Tier-2 vocabulary: GENEROUS and STUBBORN through 'The Giving Tree' and 'Stick and Stone'

TPR: 'Show me generous (gesture giving)', 'Show me stubborn (arms crossed, no!)'

• Model exaggerated gestures
• Children mirror

M-K-S-VOC-14-B Photograph

Composite photo. Left: cover of 'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein with the tree highlighted. Right: cover of 'Stick and Stone' by Beth Ferry with the title characters highlighted. Used to introduce the day's mentor texts.

GENEROUS means sharing freely — giving even when you don't have to. The Tree in 'The Giving Tree' is generous. STUBBORN means won't change your mind — even when others try to change it. Some characters are stubborn in good ways; some in not-so-good ways.

• Sharing without asking for anything back.

  model Generous — she gives and gives.

  prompt Is the Tree generous or stubborn?
• Discuss — being on the receiving end isn't generous.

  model Hmm. He took everything she gave. Is that generous?

  prompt Was the boy generous?

• What does generous mean?
• Tell about a generous person you know.
• What does stubborn mean?
• Is stubborn always bad? (Discuss — being stubborn about a good thing can be good.)

M-K-S-VOC-14-A Illustration

Two-panel anchor card. Left: 'GENEROUS = sharing freely' with illustration of two diverse children, one offering half a sandwich to the other. Right: 'STUBBORN = won't change your mind' with illustration of a child with arms crossed and a determined face. Both panels use child-of-color representation.

• Character sort: from 5 character cards, decide GENEROUS, STUBBORN, or BOTH.

  scaffold Cards include: The Tree, the Boy, Stick, Stone, a dragon.
• Sentence-frame: 'I am generous when ___' and 'I am stubborn about ___.'

  scaffold Frame strips; partner share.

• Write a sentence with GENEROUS or STUBBORN using invented spelling.

• Chant: 'Generous shares. Stubborn stays.'

• Tell a family member: 'I learned GENEROUS today — it means sharing freely.' Then share something you can be generous about.