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The big idea is about a boy and a tree that has known each other their whole lives and that the tree gave the boy as much as she could.

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The big idea is that when the boy was little he played on the tree a lot, but once he started getting older, he was not playing on it at all. But has he started getting older, he came back to the tree many times and every time he went back he would take something from the tree. Eventually the tree had nothing left to give. Then the boy, was left alone sad.

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A pattern is that every time the boy gets older is that he keeps going back to the tree asking for something then leaving for a long time.

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The main idea is about a parent, child relationship. Where the giving tree symbolizes a parental figure. Also, the giving tree gives things to the boy even if the boy has nothing to give in return.

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The big idea is the relationship between the boy and a tree for as when they grew older the boy starts to beg for materails from the tree until the tree has nothing left to offer.

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Everytime the boy goes back to the tree it is always asking for something he needs.

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The main idea of the boy and the tree is that the tree was always there for the boy, but the boy always wanted materials.

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Throughout the story the boy grew older and changed what he wanted from the tree.

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The tree believes that others should go before herself. She's always giving the boy things. For example, she gives him her branches.

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Change over time of how the boy grew older over the times and never wanted to play anymore and just asked for things that would make HIM happy.

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The relationship between the boy and the tree over time

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The pattern is that every time the boy returns to the tree, the tree provides something for the boy to make him happy then the boy leaves the tree. Also, every time the tree and the boy meet, the boy gets older and older.

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At the end of the story the boy sat on the tree and it left us wondering what happened after that.

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Every time he goes to the tree he also takes something, and the tree is always willing to give what it can

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The tree in the story is selfless when it comes to the boy. She would do anything for him.

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The pattern was that when the boy felt greedy, he went back to the place of happiness, and that place of happiness was the tree, to take something from it. He constantly went back to get what he wanted.

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Something repeated in the story, was that boy always went back to the tree, every time he needed something.

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The tree gave more and more to the boy over time and the boy got older and ended up not needing much from the tree

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We get to see both the boys' and trees' perspective. The tree feels very lonely and sad when the boy is gone.

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Did the boy accomplish anything over time by continuing to take stuff from the tree?

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The boy and the tree; the tree is willing to give anything it can to help the boy (it is generous), the boy is willing to accept the stuff from the tree, the boy possibly took advantage of the tree

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Throughout the story we learned the different parts of the tree, which connected to biology.

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The tree was always sad when the boy left her after needing something.

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A moral, is that we must be patient, and be generous. Generosity isn't about getting something in return, but rather by doing it out of the goodness in our heart.

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I think that the moral of the story is that if you keep taking and taking, you might never be fully satisfied. But, the tree, who kept giving wat she had, was truely happy.

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At first the boy would always play on the tree, but overtime, as he grew up, he changed and didn't play on the tree anymore. He only went back if he wanted something and not for fun.

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A pattern we notice is that the boy always comes back to the tree and the tree gives him whatever he needs.

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We wonder what the boy's name was?

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Why did the tree kept giving the boy what he needed when the boy was being selfish.

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Changes throughout the story are that, the boy progressively gets older when the boy and the tree meet. Also, the tree losing something every time the boy sees him. Furthermore, the tree loses strength as the boy grows older.

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Throughout the story, the boy becomes older and the tree changes both emotionally and physically. The tree changes physically because of the boy, she becomes a stump. She becomes lonely because the boy stops visiting her as often as he did before.

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The moral of the story is that is if you keep taking and not giving then you might not be appreciative of what you get.

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The author uses personification by giving human like traits to the tree. For example, voice, and movement.

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The author gives details about how the tree always wants to give, but the boy always wants to take from the tree. So, he was very selfish.

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Some details from the video is that the tree slowly lost part of itself, while giving the boy things that he wants.

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Where did the relationship the tree and boy have end up at? Did it become stronger or even weaker?

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The boy is getting older and is starting to need less from the tree, also the boy was getting older and he didn't come too often to the tree

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The author gave a human action to the tree which is thinking and talking, this is personification.

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In the story we can see both the boy's and tree's perspective. The tree would be sad whenever the boy would leave and would be happy when the boy returned.

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The boy came back to the tree and the tree stayed happy every time, he began asking for more stuff having to do with greed rather than happiness until he grew really old

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The words the tree used to talk to the boy were very important. She would tell him that she wanted for him to be happy.

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What will the tree do when the boy dies?
Does the boy fulfill his desires? (family, jobs, etc.)
Did the boy ever thank the tree?

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Over time the boy took parts from the tree as her got older and the the tree got sadder and smaller until he was just a stump.

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Every time the boy came back, the tree was always happy and the boy was always greedy and wanting things from the tree.

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The tree always gives the boy something to help him with his life every time he goes to the tree.

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The tree was only happy when the boy was happy. The big idea is that the tree helped the boy when he needed it the most. Every time the boy got older he always went back to the tree needing something.

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The Giving Tree is selfless and wants to make the boy happy.

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Throughout the story, we heard different perspectives such as the tree, the boy, and the narrator.

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A detail is that the boy always asks more and more of the tree and the tree always gives to him.
It also shows the relationship of the boy and the tree. Also that the older the boy got, the less he cared for the tree.

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Over time the boys love for the tree went away as he got older, but the tree just wanted to make him happy.

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the tree had no self value so started to slowly give away everything it had to the boy who kept coming back for more and more, but in the end was never happy. that is the big idea.

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The tree continues to give the boy whatever he desires in his journey of life.

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As the boy got older the tree kept on giving himself to make the boy happy.

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A pattern that we continue to see throughout the story is that the boy goes away, but over time continues to come back.

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The Giving Tree is selfless because she gave away her apples, branches, and eventually her whole body. She did this without asking for anything in return.

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The big ideas of this story involve around the little boy getting older and wanting different things from the tree.

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The pattern is that the boy always leaves the tree after he gets what he wants, then the tree becomes sad until the boy comes back.

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Every time the boy comes back the tree gives him something to make him be happy.

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A pattern is that the older the boy got the more he took from the tree, and no matter what happened, the tree would always give.

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Over time the boy grew older he grew from a teenager to a older man as he got older the tree had less things to give him.

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The short story is about a little boy and a tree, the treelet him play and swing on his branches. As he gets older the tree gives him apples, branches, and his tree trunk.

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As the boy gets older the tree deteriorates as a direct cause of the boy.

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The moral of the story is to always be generous, and be grateful for everything you get. It also teaches selflessness to others.

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Some unanswered questions we have are: Did the boy use the things that the tree gave him? Did he ever do what he wanted to do (get a wife, have children, sail away)?

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A constant pattern in The Giving Tree is the boy would always go to the tree when he needed/wanted something such as apples, branches, and a place to go.

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A pattern is that the boy always came back to the Giving Tree and took whatever he needed.

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From the boys perspective he thinks he isn't doing anything wrong but he is taking advantage of the tree.. From the trees perspective he just want to make the boy happy and give to the boy and when the boy is happy the tree is happy. The tree does that so that she has company.

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The boy came to the tree every time he needed something, and only when he needed something. The older he got, the different things he used from the tree.

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each time the boy comes he is older and older, takes something from the tree, leaves he tree, and when he comes back he just takes more and it repeats.

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The moral of the story is to be grateful for what you are given, and to not take advantage of anything or anyone.

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A unanswered question is did the boy ever ask for anything more from the tree? Did the tree ever grow again? Did the boy ever do anything with the stump after he rested on it?

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The ethics of this novel is making people very giving and very generous and they are very kind. This shows that being generous or being kind to other people can also lead to happiness among the two things.

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A big idea in the story is the kindness of the tree to the boy, regardless of the boy's appreciation.

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The ethics of this story is that no matter the circumstances the tree is always giving unconditional love and care to the boy.

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Some questions we have are What did the kid learn from the tree? What happened after he sat on the tree? Where did the boy go when he made the boat, and why did he leave and why did he come back? Did he actually get the family/ life that he wanted?

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-did he die on the stump
-did he get a family
-did he get to sail far away
-did he ever build a house
-did he have permits to build, sell, and cut down wild life
-were was his family
- what was his name

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In the short story did this man have a family or was his only family the tree?
Did he die on the stump in the end of the story?
Did he have a fulfilling lifetime?
Was the tree really talking to the boy?

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Some guiding principals are kindness, appreciation, thankfulness, and generosity.

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The tree seemed upset because she gave so much to the boy and the boy neglected the tree. The tree was also hopeful that the boy would come back to him. The tree felt irrelevant to the boy.

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For the boys point of view he realized that he can't just play all day on the tree, he realized he had to get a job, and get some money.

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As time goes on, both the tree and boy grow old. The boy asks for things that he needs based on his age.

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over time he got older and more depressed and the tree kept getting smaller and smaller

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- the Boy( only wants things from the tree that he doesn't have)
- The Tree( gives the boy everything to make him happy)
- The Narrator ( saying what's happening)

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A question my table has is how much did the tree actually help the boy, without the tree would the boy not have a house or not have money?

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The moral of the story is to always be kind, thankful and generous to others even if they aren't kind, thankful, and generous to you.

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The overall perspective of the tree is that she wanted to make the boy happy and she was lonely when he went away. The overall perspective of the boy is that he saw the tree as a provider for when ever he needed something.

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Over time the boy grew with the tree and over time the boy got too busy to hang out with the tree.

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A detail is that the tree kept giving the boy more and more important parts of herself. Starting with apples and ending with a tree trunk.

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A detail in the story is that the tree gave everything he had to the boy. Something he gave the boy was his apples.

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the boy would need more and more because he's getting older and older and more greedy

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the moral is ,be kind and to be thankful for what you have

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He always wanted the same sort of thing from the tree. The tree always wanted to make him happy.

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In the book, it states that as the boy grew older he stopped visiting the tree. My table members wondered why he stopped visiting. Was it because he felt embarrassed, or was there another reason.

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What we learned about the Given Tree is that the tree is part of science because its a tree. And it also talks about how the tree lives in the forest.

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Overtime the boy grows up and realize he needs other stuff and different needs.

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The Big Idea in this story is that the boy was never thankful/satasfied for  anything that the tree offered or gave to him. The boy was simply selfish.

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Throughout the story, the boy comes back to the tree wanting something; and The Giving Tree provides what he needs. He first wants to make money, then he wants a house, a boat, and a quiet place to sit. The Giving Tree provides all of these things. This is what satisfied the tree and made it happy.

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The big idea of the giving tree is that the tree. was always kind to the boy no matter what he asked for. The boy kept on taking things from until there wasn't anything else to take. This demonstrated the trees kindness.

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The big idea is that the giving tree is always willing to give and provide to the boy as long as he is happy.

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The boy always comes back and asks for resources such as money and wood.