1. Warm Up: Punctuation 1.The Smithsonian Institution comprises nineteen museums nine research centers and the National Zoo 2.Most of the museums are located on the National Mall in Washington DC but the National Air and Space Museum has two locations 3.The museum on the National Mall opened in 1976 however its collection was so large that an additional museum was built near Dulles International Airport

2. Journal Reflection Write for 5 minutes in response to the following prompt. Prompt: Have you ever been misunderstood by an adult? What did you do? How did it make you feel?

3. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Born in Lyon, France on June 29, 1900 Fond of writing and flying Became a pilot in 1926 Wrote “The Little Prince” in New York City in 1940 Died during one flying mission on July 31, 1944 1900 ~ 1944

4. Le Petit Prince First published in 1943 Most-read and most- translated book in the French language Voted the best book of the 20th century in France Translated into more than 250 languages and dialects Tale of loneliness, friendship, love and loss, in the form of a young prince fallen to Earth Written as an allegory

5. Inkblot Test An inkblot test is a personality test involving the evaluation of ambiguous ink blots. Invented in 1921 by Hermann Rorschach who was a psychiatrist from Switzerland. Write down your what you see in the images on your Little Prince packet.

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12. Discuss What do the differences in answers mean? How might this relate to the reading of The Little Prince ?

13. Read Chapters 1-5

14. Chapters 1-5 Why didn’t adults understand the aviator’s drawings? What do the drawings allow St. Exupery to do? Why didn’t people believe the Turkish astronomer? What made them believe him? The aviator says that grown-ups care about numbers rather than what really matters. What kinds of things does the aviator consider to be more important? What could the Turkish astronomer symbolize? What could the baobabs symbolize?