Literature
We will be having our test over My Side of the Mountain on Feb 28/March 1. Below you will find an online review that will help you tremendously on your test! :) Enjoy!
If you take the review test online, please do so with a parent nearby.
Also, a big part of our test will be over the themes found in My Side of the Mountain. Remember that we talked about five different themes that are prominent in the novel.
Theme : an important statement the
author wishes to make about life
***I'm going to give a very brief overview of each of the themes and some of the practical examples we discussed within each theme from class.
This is very general, and for the test you will need to be much more detailed.***
- Connection with nature...
- Sam's observation of his first sunrise on the mountain...
- After capturing Frightful...
- Earthworms...
- Asserting one's independence...
- Finding food for the first time (mussels)...
- Not depending on modern day conveniences...
- Free of society rules...
- Surviving in difficult situations...
- Ability to make fire...
- Building shelter (his house)...
- Surviving the winter storm...
- Young people's search for adventure...
- Learning to make fire...
- Catching Frightful...
- His first deer...
- Solitude versus Society...
- Content at first with being alone...
- Sad after Bando departed the first time...
- Realizing his need from human companion...
Writing
For February 28/March 1, please have all 25 of your notecards ready so that we can make sure they match your outline and we can start writing your rough draft! We are trekking along just fine...keep up the great work!
***I don't remember if I mentioned this to my Tuesday students or not, but please be sure to put the page number you found your facts on each of your notecards!***
***I don't remember if I mentioned this to my Tuesday students or not, but please be sure to put the page number you found your facts on each of your notecards!***
No comments:
Post a Comment