Overall
Objective: Students will be able to
identify the characteristics of a fairy tale and explain what a moral of a
story is.
Language Objective: Students will develop visual and listening
skills. They will be able to defend an
opinion.
Civic Education objective: Students will be able to compare different
interpretations of the fairy tale.
Class contents and needs: secondary level
Materials: Projector, laptop, poster paper, markers,
tape
Activities: Warm up, watching a video, answering
questions, character analysis
Stage of Lesson
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Teacher’s activity
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Student activity
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time
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Warm up
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T. asks “Which kind of fairy tales do
you know?” Can you give examples. Why
are fairy tales important? What do they teach?
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Student responses.
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3 minutes
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Activity 1
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Introduction of “The Giving Tree” by
Shel Silverstein. T: “I want you to guess what the main idea or
message of the author is as you watch.”
Gives a copy of the text for the
students to read while they watch the video.
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Students watch the video
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5 minutes
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Activity 2
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T. divides students up into three
groups: Each group has 4 questions to
answer. Teacher gives students copy
of Handout 1.
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Students answer questions.
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3 minutes.
Handout 1
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Activity 3
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T. asks leader of the group to report
group answers. Teacher asks the rest
of the students if they agree with the answers.
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Students raise slips of paper, with
“Yes” or “no” written on them.
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Activity 4
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T. Hands out character analysis
forms to Group I.
Group 2 gets “Mother”
interpretation. Group 3 will
get “Mother Nature” interpretation
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Students work together in groups.
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5 minutes See handout 2, 3, 4
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Activity 5
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T. asks each group to report.
T. asks students if they agree or
disagree.
T. asks individual students to explain
their yes or no answer.
T. ask 3rd group to explain
the different interpretations of “The Giving Tree.”
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Students give out their group answers.
Students raise “Yes” or “no” slips of
paper. Students explain reasons for Yes or no
answers.
Different Interpretations of The Giving Tree.
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5 minutes
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Activity 6
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T. asks students to write up a poster
showing small drawings of their interpretation of one of characters and the
moral of the fairy tale. Sts. should
write at least 4 or 5 sentences. Students are given a rubric to guide
them.
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Students create their posters.
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8 minutes
See rubric
handout 5
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Activity 7
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T. hands out ballots with rubric to
give points for each poster.
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Each student group votes for each
poster and hand their ballots to T.
Teacher and students count the ballot and announce the winner.
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5 minutes.
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SCORE FOR
DRAWING ____ + SCORE SENTENCE ______
SCORE FOR
SPELLING _______ = Total ________
HANDOUT 1
QUESTIONS FOR The Giving Tree
1.
Do you think the boy is selfish? Explain what he does to show that he is or
isn’t selfish.
2.
Why do you think the tree is not happy after
giving the boy her trunk?
3.
When you give something to someone, do you
expect something in return? Why?
4.
Would give something you really need to someone
you love if they really need it, too?
5.
Why do you think the tree loved the boy?
6.
Why do you think the tree loved the boy in the
beginning??
7.
Are the two “loves” the same type of love?
8.
Is the boy happy at the end of the story?
9.
If you were the tree would you be happy? Why?
10.
What does the tree represent? Some say the tree represents “Mother” other people say the tree
Represents “Mother Nature” or the natural
environment. What examples from the
text can you show to prove each interpretation.
What does the boy represent? Some say the boy represents “children”,
other people say the boy represents people.
What examples from the text can you show to prove each interpretation.
HANDOUT
2
The character of the Giving Tree
name
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Description
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What the boy says about the tree – Give quotation
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What the tree does for the boy – give examples
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HANDOUT
3
The character of the boy
Name
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Description
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What the tree says about the boy.
Give quotations.
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What the boy does for the tree. What the boy takes from the tree.
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Handout 4
Interpretation -- The Tree represents “Mother”
The tree
represents Mother
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What mother gives
- give examples
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Why does the mother give these things?
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Boy represents a child or children
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What does the boy give to mother -
give examples.
What does the boy take from the mother?
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What does the boy do with
these things?
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HANDOUT
4
The tree represents “Mother Nature.”
The tree represents “Mother Nature.”
If the tree represents Mother Nature or the natural environment.
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What does Mother nature give
to the boy [people] - give
examples.
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What does the boy do with
these things? Why?
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Boy represents people
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What do people give to mother earth in the story- give examples.
What do people take from the
mother nature?
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What do people do with these things?
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