Le Petit Prince Final Project - Lancaster High School



Le Petit Prince Final Project

Please select one of the following projects to complete.

Choice #1 – Petit Prince Movie Skit (Partner/Group)

1. Re-write 5 scenes from the novel putting them in your own words in French.

2. Create and record a video where you and your group act out the scenes using costumes and props.

3. To receive full credit skit must be memorized.

|CATEGORY |4 |3 |2 |1 |

| | | | | |

|Preparedness |Student is completely |Student seems pretty |Student is somewhat |Student does not seem at all|

|& |prepared and has obviously |prepared but might have |prepared, but it is clear |prepared to present. |

|Memorization |taken rehearsal time |needed to focus more closely|that rehearsal effort was |Student read script at all |

| |seriously. Lines were |during rehearsal time. Most|lacking. Students read |times. |

| |memorized. |of the lines were memorized.|his/her lines. | |

|Content | | | | |

| |Script/ skit included all of|Script/ skit included all of|The script/skit included |The scene/script was vague, |

| |the important action and |the important action and |most of the important action|and it was hard to tell what|

| |dialogue in the scene |dialogue in the scene |and dialogue from the scene |was happening. Less than 2 |

| |portrayed. All 5 scenes were|portrayed. 4 scenes were |portrayed. 2-3 scenes were |scenes were completed. |

| |included. |included |included. | |

|Pronunciation | | | | |

| |Speaks clearly and |Speaks clearly and |Speaks clearly and |Often mumbles or can not be |

| |distinctly, mispronounces |distinctly, but |distinctly most of the time.|understood and/or |

| |very few words. GREAT |mispronounces some words. |Mispronounces several words.|mispronounces several words |

| |pronunciation! |Good pronunciation! |Okay pronunciation |and/or Volume often too soft|

| | | | |to be heard by all audience |

| | | | |members. Needs improvement! |

|Props | | | | |

|& |Students have made an |Students have made a good |Students used very few props|Did not use any props or |

|Costumes |excellent effort to bring in|effort to bring in costumes |or costumes. |costumes. |

| |costumes +/or props, which |+/or props, which help make | | |

| |help make the scene more |the scene more | | |

| |understandable. Students |understandable. | | |

| |spent a lot of time | | | |

| |recreating the scenes. | | | |

|Vocabulary |Sentences are very easy to |There are some errors. |There are several errors; |There are vast errors; many |

|& |understand. There are |These errors do not |some areas are difficult to |areas are incomprehensible. |

|Grammar |minimal errors. |interfere with |understand. | |

| | |comprehension. | | |

/ 20 Points

Choice #2 – The 8th Planet (Individual Project)

You are going to create, write and illustrate an 8th planet for the Little Prince to visit. Essentially, you’re inserting your own chapter to Saint-Exupéry’s work! Use the following guidelines to create a successful chapter.

Part 1: Write you chapter in French.

- Your chapter must have a minimum of 200 words, which is approximately 20-25 good-sized sentences. This is about the size of Chapter 11, le Vaniteux.

- The planet described must have at least one inhabitant, who must have a conversation with the Little Prince.

- The Little Prince must learn something from the encounter, and explain to the reader what he has learned.

- The story should be written in the PAST TENSE. Use the passé compose for specific actions in the story and use the imparfait to talk about descriptions and feelings.

- Type the chapter. Feel free to use the font and size of your choice, but make sure the font can easily be read and supports French accents.

- You may use your Petit Prince novel, , , and each other on this project. DO NOT USE online translation services, as they are seldom correct and easily detected. Links to these two sites can be found on my webpage.

Part 2: Draw the picture that would accompany your chapter in Saint-Exupéry’s book.

- Print out your typed chapter and add the picture to your final copy.

- Neatly draw and color your picture.

- Only hand-created pictures will be accepted. NO CLIPART!

Grading Rubric

| |4 |3 |2 |1-0 |

| |Chapter is thoroughly |Story is well |The chapter is |The chapter is incomplete with|

| |written. The planet and |described. The planet |inadequately |very few descriptions and the |

| |characters are described in |and characters are |described and/or the |Little Prince did not learn |

|Content |detail. The Little Prince |described, but slightly|Little Prince does |anything in this chapter. |

| |learns something in this |lacking in detail. The|not learn a lesson in| |

| |chapter. |lesson learned in this |this chapter. | |

| | |chapter is somewhat | | |

| | |vague. | | |

|Length |200 + words. |185-199 words |150-184 words |100-149 words. (1 pt) |

| | | | |< 100 words (0 pts) |

| |Wide range of vocabulary |Good range of |Vocabulary is |Limited vocabulary, |

|Vocabulary |(varied, sophisticated, |vocabulary |appropriate, but |significant second language |

| |idiomatic, symbolic) |(appropriate, but |limited or |interference. |

| | |simple) |repetitive. | |

| |Very good command of writing|Good command of writing|Numerous grammatical |Many grammatical errors. |

| |conventions (spelling, |conventions. There are|errors. There are |Several sentences are |

| |accents, sentence structure,|some errors, but has a |several errors in |incomprehensible. |

|Grammar/Spelling |paragraphing, punctuation, |good control of basic |basic structures. | |

| |etc.) |structures. | | |

| |Picture is creative, neat, |Picture is appealing |Some effort was made,|Clipart was used (1pt) |

| |colorful, and relevant to |and relevant to the |but picture is |or |

|Picture |the chapter. |story. |lacking in color |No picture (0 pts) |

| |Outstanding! |Good job! |neatness or | |

| | | |relevancy. | |

/20 Points

Choice # 3 – Petit Prince Mobile Project (Individual or Partner Project)

Le Petit Prince is a children's book that is full of symbolism. It is the symbolism in the book that attracts the adult readers. All of the characters, places, and inanimate objects are symbolic not only to the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, but also to life in general. It is your job to examine the symbolism throughout the story. What life lessons can one learn from the book? What does everything represent? What good things/not so good things in life are portrayed in the novel? What does everything mean?

You will create a mobile that represents the symbolism found in Le Petit Prince. The mobile that you create will have an assortment of symbolic pictures hanging from it. On the back of each picture there will be an explanation in French about what the items represent in the real world. There is no write or wrong answer as long as you can defend your reasoning (in French of course).

Directions

1. Make a list of 10 people/items that you think are symbolic (10 per person, partner project = 20 total)

2. Draw the item, color it, and then cut it out. NO CLIPART. You must create it yourself!

BE CREATIVE & NEAT

3. On the back of each picture, write your explanation of the symbolism in French.

- State what the item is C'est un(e) _____

- State what it represents Il/elle représente ____

State why it is important to life (3-5 sentences)

Rubric

|Category |5 |4 |3-2 |1 - 0 |

|10 Items (individual) |Mobile includes 10/20 items. |Mobile includes 8-9/ |Mobile includes |Mobile includes less than |

|OR |All items are original, no |18-19 original items OR some |5-7/15-17 original items OR |4/14items |

|20 Items (partners) |clipart pictures were used. |of the 10 /20 items were not |many of the items were not |OR none of the items were |

| | |created by the group. |created by the group. |created by the group. |

|Mobile Appearance |Mobile is neat and creative. |Mobile looks good! It is neat|Mobile is lacking in |Mobile is incomplete or poorly|

| |Group spent a lot of time |and creative. Good job! |creativity. It is sloppy in |done. Items are missing, it |

| |working on the mobile and it |Group forgot to add a title. |some areas and/or no color was|is sloppy and lacking in color|

| |shows. Excellent Work! | |used. | |

|Reasoning/ |Each picture has 5-10 detailed|Each picture has 5-10 |Not all of the pictures have |Less than half of the pictures|

|Explanations |sentences about why the item |sentences about why the item |5-10 sentences. Descriptions |have 5-10 sentences. |

| |is important. |is important, however more |are incomplete. |Descriptions are incomplete or|

| | |could have been said. | |poorly done. |

|Grammar |Sentences are very easy to |There are some errors. These |There are several errors; some|There are vast errors; many |

|& |read. There are minimal |errors do not interfere with |areas are difficult to |areas are incomprehensible. |

|Spelling |errors. |comprehension. |understand. | |

/20 Points

Some examples of symbolism in the Petit Prince

le pilote

le Petit Prince

le renard

le serpent

le roi

le vaniteux

le buveur

le businessman

l’allumeur de réverbères

le géographe

le marchand de pilules

l’aiguilleur de trains

la rose

la fleur ordinaire

le mouton

les épines

les volcans

les baobabs

un champignon

un réverbère

les étoiles

les pilules

le venin

un puits

une fontaine

les cloches/les grelots

les crayons colorés

une caisse

une corde

un paravent

un globe

les oiseaux

un chapeau

l’écho

la sable

le désert

les astéroïdes

These are just some of them. You can certainly use other things found in the book. Just make sure you defend your reasoning!

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