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My side of the Mountian

My side of the Mountian. By :Jennie, Mary, Sam, Wyatt, John. Genre. The genre of the book is nonfiction . The book is about Sam’s account of his life in the wild and what he learns about the wilderness –and himself -in the process . Point of View.

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My side of the Mountian

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  1. My side of the Mountian By :Jennie, Mary, Sam, Wyatt, John

  2. Genre • The genre of the book is nonfiction . The book is about Sam’s account of his life in the wild and what he learns about the wilderness –and himself -in the process

  3. Point of View • This book is in first person. In the beggning of the book says “When I was in elementery school , I ran away.

  4. Plot • Sam ran away from home. When he was in elementary school, he told his mom he was going to run away.

  5. Setting • It takes place outside in the Catskills Mountains . There is a lot of wilderness and nature. There is a lot of streams and rivers. He is sometimes in his house and in the city. His house is a tree.

  6. Character Development • Sam is the main character .Sam is brave ,helpful , smart ,and nice. Sam was scared in the begening but now he is not. Sam was scared because he was living alone , but now he found somebody to talk to.

  7. Vocabulary Brisk-fast-brisk is the best Crude-in natural or raw state-crude flower pots Bando-defensife unarmed martial art from mynmar Hard-solid-a hard brisk Heck-surprise-heck no! Bottom-the lowest point or part-Bottom of the stream Deep-extending far down-deep undercut banks Bank-the land alondside Rotten-suffering from decay Pairs-a set of two

  8. Science Connections • The Peregrine Falcon, also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

  9. Community Connection • Lots of people run away from home. Sam ran away from home. Running away is a serious problem. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids living on the streets in the United States.

  10. Video • http://youtu.be/PWdiZOaMl1g

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