My Side of the Mountain

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Lesson 5

• Walking with Henry: Based on the Life and Works of Henry David Thoreau by Thomas Locker

Lesson 7

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page

Materials

Common Materials

• colored pencils
• colored pencils or markers
• scissors

Lesson 1

• journal* (1.3 - Option 2)

Lesson 2

• newspaper
• old broken crayons
• colored leaves or tissue paper
• manual pencil sharpener
• poster board
• iron
• wax paper

Lesson 4

• yarn
• cookie cutter* (4.3 - optional)
• peanut butter
• pine cone or piece of bread
• birdseed

Lesson 5

• fork or wooden spoon
• fresh parsley
• ground pepper
• 1 cup of unsalted butter
• 2 lbs fresh or frozen farmed mussels
• 4 cloves of garlic
• baking sheet
• Timeline of American History* (5.2 - optional)
• mixing bowl

Lesson 6

• poster board and markers* (6.2 - optional)
• clay* (6.2 - optional)

Lesson 7

• legal-size paper
• ruler

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used