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Lesson Plan Worksheet
BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR NOTES, SKETCH A GENERAL PLAN ON YOUR
CALENDAR FOR COVERING SEVERAL CHAPTERS AT A TIME:
List general goals for teaching the novel.
The students will appreciate the author’s unique writing style.
The students will be able to make connections between the story and the real world.
The students will appreciate the satisfaction of reading a novel.
CHAPTERS __25-27______
Possible objectives: Get a sense of the kind of things you’ll be measuring. Consider
the “big picture. What will students need to know, and how will you determine
whether or not they’ve learned it? (Use A, B, C, D format).
After reading Chapters 25-27, the students will write a one page letter to the pilot
informing him that the Prince has returned to Earth and will make at least an 80.
FOCUS: List preliminary ideas, materials needed, etc.
Inform the students that they are going to finish discussing the novel today. By the time
class is over, they will have discovered what happened to the Little Prince and the moral
of the fable.
EXPLANATION: Frame the topic you’re teaching. Demonstrate a close reading of
the text.
At the beginning of Chapter 25, the Prince makes the comment that people rushing
around in circles is not worth the trouble (first paragraph p.69). What do you think the
Prince is trying to tell us? The Prince and the pilot find a well. The pilot then
understands what the Prince has been looking for. p.71 He was looking for the place he
had landed one year ago. Point out example of personification on p. 69. “We’ve
awakened this well and its singing.” Point out example of a flashback p.71 underlined in
red. The Little Prince says, “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.” P.71
This goes back to what the fox’s secret in Chapter 21, p. 63. This Prince mentions that
tomorrow will be the first anniversary of his landing on Earth and that where they are
very close to where he originally landed. What do you think is the purpose of the Prince
returning to where he landed? Could the Prince be foreshadowing something that is
about to happen?
In Chapter 26, the Prince is talking to someone next to the wall. The Prince says, “Your
poison is good? You’re sure it won’t make me suffer long?” Who was the Prince talking
to? The yellow snake. Point out an example of imagery p.74 underlined in pink. We
find out that the Prince was talking to the yellow snake from earlier in the story. Why do
you think the Prince was talking to the snake and what do you think the Prince meant by
his questions? Point out example of simile p.74 underlined in blue. The Prince mentions
that he is leaving today and that the journey will be difficult. Why will the journey be
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difficult? The Prince mentions that he will be much more frightened tonight. Is he
foreshadowing something that is about to happen? Point out example of metaphor p.76
underlined in red. Point out example of simile p.77 underlined in purple. Point out
example of personification p. 77 underlined green. The Prince warns the pilot not to
come tonight. He says it will be too painful. Why does the Prince warn the pilot not to
come find him tonight? The pilot warns the Prince to stay away from the snake because
it is too dangerous. Why does the pilot feel like he has to warn the Prince to stay away
from the snake? What do you think the Little Prince is saying when he says he can’t take
his body (shell) with him? Is this a metaphor for death? When we die our body do not
disappear. It is our soul that makes the journey p. 77-9. There is a yellow flash by the
Prince’s ankle. What do you think the flash is? Snake
In Chapter 27, we realize that the entire story has been a flashback. The pilot had not told
this story for six years. The pilot wonders if the sheep he drew for the Prince has eaten
the rose. The pilot says, “Anyone might be distracted once in a while, and that’s all it
takes!” p.83. The Prince relates this to the sheep eating the rose but could it some how
relate to our lives as grownups? On p. 83, the phrase IT’S ALL A GREAT MYSTERY
is written in all capital letters. Why do you think the author chose do draw our attention
to these words? Have the students reread the last three paragraphs on p. 83. What does
the pilot mean by no grown up will ever understand how such a thing could be so
important? Ask the students what they think the overall moral of this story is?
GUIDED PRACTICE: Decide how you’ll give students a chance to practice, absorb,
reflect on, what6 you taught in the explanation.
On p. 85, the pilot tells the reader that if they happen to be in the desert and see the Little
Prince to send word immediately in order to end his sadness. The students will be
writing a letter to the pilot informing him that the Prince has returned to Earth. Review
letter-writing techniques with the students. For example, the parts of a letter: salutation,
body, and closing.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: What will you have students do that will tell you
whether or not they’ve successfully learned what you set out to teach them in the
Make This Assignment: The students will write a one-page letter to the pilot informing
him that the Prince has returned to Earth. Tell the pilot how you found the Prince, where
you found him, and how the pilot can get in touch with the Prince. The students need to
use proper letter writing techniques that were discussed during the guided practice.
CLOSURE: Allow students time to work on their letters. They will need to hand them
in on Monday. Tell the students that they will be doing a packet over the Little Prince
during class on Monday. They need to make sure to have their copies of the Little Prince
with them. This packet will be the equivalent of a test grade.
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PROJECT IDEAS: Make a list of three or four ideas for outside projects that
extend students’ learning to other concepts, books, etc. You don’t have to work
these into your reading calendar. Think big.