The Man Who Planted Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees
An Internet Hotlist on The Man Who Planted Trees: A hot list for teachers

created by R. J. Anderson
Worcester Techical High School, Worcester, MA 01609

Introduction
I'd like to plant a seed. I'd like to plant a seed with fellow educators and let that seed grow by letting them plant that seed with their students. Who knows where it may go from there. Just as a tree will grow from a small seed, so too will the ideas on how to use what I share with you here. And it all will stem from a short story about a man who planted trees. 'The Man Who Planted Trees' is an inspiring story about a man who restored a region of France by planting acorns until a forest was born and the land was rejuvenated. This hot list is intended to help teachers wishing to use this story with their students. This story can be used to teach about trees and the environment, history, geography, French, and language arts. You may want to copy and paste the story into a word document which would allow you to edit the format to better suite your needs. For example: size it to fit on fewer pages for easier printing or put each paragraph on a numbered page and allow individual students to do an illustration and collect this for your class’s own illustrated edition. This would also allow students to practice reading it one paragraph at a time or to look up the meanings of difficult vocabulary words.
You may have ideas of your own and I'd like to hear them.

The Internet Resources

Links to the story

The Man Who Planted Trees - Another Link to the Story

Audio & Video versions

Academy Award winning video - It is available on video in English and French
Audio cassette - Available on audio cassette with naration by Robert J. Lertsema
Book, video & audio - The Man Who Planted Trees Buy this book new or used from Amazon (associate).

French

For French Teachers 'en Francais' - XPRES L'homme qui plantait des arbres ... approche du livre • Trouver les informations définissant le livre : le titre : L’homme qui plantait les arbres, l’auteur : Jean Giono, l’illus ...

Worksheet

Worksheet - The Man Who Planted Trees Name_______________________________________ Date___________ Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Refer back to the story whenever necessary. 1. The old shepherd sorted through acorns picking out the finest 100. Why Did he take such care that they were perfect? 2. Describe the procedure that the old shepherd used to plant the oak trees. 3. Over three years the shepherd had planted 100,000 acorns. What percentage of these actually sprouted? 4. Hunters noticed the outburst of little trees, but did not attribute to the man. Why was he not suspected of being responsible? 5. Why did the author not recognize the town when he returned in 1945? 6. The Story stated that 10,000 people now owed their happiness and comfort to Bouffier. What did he do that casued so much so much changed in their town? 7. Why did the author feel that he had left his mark on the earth when he wrote this story?

additional information

Arbor Day Tree Planting hot list - Take the students outdoors and plant a tree using this 'Arbor Day Tree Planting hot list' by R. J. Anderson
Book Review - click here for a book review
More Tree Stories - Five Tree Stories, all short originals, await readers at WoodNotes e-zine on TreeLink -

Content by R. J. Anderson, andersonr@techhigh.us
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Last revised Fri Jan 30 4:34:26 US/Pacific 2009