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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Little Prince

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Use The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

This classic children's tale tells the fantastical story of a chance encounter between an airplane pilot who is stranded in the desert and a little prince who has traveled the universe. Modern-day lessons about what is truly important in life are taught when the little prince shares the details of his journey with the pilot. Readers will focus on how the author develops point of view and the ways in which the point of view impacts other story elements.

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for point of view, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to The Little Prince Book Club.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

SL.6.1bSL.6.1cL.6.6L.6.4aL.6.5SL.6.1aRL.6.4RL.6.1RL.6.2RL.6.3RL.6.5RL.6.6RL.6.7RL.6.9RL.6.10W.6.8W.6.9

TEKS Alignment

6.46.3A6.3B6.3C6.6A6.6B6.6C6.86.96.26A6.276.28

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

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Meeting 1

Explore the importance of point of view with The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This classic children's tale provides an engaging example of how the author's choice of point of view impacts each of the story elements.

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Meeting 2

During this The Little Prince Book Club meeting, student discussion centers on how author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry develops point of view. Readers will look at who is doing the talking and what point of view clues the text provides.

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Meeting 3

Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry chose to write The Little Prince from the pilot's point of view. This meeting tracks the impact that this decision has on what the reader learns about the setting of the story.

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Meeting 4

Discussion for this The Little Prince Book Club focuses student attention on how Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's choice of point of view impacts the characters in the story. Students will discover that their impression of each of the characters is skewed by what the pilot thinks of them.

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Meeting 5

This Book Club meeting introduces a graphic organizer for students to use to track their thoughts on how Antoine de Saint-Exupu00e9ry's choice of narrator impacts the plot of The Little Prince.

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Meeting 6

Using the theme of friendship, students will explore how theme is effected by point of view in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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Meeting 7

During this final The Little Prince Book Club meeting, students will demonstrate their understanding of the impact of point of view on the story elements of the text by re-writing a portion of the text from another character's perspective.

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Vocabulary Connections with The Little Prince

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Little Prince highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

L.6.6,L.6.4a,L.6.5

TEKS Alignment

6.2B,6.2A,6.2C

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with point of view.

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Comprehension Assessment with The Little Prince

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of The Little Prince and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with The Little Prince

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Little Prince. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

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About the Book

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Title: The Little Prince

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Adventure

ISBN: 9781405216340

Publisher's Summary:

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper...Thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed the world forever for its readers

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Little Prince