Not Another Book Report!

My Side of the Mountain Book Projects
Due Friday, May 23

For your final project you will have a choice of completing ONE of the following book projects for My Side of the Mountain.  Look carefully at the list below and choose a project that interests you and that you will be able to put a great deal of thought and effort into.  Click on the project name for more detailed explanation/requirements.

1.      Brochure – create a brochure inviting people to visit the area where the story took place. 

2.     3-D Map – create a three-dimensional model of the story’s setting.

3.     “How To” Book – write your own instructional guide for people to use if they decided to live in the wilderness as Sam did.

4.     Scrapbook – create a scrapbook for the main character that captures the important events of the story.

5.     Movie Reel – create a series of original drawings based on the story.

Description of Area

On one of your brochure folds, you should have a written description of the setting.  Be sure to make the setting sound desirable to your visitors!

Also in this section you need to include any background information about the history of the area and how it came to be this way.  Who originally settled here? What happened to them?  Who manages the land now?

If you don’t know all of this, it’s okay to make something up about the land's past, present, and future!

Description of Area Attractions

In the inside section of your brochure, you are free to make up anything you want about activities and attractions to see. 

However, you should put a labeled map of the area somewhere inside the brochure. This will help people locate each area you are describing.

Example:

1. Hemlock Hotel – stay in this cozy, one-room tree house for the night or rent it for a week.  Be careful though – visitors may pop in uninvited!
2.  Meadow -

Be sure to make your descriptions match the book as much as possible, but don’t be afraid to use your imagination too!

• In this section, list activities that tourist could participate in while visiting your setting.

• Include any tours you may offer here and what each tour consists of, prices, etc.
  

Places to Eat

• Describe the local dining areas.

• Include the atmosphere, food choices, and prices.

Anything you Want

• Use any extra space for any additional information you want to add to make your vacation spot a must see!

• advertisements
• pictures of local wildlife/landscape to see
• "About the Owner" spotlight

3-D Map

Requirements:

• Accurate map of the setting.

• Use information from the book to create a model that is similar to how the setting is described in the story.

• Labels for each section of the map (Minimum of 8 sections)

• Label the important areas of your map.  Include a detailed paragraph, for each area, explaining why that area is important or how the main character used the area.  Use specific information and examples from the story in your description.

"How To" Book

Requirements:

•  The “How To” book or survival guide should have situations that were actually in the book you read. 

• The solutions should also be similar to how the main character in the book handled the situation.

• Minimum of 8 "How To's". These must be explained clearly and a step-by-step process described when necessary (examples: making acorn pancakes, creating traps, making a deer skin suit, using hunters, etc.).
• Detailed pictures or diagrams to go with each page.

Scrapbook

Requirements:

• Your scrapbook should be at least 8 pages long.

• Included in the book should be several pictures or objects that relate to the story.  The objects could include items found in nature that the main character used to survive (acorns, roots, etc.) and the pictures should relate to events in the story.

• Each page should have a paragraph explaining the objects or pictures on the page.  The paragraph should reveal the objects importance or how it was used in the story.  The writing should also include the thoughts and emotions of the character.

• Be sure your book is neat, organized, and relates to the events in My Side of the Mountain.  Remember this is a scrapbook created by the main character, so as you create it you will write using first person narration.

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