Sam Gribley's Character Traits

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Activity Overview

My Side of the Mountain tells the story of Sam Gribley, who is unhappy in the city and decides to make a life for himself in the mountains on the family’s old land. It takes a certain kind of person to do something like this. For this activity, students will create a spider map that describes some of Sam's character traits. They can identify why these traits made him so successful in his quest and what drove him to follow his passion.


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Objective: Create a 3 cell spider map of Sam’s character traits in My Side of the Mountain.

Student Instructions:

  1. Click “Start Assignment”.
  2. In the title box, write the trait.
  3. In the description box, write an example of this trait from the text.
  4. Add an illustration that accurately represents the description.



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