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Week 4
What a Tree Has Seen
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Week 4
Week 4
What a Tree Has Seen
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Pages 10–11
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What happened to the old
buildings?
(some were schools,
others homes)
Why is Savannah
famous?
(for its beauty)
Have
students compare the school
in the illustration and their
own school.
Pages 12–13
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What has not changed in
Savannah?
(the live oaks)
Have students describe
the park in the illustration.
Encourage students to
compare and contrast
that park to one in their
community.
Pages 14–15
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What do the oak trees remind
us of?
(of a long time ago)
Have students describe the
activities in the illustrations.
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How do we know that people
from many different places came
to live in Savannah?
Encourage
students to talk about why
people would come to live
in Savannah.
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How do the live oaks remind
people of Savannah’s past?
Encourage students to talk
about other things that are
reminders of the past.
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Why do people come to
Savannah?
Have students talk
about why people might want
to make movies in Savannah.
Encourage students to talk
about places in or near their
community that attract many
visitors.
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Why do you think Savannah
had a new look?
Encourage
students to talk about things
they like about old cities
and things they like about
new ones. Have students
talk about parts of their
community that are old and
parts that are new.
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Why does the author talk about
how Savannah and its people
have changed?
Have students
talk about how they have
changed. Encourage students
to think about what things in
their life have stayed the same.
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Why might people write
stories about Savannah?
Have
students think about other
places that people write
stories about and why they
would write them. Encourage
students to talk about any
stories they know about their
community.