Name:AnnaBelle Dolfo

Unit: Courage
My Side of the Mountain
Write your answers to these questions.
1. Illustrate In the space below, illustrate your favorite section of the story.
Be sure to include details that tell about the setting of your story as well as details
that will enrich your illustration. Provide a caption that briefly summarizes the
scene.

Sam captures Frightful so he can have her to catch food.

2. Vocabulary Context clues From the content of the sentence, choose the
correct meaning of the vocabulary word.
a. Sam set up his camp near a spring for ease in preparing his
meals.
o
to leap or jump
o
a device that returns to its original
shape after bending
o
a small stream of water
o
a season of the year

b. Pitch was very useful for sealing pots and canoes.

o
throw or fling
o
thick substance made from tar
o
degree of highness or lowness of a
sound
o
fall or plunge forward
c. What seemed like little movement on deck became, up high,
wild swings and turns through treacherous air.
o
filled with hidden dangers
o
uncomfortably humid
o
marked by wind and rain
o
strangely motionless
d. That was nine days ago,
running low.
o
o
o
o
3. Courage Stories from Text

and our meager supply of food was

scanty
varied
tasty
rotten

a. The story Passage to Freedom focused on the courage of

Hiroki Sugihara, who showed courage when he:helped the Jews even though
he couldve been killed for helping fugitivesget free.
b. The story Climb or Die focused on the courage of Danielle
and Jake. They showed courage when they:climbed hundreds of feet up in
the air up the steep mountain and couldve fallen hundreds of feet or gotten
frostbite.

c. A time when you have shown courage is: when I went on the
roof of my house to get my brothers ball and whatever else he threw up
there.
4. Lit Groups
How did your group get along? Using a scale of 0 -5, with 5 as the highest, score
your group members.
Name

setting and
reading
goals

discussion
with your
group

over-all
behavior in
your group

contributing
to the good of
the group.

William Davis
Diego Llamas
2

Daniel Caulderone
Kaitlin Strictland

Jesse Hancock

How did you contribute to the good of your group? Give specific details!
I realize when were all off task after a while and try to get us all back on task, but
usually, we always end up back off task again.I helped get the falcon to look like a
bird and figured out where to put the feathers.Overall, I think I got a 3 in contributing
to the good of my group.

5. Writing Choice: Choose one of the following prompts and write a welldeveloped paragraph. Be sure to include a topic sentence, at least three
supporting ideas, and a conclusion.
Use the back of the first page for webbing or outlining your ideas.
a. One of the critical elements of the story was Sam not only
surviving, but using his time alone to grow and develop as a person.
Discuss how his ideas and plans changed during the story. What were the
reasons for his growth?
b. Courage can be defined as meeting danger without fear:
bravery: fearlessness. Discuss the skills and abilities that allowed Sam to
survive with courage.
Sam showed courage because he managed to survive in the wild without anything to
start him off in the wild.By that I mean that he didnt come with food,a water bottle,
or anything else that he could start off his life in the wild with, sort of like cheating.All
he had was a penknife,flint and steel, and a ball of cord/string.

6. Vocabulary: (Hatchet)
a.

decision

1. To conquer

b. diplomat

2. A stick carried for support while

c. government

3. To burn

d. refugees

4. Able to function on both land and

e. superiors

5. Having the power to weaken or

walking

water
destroy gradually
f.

visas

6. Documents that permit travel

through a country
g. desperate
h. fatigue

7. Asleep, inactive
8. A choice that involves a

judgment
i.

improvising

9. People who flee their homes to

overcome

10. Those who have a higher rank

escape harm
j.

and more authority

k. amphibious

11. Using available materials to fill a

need
l.

audible

m. dormant

12. Extreme tiredness

13. Someone appointed to represent

their government
n. staff

14. Able to be heard

o. corrosive

15. The system that manages an

organization
p. sear

16. Feeling hopeless