Selflessness and Resilience in "Uncle Jed's Barbershop

Week 14 Day 3 Bundle, Selfless, Resilient

Three hundred dollars was a lot of money in those days. My daddy didn't have that kind of money. And the doctors wouldn't do the operation until they had the money. My mama bundled me back up in the blanket and they took me home. Mama held me in her arms all night. Excerpt from Uncle Jed s Barbershop, pages 17-19.

Bundle: Wrap or tie things together Sarah Jean s mother bundles, or wraps, her in a blanket to take her home.

When have you had to bundle up? What did you bundle up in? Use the word bundle in your response.

Bundle can also mean, tie things together.

What else might people bundle? Use the word bundle in your response.

What might you use to bundle letters? Use the word bundle in your response.

Uncle Jed leaned on his bent cane and stared straight ahead. He told Daddy that the money didn't matter. He couldn't let anything happen to his Sarah Jean. Well, I had the operation. For a long time after that, Uncle Jed came by the house every day to see how I was doing. I know that three hundred dollars delayed him from opening the barbershop. Excerpt from Uncle Jed s Barbershop

Selfless: unselfish, or without thought for yourself Uncle Jed had been saving every penny to open his barbershop. When he uses the money for Sarah Jean s surgery instead, he is being selfless, or unselfish.

selfless The suffix less means without or having no

Selfless people sacrifice something they care about to help others.

Rebecca and six of her friends are going on a rafting trip. When they get to the River, they find out that only 6 people can fit in the raft. Rebecca volunteers to say behind so her friends can go. Is Rebecca being selfless? Why do you think that? Use the word selfless in your response.

Ben donates most of his old clothes to charity, but keeps an old sweatshirt he especially likes. Is Ben being selfless? Why do you think that? Use the word selfless in your response.

A factory owner decides to close her factory because pollution from the factory is hurting the environment. All of her workers lose their jobs. Is the factory owner being selfless? Why do you think that? Use the word selfless in your response.

When have you, or someone you know, been selfless? Use the word selfless in your response.

But Uncle Jed kept going around to his customers cutting their hair, even though they couldn't pay him. His customers shared with him whatever they had - a hot meal, fresh eggs, vegetables from the garden. And when they were able to pay again, they did. And Uncle Jed started saving all over again. Ol' Uncle Jed finally got his barbershop. He opened it on his seventy-ninth birthday. It had everything, just like he said it would - big comfortable chairs, four cutting stations. You name it! The floors were so clean, they sparkled. Excerpt from Uncle Jed s Barbershop

Resilient: Able to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change Uncle Jed is resilient because he can adjust after he loses his money. he does not give up on his dream. Je start saving money again

When have you, or someone you know, been resilient? Use the word resilient in your response.