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CHALLENGING WORDS
consideratecustard
distressed
enormously
escort
furious
gobbled
grateful
horrid
snuff
SUMMARY
A new twist on the classic tale. Very amusing with challenging words. The moral is the same: Don’t talk to strangers even if they are charming.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Retell the story in your own words.(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share your favorite part of the story.
(2) / Imagine you are Red Riding Hood. Would you be scared to go through the woods.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me why Red Riding Hood was scared to go through the woods.
(3) / Pretend you are Red Riding Hood. What would you have done if you met the wolf in the woods.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Why did her mom say don’t talk to strangers.
(4) / Tell me why the hunter didn’t believe the racket was granny.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever heard anyone snoring?
(5) / Define “Tarry”.
(Answer) / To be late in coming, going or doing, wasting time.
(Follow Up) / Do you ever tarry?
(6) / On the first page, how is Red Riding Hood described?
(Answer) / She was kind and considerate and everybody loved her.
(Follow Up) / Do you know anyone like that?
(7) / Find what Red Riding Hood’s mom told her before she left. Pg 3
(Answer) / Go straight to Granny’s. Do not tarry, do not speak to any strangers.
(Follow Up) / Did she do what her mom said?
(8) / Remember why she decided to talk to the wolf.
(Answer) / He had charming manners.
(Follow Up) / What should she have done?
(9) / Tell why Granny was upset with the wolf.
(Answer) / She was furious for having her reading interrupted.
(Follow Up) / What did she say to him?
(10) / Name who saved Granny and Red Riding Hood?
(Answer) / The hunter.
(Follow Up) / What did Red Riding Hood promise?
Activities
1. / Make a list of ways to avoid talking to strangers.
2. / Have children to make a picnic basket out of construction paper and fill it with cut outs of picnic foods.
3. / Draw a picture of your Granny and her house. Label them.
4. / Pretend you are Red Riding Hood. Write a Thank You note to the hunter for saving you and granny.
Introduction
1. Wear a red scarf over your head. Ask the children if they have heard the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Say, “Today we are reading a different version of it.”2. Show the children a picture of a wolf. Ask them if they would be frightened of a wolf. Say, “Today we will read about Red Riding Hood meeting a wolf.”
3. Bring in a pamphlet or material on not talking to strangers. Ask the children why they should not talk to strangers. Say, “Today we will see what happens when one girl decides to talk to a stranger.”
Book Title: Red Riding Hood
Author: James Marshall
/ Illustrator: James MarshallISBN: 0-590-44991 / # of Text Pages: 16 AR: N/A LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
3 / tarry / 6 / lurking / 7 / bouquet
Prediction Questions
3 / Will she go straight to Grannys?
5 / What will Red Riding Hood do?
12 / Will the wolf eat Red Riding Hood?