Unit 1 Growing up Developing ideas The Little Prince 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第二册

Engagement Mental Age Test If you were a creature in the sea, which one of the following would you most like to be? A. Coral（珊瑚） B. Two fish C. A school of fish D. A sea snake Please choose the appropriate one and find out your psychological age. There is a theory in psychology: The ocean symbolizes a mother. The numerous creatures in the sea are nurtured by the mother---THE OCEAN. Plan A Engagement Mental Age Test D. Sea snake Your mental age is 30 to 50 years old. You are a mature and assertive person and are not afraid of loneliness. Loneliness is actually a kind of comfort to you. You often confine yourself within your own scope and are not easy to accept others' opinions. A.  Coral Your mental age is 10 to 20 years old. You are a person who talks a lot but does little. To some extent, you lack the ability to act and often hesitate and be indecisive. You often hope that others can help you. B.  A group of fish Your mental age is 20 to 30 years old. You are afraid of loneliness, a typical social animal, and also have a very clear understanding of the concepts of social cooperation and competition. You are not very mature either. C. Two fish Your mental age is 30 to 40 years old. You are a very responsible person. In your personal life and daily routine, you are very independent. You also perform well at school or in the company, and you can win the affection of others. All the grown-ups used to be children, though few remember it. The Little Prince Developing ideas Exploration Background Information Activity 1: Read the introduction and fill in the chart. (2 mins) Nationality Masterpiece Identity Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) What experience made the author write The Little Prince? What kind of people do you think Saint-Exupéry was? France writer pilot Adventurous, courageous, mysterious... His plane crash in the desert in 1935. The Little Prince Learning objectives By the end of the class, you will be able to： 1. organize the author's growth experience; 2. find out the linguistic characteristics of irony in novels; 3. infer about the author's views on adults; 4. appraise the changes in growth and form expectations for the future. Exploration Make a prediction What’s it? Activity 2: How do you feel about these two drawings and why? Exploration Attitudes towards Drawings Activity 3: How did the grown-ups respond to these 2 drawings? (3 mins) Drawings Attitudes Reasons frighened pleased indifferent bored They thought that it’s just a hat. They attached importance to accademic importances. Exploration Adults' Influence Activity 4: What influence did the grown-ups have on the author? Please put them in the right order. (2 mins) 2 1 3 4 He repeatedly showed his first drawing to no avail. Disheartened, he gave up a potential career as a painter. He chose to talk to grown-ups aboutother topics. He learned to pilot airplanes and found geography useful. Explanation Think Share Activity 5: Did the author grow into a happy grown-up and give your reasons? (2 mins) Career Social skills Inner world Exploration Attitudes towards Grown-ups Activity 6: Please underline the sentences about the author’s attitudes towards grown-ups and choose the appropriate one. (2 mins) A. Grown-ups are more practical(务实的，实际的) than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future. B. Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence. C.Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves. Explanation Figure of Speech Para. 7 Para. 9 Para. 12 Para. 6 Frustrated and Helpless Why does the author use“pleased， matters of consequence”to describe the adults? Irony Grown-ups lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence. Elaboration Small Debate Work in groups of 6. Give a talk about your attitudes towards grown-ups. Some students stand for the children and others for adults. (4 mins) Requirement Your group’s presentation will include speak whether your agree with the author’s attitudes towards grown-ups or not. Think of some examples to support your opinions. Sample: Our group agrees/disgrees with the author’s attitudes towards grown-ups because... Criteria(评分标准） Rating Content Language Performance English Flunency Elaboration Small Debate children grown-ups “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” From The Little Prince Homework Compulsory: 1. Complete the relative exercise about this class. 2. Write a letter to yourslef in the future and think about what you may acquire and lose as you grow up in the letter. Optional: 1. Read the story --- the Little Prince. Lavf57.71.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $