A Happy Prince

• ENG
• Secondary Education

Express gratitude to anyone in the class who has helped you in your difficult times. (Try not to use 'Thank you')

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME

Learners will be able to

• Express gratitude to the peers in the class. 
  
• Connect the story of the Nightingale with the story of the swallow.  
• Recognise the efforts of the Happy Prince in the story and apply the same in real life. 
• Utilise the strategy of ‘think’ and ‘share’ while discussing the question answers.  
• Write the diary entry incorrect format as a resident of the city expressing the feelings and emotions on the dismantling of the statue of ‘The Happy Prince’. 

What message does the bird give us?

Give a title to the story.

Can you guess the name of the story and the writer?

Who was Oscar Wilde? Can you name any other story written by him?

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. ... Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day.

Works wrote: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, De ...

Profession: Poet, Playwright, Journalist, Surge...

Born: 16 October 1854

Died: 30 November 1900, Paris

Drag and Drop

Drag the meaning in the boxes with a blue outline and drop them to match with the correct word in the boxes with red outline.

gilded

seamstress

thimble

garret

foundry

covered thinly with gold leaf

a woman who makes a living by sewing

a metal or a plastic cap with a closed end

a small dark room at the top of the room

a workshop for casting metal

Do you think precious stones are important in one's life? Why/ Why not?

SUCCESS CRITERIA

1. I am now aware about the writer Oscar Wilde.
2. I am not aware about the writer Oscar Wilde.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

1. I have learnt new vocab words in the class today.
2. I have not understood the new vocab words in the class today.

How are you feeling today?

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME

I will be able to

• summarize the story 'The Happy Prince'
• create a mind map of the character sketch of the swallow and the happy prince
• write a diary entry in the correct format

PROPOSED QUESTIONS

Describe the young man in the garret? Why was he not able to complete his play?

The little swallow grew colder and colder but kept up his determination. How did the bird show his great strength and determination?

What did the angel consider the ‘two most important things' in the city’?

What made the happy prince look shabby and ugly?

Give a brief character sketch of the swallow.

Character Sketch (Swallow)

• protagonist
• kind-hearted and polite
• helps the prince in distributing jewels to the needy people
• compassionate heart
• sacrifices his life for humanity
• the Swallow comes to love the Prince and understand the value of doing good. In the mentor/mentee relationship developed between the pair.
• sacrifice ultimately lands him a place in Paradise for eternity, reinforcing the story’s moral that anyone can change and choose to do good instead of acting selfishly.

 Character Sketch of 'The Happy Prince '

Character Sketch (The Happy Prince)

• protagonist
• generous and known to be a happy prince when alive
• his true worth lies in his compassion for his townspeople and his willingness to sacrifice for them
• The “happiness” of this name is thus ironic, as the Prince describes having only experienced false happiness in his previous life of pleasure when he was ignorant of the true misery surrounding him.
• Descriptions of the Prince also allude to classical understandings of wisdom and mentorship

The Happy Prince and the swallow have displayed traits of a friendship. What kind of friendship did they have? What do we learn from the story?

DIARY ENTRY

Why do we write a diary entry?

Format of Diary Entry

Write a diary entry on the given topic,

You are a resident of the city where stood the tall statue of the Prince. You witnessed the dismantling of the Happy Prince. Write a diary entry sharing your feeling and emotions of the same in 100-120 words.’

I CAN:
1. summarize the story and the message of the story
2. write answers keeping in mind the value points of the story.
3. write a diary entry in the correct format.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.