Background

WebEnglish.se suggests this lesson plan as a Teacher’s Choice of literature studies. The theme can be repeated every year from year 4 until year 9 with different focuses. Suitable timing would be at the beginning or end of either term or together with autumn or environmental studies.

Reading

The Giving Tree A SlideShare with 47 slides to read on IWB (yr 5-7)
The Giving Tree Poem The whole text on a pdf (yr 5-9)

Listening

Shel Silverstein (38:59) VOA programme about the author of The Giving Tree (yr 8-9)

Viewing

The Giving Tree – Animation (2:14) The first part of the book animated with text and music background (yr 4-5)
The Giving Tree Claymation (2:32) An abbreviated, simplified version, animated with text and music background (yr 4-6)
The Giving Tree (4:28) Clay animation with narrator (yr. 5-7)
The Giving Tree (4:53) The pictures of the book with clear text and narrator (yr 5-7)
The Giving Tree Film (5:40) A dramatised version with narrator (yr 7-8)
The Giving Tree – Bedtime Story (12:42) An elaborate version, made into more of a story, animated with text and narrator (yr 7-9)
“The Giving Tree” A short film (8:00) A well-dramatised version (yr 8-9)
The Giving Tree (5:14) Another dramatised version with natural speech (yr 8-9)
The Actual ’73 Giving Tree (9:43) The Original Movie Spoken By Shel Silverstein, poor voice quality (yr 9)
The Giving Tree Movie Trailer (1:27) A trailer of a horror film with Tyler Posey (yr 8-9)

Songs

Plain White T’s – The Giving Tree with Lyrics (yr 6-9)
Plain White T’s – The Giving Tree (Official Video) (yr 8-9)

Speaking

The Giving Tree Philosophy A conversation lesson plan with teacher’s notes and questions to discuss (yr 9+)

Exercises

Questions for the book “The Giving Tree” 11 comprehension questions to talk or write about (yr 5-7)
EnglishExercises.org Handouts, listening and word exercises (yr 5-9)

Writing

UniqueTeacherResources Scroll down to find ideas for writing and other projects (yr 4-7)
Biographical Writing inspired by The Giving Tree (yr 7-9)

More Materials

Teach Shel Official Shel Silverstein site. Download the pdf “Teach Shel” for a text about him and ideas for discussion and writing (yr 9)

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