Hooray! Here are your projects you will complete as a group.
Project 1: Please visit the sites below under Project 1 and familiarize
yourself with the Catskill Mountains. Each of you needs to choose a picture
from one of the 4 seasons. You all need to choose a different one. Write a
descriptive paragraph about that picture. If you were a camper what might
you see, hear, touch , taste and smell if you were traveling in the
picture. Remember to include figurative language, onomatopoeia, and
descriptive words. Your rubric for this assignment will be located in the
Evaluation page.
Project 2: MAP IT OUT! Print out the student map of NY located on the first
link of Project 2 below. Shade in the Catskill Mountains. Label the major
cities. Include a few of the rivers located near the Catskills. Use the
sites below to help you.
Project 3: Words! Words! Words! Your hikers will need to know important
words or terms in order to survive. Please keep an ongoing list of words you
do not know or understand. As you read each chapter complete a Wordfinder
Sheet so that you will be able to include your important discoveries in your
Survival Handbook. Your hikers will be so thankful! Your teacher will give
you the sheets.
Project 4:Read chapter five of My Side of the Mountain. Using details and
evidence from the text write a how-to paragraph to include in your survival
handbook on how to create a home inside a tree. What did Sam Gribley do?
Please be very clear so your fellow hikers will know what to do! When you
are finished writing your paragraph create a clay model of what Sam's tree
looked like so others will have an idea.
Project 5: After reading many chapters in My Side of the Mountain you are
aware of the season change. How will your hikers know how to prepare for
winter? Please use the book and the links below to create a list of steps to
follow in order to help them prepare for winter. What must they do to
survive?
Project 6: Reread chapter 12. Pay attention to the part of the story on page
77 where the man asks, "May I call you Thoreau?" Why does he want to call
him Thoreau? Who was Thoreau? Using the links below research Henry David
Thoreau. Using the Venn Diagram compare Sam Gribley to Thoreau. Create a
Venn Diagram of your own by using drawing paper and a circle tracer.
Project 7: Survival is the name of this game. Think back on Sam's journey.
Design a game that will teach your hikers about survival. Create a gameboard
on large white drawing paper along with pieces. You may
want to be creative and ask them "what if" scenarios. It's totally up to
you. Make sure you include directions on how to play your game.This will be
a fun way to teach your hikers about all the survival tips you've learned
along the way! I'm sure this will prepare them for their journey!
Internet Links
Project # 1
http://francisxdriscoll.com/Horizontals/Horizontals.html
http://yellowecho.com/travel/catskills/index.html
http://catskillcenter.org/region.html
Virtual Hiking Tour
http://www.catskillcenter.org/hikes.html
Project # 2
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/label/states/newyork/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newyork/outline/
Project 4
http://www.kidport.com/REFLIB/Science/AnimalHomes/TreeHomes.htm
Project 6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=UTF-8&fr=slv1-&p=henry%20David%20thoreau
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/peopleevents/pande04.html
http://www.thoreau.niu.edu/