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Activity Overview
Template and Class Instructions
Rubric
Activity Overview
Activity Overview
Themes, symbols, and motifs come alive when you use a Storyboard. In this activity, students will identify a theme of The Little Prince and support it with evidence from the text.
Example Themes of The Little Prince
Grown-ups vs. Children
- Grown ups do not understand the beauty in a drawing of a boa constrictor eating an elephant.
- Grown ups judge the Turkish astronomer based on how he is dressed.
- Grown-ups measure the beauty of a house by its price and think they know a young friend by how much money his father earns.
Friendship
- The fox teaches a lesson: "if you want a friend, tame me!”
- The little prince finally begins to understand what he feels for his rose.
- The aviator has been tamed by the prince; he is upset to see him leave Earth.
Template and Class Instructions
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that identifies a theme in The Little Prince. Illustrate examples and write a short description below each cell.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Identify a theme in the story and write it on the row.
- Find three examples of the theme in the text and describe one in each cell.
- Illustrate each example with appropriate characters, scenes, and items.
- Click "Save & Exit" when done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Common Core Standards
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• California
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• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Utah
- CCSS: RL.5.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Rubric
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Themes
Create a storyboard that identifies themes in the story. Illustrate examples of each theme and write a short description below each cell.
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identify Theme(s) | All themes are correctly identified and described. | Some themes are correctly identified. | No themes are correctly identified. |
| Examples of Theme(s) | All examples support the identified theme(s). | Most examples fit the identified theme(s). | Most examples do not fit the theme(s). |
| Illustrate Theme | Images clearly show connection with the theme(s). | Some images help to show the theme. | Images do not help in understanding the theme. |
Activity Overview
Themes, symbols, and motifs come alive when you use a Storyboard. In this activity, students will identify a theme of The Little Prince and support it with evidence from the text.
Example Themes of The Little Prince
Grown-ups vs. Children
- Grown ups do not understand the beauty in a drawing of a boa constrictor eating an elephant.
- Grown ups judge the Turkish astronomer based on how he is dressed.
- Grown-ups measure the beauty of a house by its price and think they know a young friend by how much money his father earns.
Friendship
- The fox teaches a lesson: "if you want a friend, tame me!”
- The little prince finally begins to understand what he feels for his rose.
- The aviator has been tamed by the prince; he is upset to see him leave Earth.
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that identifies a theme in The Little Prince. Illustrate examples and write a short description below each cell.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Identify a theme in the story and write it on the row.
- Find three examples of the theme in the text and describe one in each cell.
- Illustrate each example with appropriate characters, scenes, and items.
- Click "Save & Exit" when done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Common Core Standards
Switch to: Common Core
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Utah
- CCSS: RL.5.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Themes
Create a storyboard that identifies themes in the story. Illustrate examples of each theme and write a short description below each cell.
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identify Theme(s) | All themes are correctly identified and described. | Some themes are correctly identified. | No themes are correctly identified. |
| Examples of Theme(s) | All examples support the identified theme(s). | Most examples fit the identified theme(s). | Most examples do not fit the theme(s). |
| Illustrate Theme | Images clearly show connection with the theme(s). | Some images help to show the theme. | Images do not help in understanding the theme. |
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