literature Lesson: My Side of the Mountain.

Literary Genre:

-Realistic Fiction: Tells about characters and event that are like people and events in

real life.

Elements of Literature:

1. Plot: The events of the story can happen in real life.

2. Character: Characters in Realistic Fiction are true-to-life characters.

3. Setting:

Place : It can be a real place or a place like in real life.

Time: The story can take place in the present or in the past.

4. Point of view : Refers to how the author tells the story. In first person, one of

the characters uses I to tell the story.

Read "My Side of the Mountain" carefully to fill out the story map below.

______________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

______________

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

___________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

___________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

___________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Use the events of the selection to draw conclusions.

Events Conclusions

- Sam sketches the farm and marks

his road map with x's.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- Sam remembered how Indians

made dugout canoes with fire.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- Sam chose the hemlock forest as a

place to stay in.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Use the events and information in "My Side of the Mountain" to answer the

following comprehension questions.

1. The narrator does a number of things to feel pleased with himself. Discuss and

provide your answer with examples.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. Would you like to live in the woods, like Sam does in the story? Argue why or

why not?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

3. Summarize what you have read in the selection to tell how the main character

used his inventiveness to find food and shelter in a remote area in the

mountain.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

4. Based on the events of the selection, describe the character of Sam. Give

evidence to support your answer._______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

5. Do you think it was wrong of Sam to eat the crow eggs? Why or why not?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

6. How does Sam feel when he discovers the dogtooth violets? How do you know

this?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Al-Ittihad National Private School, Abu Dhabi

Department of English Language & Humanities

Vocabulary List (1)

remote (adj) out of the way; distant

migration (n) the movement from one place (country or region) to

another.

discouraging (adj) making somebody feel less motivation, confidence, or

optimism about something.

nourishing (adj) useful as food.

edible (adj) fit to be eaten.

foundation (n) the base or substructure of a building.

cavity (n) a hole or hollowed-out space.

plunged (v) leaped or dived into water.

mussel (n) an edible mollusks with a blue black shell that lives

attached to objects in the ocean.

plowed (v) broke up soil and turned it into furrows.

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.

a) The sky was filled with birds during the spring _________________.

b) Sam thought he couldn’t live inside a ___________________ in a big tree.

c) All that was left of the old house was its _______________________.

d) Findings so few things to eat was ____________________, but he kept looking.

e) He tried to eat ____________________ food to stay healthy.

f) Sam found few __________________ plants to eat.

g) It can be dangerous to stay alone in a very ________________ area.

2. Write the vocabulary word that is closest in meaning to each of these words

a) hole _____________________ b) distant _____________________

c) base _____________________ d) depressing _____________________

e) trip _____________________ f) healthful _____________________

3. Use each of the following words in complete, meaningful sentences.

plunged

______________________________________________________________

mussel

______________________________________________________________

plowed

______________________________________________________________

remote – foundation – nourishing – discouraging – migration –

edible - cavity

Al-Ittihad National Private School, AbuDhabi

Department of English Language & Humanities

Vocabulary List (2)

hemlock (n) an evergreen tree of the pine family with short blunt

needless and small cones.

limbs (n) major branch of a tree; a body part.

extension (n) an addition to a building.

flange (n) a collar, rim, or rib on an object for fixing it to another

object, holding it in place, or stretching it.

primitive (adj) not using or relying on modern technology to provide

comfort and efficiency.

slender (adj) small or slight in width.

carving out (v) making something by working hard.

fritting (v) wearing away the surface of something.

inspiration (n) stimulation to do creative work.

stamping out (v) extinguishing something by stamping on it with the

feet.

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.

a) The ____________________ in our house is used as a store room.

b) Prophet Mohammed's life is a great _________________ for many young people.

c) The tree ________________ were high and not right for a tree house.

d) My dad was ______________________ the fire to save the house.

e) ______________man didn't have all the technology we have now days.

f) Write the vocabulary word that is closest in meaning to each of these words

a) evergreen tree _________________________

b) rims on something ________________________

c) slight in width ________________________

d) branch ________________________

a) Use each of the following words in complete, meaningful sentences.

Carving out

______________________________________________________________

fretting

______________________________________________________________

inspiration

______________________________________________________________

Think and Respond

limbs – extension – stamping out –primitive – inspiration

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Take Home Story

Title:Author:

Setting:

Characters: Character Description,,,,,

Plot:

Climax and Resolution:

Use the events and information in "Old yeller" to answer the following

comprehension questions.

1. How does Travis feel about little Arliss? How do you know that?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. What can you tell about the family in this story? Do you think the characters

seem believable?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

3. How did Travis know that little Arliss was in real trouble?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

4. How do Travis's feelings about Old Yeller change? What causes this change?_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Literature

"The Case of the shinning Blue Planet "

Literature Lesson: The Case of the Shinning Blue Planet

Literary Genre:

-A short story : A fictional narrative that is not part of a novel.

Elements of Literature:

5. Plot: The events of the story can happen in real life.

6. Character: Characters in Realistic Fiction are true-to-life characters.

7. Setting:

Place : It can be a real place or a place like in real life.

Time: The story can take place in the present or in the past.

8. Theme : Refers to the author's message to the readers.

Read "The Case of the Shinning Blue Planet" carefully to fill out the story map

below.Characters

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

Setting

Time___________________________

Place___________________________

_______________________________

Use the events of the selection to draw conclusions.

Events Conclusions

- Stanley talked to Einstein about his

expected breakthrough science

discovery.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Biginning

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Middle

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Ending

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

- Einstein knows that it costs a lot of

money to send up a spaceship, and

collecting fifty dollars at a time

sounds strange to him.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- Dr. Kronkheit says Soviet Union

and the United States sent into

space from the 1960s until the

present days .

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Use the events and information in "The Case of the Shinning Blue Planet" to answer

the following comprehension questions.

7. Stanley is interested in science. Paraphrase the details and support your

answers answer with examples.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

8. Would you like to do breakthrough science discovery, like Stanley does in the

story? Explain why or why not?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

8. Summarize the details you have read in the selection to tell the facts that

Dr.Kronkheit includes at the beginning of his description.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

9. Based on the events of the selection, describe the character of Stanley. Give

evidence to support your answer._______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

10.Illustrate Einstein's character from his explanation he told to Stanley? How do

you know?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

11.Why do you think the author gives readers the option of solving the mystery

before they read on?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Al-Ittihad National Private School, Abu Dhabi Department of English Language & Humanities

Vocabulary List (1)

The Case of the Shining Blue Planet

dejectedly (adv) unhappily.

enrolls (v) admits as a member.

breakthrough (n) important advance.

disregarded (v) paid no attention to.

cosmonaut (n) astronaut from the former Soviet Union.

satellite (n) object in space that moves in orbit.

formulas (n) mathematical facts expressed as symbols.

altimeter (n) an instrument for measuring height.

incredible (adj) amazing; excellent; very difficult to believe.

alien (n) a being from another planet.

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.

h)

The scientist's _________________ has helped her solve a long-standing problem.

i) You can use a telescope to view a ___________________ in the night sky.

j) In the former Soviet Union, an astronaut is called a ___________________.

Cosmonaut - altimeter - dejectedly – enrolls – disregarded – satellite – formulas -

breakthrough

k) Most of the time they __________________ the fire alarm when they hear it.

l) The girl __________________ in a new school.

m) _________________ are useful for solving math problems.

n) Pilots need an _________________ to know how high they are flying.

o) If you walk around __________________, others can tell that you are not happy.

6. Write the words that complete the analogies.

a) Angrily is to calmly as happily is to _____________________.

b) Vanished is to disappeared as ignored is to ___________________.

c) Language is to letters as Mathematics to ____________________.

7. Use each of the following words in complete, meaningful sentences.

altimeter

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

alien

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

incredible

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Vocabulary List (2)

The Case of the Shining Blue Planet

cluttered (adj) untidy or over filled with objects.

impatiently (adv) unwilling to wait.

caption (n) a short description of a picture in a printed text.

orbit (v) to move around an astronomical object.

publicize (v) to make something generally known or known to a

group.

blast off (v) to launch a spaceship, a rocket, or astronaut into space.

spread out (v) to extend over a large area.

liftoff (n) the time when a rocket or space ship leaves the

launched pad.

collide (v) crash into something; come into conflict with

somebody else.

expert (n) somebody with a great deal of knowledge, experience,

or skill about something.

8.Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.

p) Many planets _________________ the Sun.

q) The IT manager is an ________________ computer programmer.

r) Ahmed's drawers were so _________________ that he couldn't open them.

s) She was waiting ________________ for the exam results. She couldn’t wait any

longer.

t) A new virus has killed many people and might _________________ widely.

8. Write the vocabulary word that is closest in meaning to each of these words

a) crash _____________________

d) broadcast _____________________

e) launch _____________________

f) professional _____________________

e) untidy _____________________

Cluttered – spread out – expert – orbit – impatiently

f) departure _____________________

b) Use each of the following words in complete, meaningful sentences.

caption

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

publicize

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

collide

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

cluttered

___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

Use the events of the selection to make judgement .

Events Making judgement

- The author gives the readers the

option of solving the mystery

before they read on.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Think and Respond

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________