Compare and contrast your learners' traits to the characters in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Éxupery. After they complete a Venn diagram comparing themselves to a peer, kids create a three-part Venn diagram to compare themselves to the prince and the pilot in the novel.

Concepts

the little prince, venn diagrams, compare and contrast

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids turn the activity into an informative essay about how the prince and the pilot have different traits than each other, and than they do
• Prompt learners to complete the activity at home, and compare responses in a class discussion

Classroom Considerations

• Illustration in the background is distracting and could interfere with understanding
• Lesson is written by a student teacher, so the directions and rationale are lengthy

Pros

• Versatile for other novel or short story units
• Encourages kids to think critically about character traits, and to compare them to their own experiences and characteristics

Cons

• You'll need to provide more concrete assessment in the activity, as it counts on the Venn diagram as the only source of assessment, rather than any extension of the lesson

Common Core

RL.6.3 RL.7.3 RL.8.3