Little Red Riding Hood

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Part 1

📚 1. Little Red Riding Hood is a folktale.

💡2. Picture Walk. Look at the eight illustrations of the story. Describe the scenes. Use the words in the boxes below.

🔍 Find these elements:	Describe what you see:
Little Red Riding Hood The Wolf Mother The Woodcutter The forest The house The basket	In picture one, there’s …and there’s ... In picture two, there’s … In picture three, …

2.1 Write your findings in your folder. In picture one, there’s the house…. In picture two…

📚 3. It’s Story Time! Listen and read.

Audio Little Red Riding Hood

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

💡 4. Circle the answer you think is best. Then, check with your class.

1. This is a funny / scary story.
2. It has a happy / sad ending.
3. Little Red Riding Hood is innocent / alert.
4. The Wolf is funny / ferocious.

✍ 5. Problems in the story. Match questions 1-3 to the answers. Read the extracts with the relevant information.

1. What’s the problem with Grandma? 2. What’s the problem in the forest? 3. What’s the problem at Grandma's house?

A hungry Wolf. Grandma is so different! She’s sick. She’s in bed.

✍ 6. The Basket. What’s in Little Red’s basket? ✔️ Tick or ❌ cross. Name the elements with the words in the box.

❌
Flowers	____________	____________
	In the basket ...
____________		____________
____________	____________	____________

In the basket

❌ There are no ... ✔️ There is ...

Flowers - Apples - Some Bread - Sandwiches A bottle of milk - Cupcakes - Some Butter - Cookies

In the basket, there are no flowers, and there are no ________. There is ________, ________ and ________ .

Part 2

💡 7. Let’s recap. What do you remember about Little Red Riding Hood? Talk to your classmates.

I remember… I know....	Little Red Riding Hood is...	young intelligent brave
	The Wolf is…	innocent friendly ferocious
	The story takes place in...	a cave a house the forest a castle
	This story is…	funny scary sad

💬 8. At Grandma’s Door. Order the dialogue. In pairs, roleplay the scene.

At Grandma’s Door

	“Who is this?”
	Tap-tap-tap
	“Open the door and come in, my dear.”
	“It’s me, Little Red Riding Hood. I have some milk, bread and butter for you.”

💡 9. Familiar Place. Unfamiliar visitor. Do you remember these famous lines from the story? Fill in the blanks to complete them.

A BIG NOSE - A BIG MOUTH - BIG EARS - BIG EYES

Granny, what …………………….. you have! All the better to hear you with, my dear. Granny, what …………………….. you have! All the better to see you with, my dear. Granny, what ………...…………….. you have! All the better to smell you with, my dear. Granny, what ………….………….. you have! All the better to eat you with!

✍ 10. Grandma looks different! Look at the illustrations. Put the words and phrases for description in the correct column.

a long tail    grey hair   small eyes   glasses   a big nose    grey fur    a nightdress   big teeth

Grandma	Both	The Wolf
	- a nightdress

Compare and contrast Grandma’s and the Wolf’s appearance.

Both Grandma and the Wolf have ……………..………… but the Wolf has ……………….………………..

Both Grandma and the Wolf have ……………………..… but Grandma has ……………………………....

Part 3

✍ 11. Events in the story. Read the text again. Then, complete the story graphic with the different parts.

The Wolf eats Grandma - The Wolf eats Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood meets the Wolf in the forest - The Wolf gets in Grandma’s bed The Wolf goes to Grandma’s house - Little Red Riding Hood knocks on Grandma’s door

Can you retell the main events of the story?

📚 12. The wolf’s tricks. Read the story again and match the halves.

trick (n) an action to deceive someone

*The wolf gets to Grandma’s house first	BECAUSE	he says he is Little Red Riding Hood
*Grandma lets the wolf into her house		he is in Grandma’s bed
*The Wolf gets into Grandma’s bed		he tells Little Red Riding Hood to pick some flowers
*Little Red Riding Hood believes the Wolf is Grandma		he wants to trick Little Red Riding Hood

💬 13. The moral. Group discussion: What’s the message? What’s the moral of the story?

• Don’t go to grandma’s house.
• Don’t go into the forest alone.
• Don’t be friends with a Wolf.

Part 4

📚 14. A different ending. Read and listen to this different ending to the story.

Audio different ending to the story

14.1 Which one do you like best? Ending 1 or ending 2?

💡15. Step into the Story. Warn Little Red off. Read these notes from other children. In pairs or in small groups, write your note for Little Red Riding Hood.

💡16. The Wolf. Compare this Wolf to the Wolf in the story. How is he similar or different?

	Two Different Wolves. In some aspects, this Wolf is different. He is ... He is wearing … And he has ... He can … The wolf in the story is … He is wearing… Both wolves can…
	funny - serious - elegant - scary - ferocious clothes (trousers, shoes, a jacket) - no clothes a basket – a skate talk - walk on two legs - run - skate

Las imágenes utilizadas con fines pedagógicos fueron tomadas de Pixabay, salvo las indicadas a continuación:
Imágenes 2 y 4: Kronheim, Joseph Martin. Red Riding Hood (1875).
Imágenes 3, 5 y 6: Summerly, Felix. Little Red Riding Hood (1843).
Imagen 7: Devéria, Achille; Motte, Charles. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (1830).
Imagen 8: Jean-Francois Millet. Woodcutter Making a Faggot (1853).