Reading Comprehension: Top of the Mountain

Name: Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files Click on the "G" to be taken to the video Watch the video and then move onto the next question =) Read the story and then answer the questions. Gabriel looked up at the endless mountain in front of him. The mountain was called Mount Tam, which was short for Mount Tamalpais. It was named in 1845 and was translated from a Native American word meaning Sleeping Maiden. His sister wanted to go all the way to the top! She loved to hike.Gabriel didn't think he could get all the way up to the top of the mountain. He squirmednervously."Maybe another day.""No, today!" said his sister. "There's something I have to show you. Come on!"Alicia scrambled up a tall slope. He hurried to catch up. Then he saw branches in the way and a bunch of jaggedrocks."We can't get through here!""Yes, we can." Alicia crawled under a branch, and up and down the rocks. As she jumped down off a rock in front of him, he heard a muddy splash and felt mud on his face. Then he heard his sister laughing."Sorry," she laughed. "I got mud on you!""Very funny!" He scowledat her."I'm sorry," she said, "but it's just mud. We came here to have fun!"Gabriel sighed. "Some fun," he muttered. "I hate hiking."She helped him up. Then she told him where she was taking him. They were following the path of an old railway. It was built in 1896, but it had closed in 1930. It was called The Crookedest Railway because it had 281 curves. Alicia was taking Gabriel to the railway museum that had an old car like the ones that used to move people up and down the mountain.They kept climbing the slope until they came to the museum. Now Gabriel finally felt excited. They looked at all the information about the railway and climbed on the model railway car. Then Alicia told Gabriel there was a trail nearby that was not very long. It went to the highest peak of the mountain, where there was a lookout tower. The slope was steep, but they climbed and climbed until they got to the top. Gabriel looked at the view with his mouth open, awestruck. The buildings, cars and boats down at the bottom all looked like miniaturetoys."I knew you would love it here!" said Alicia. "You did it, Gabriel! You got to the top of the mountain!" How did the boy feel in the beginning of the story? nervous excited happy adventurous What could they see from the top of the mountain? toys mud cars trees Compare between the two characters by categorizing their description. Alicia wanted to climb the mountain created a splash of mud knew a lot of information about the mountain felt happy throughout the story Gabriel didn't want to climb the mountain got mud on their face didn't know a lot of information about the mountain felt excited at the end of the story Fill in the table. Talk about the five Ws of the story in full sentences. The Five Ws Answers 1. Who is the story about? 2. Where does the story take place? 3. When does the story take place? 4. What is the story about? 5. Why does that happen? (Ask yourself this question after answering question 4) Which mountain would you like to hike? Write your answers in full sentences. (Keep in mind that there aren't any mountains in Bahrain) Draw yourself climbing a mountain.