Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify the newsworthy elements within the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Key learning points
- Little Red Riding Hood is a traditional tale which has been adapted and retold in different ways.
- Journalistic reports provide information about current events and news.
- A newsworthy event is something that is interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public.
- The wolf's actions would be considered a crime and newsworthy.
- The wolf would be considered the perpetrator and the grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood would be the victims.
Keywords
Journalistic report - a non-fiction text that provides information about an event
Newsworthy - the quality of being interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public
Crime - an unlawful act which is punishable by a state or authority
Perpetrator - a person who carries out a harmful, illegal or immoral act
Victim - a person harmed or injured as a result of a crime, accident or other event
Common misconception
Children may have some confusion around using a fictional tale to inform a non-fiction text.
Go through other examples, from fiction and real-life, that could be used as newsworthy events for newspaper articles.
Teacher tip
Teachers can use any visual version of the story and provide images to support the children to sequence and retell the story. You may consider using the popular film 'Hoodwinked', which is age appropriate, as the stimulus for this unit.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Journalistic reports are written by ...
Q2.Journalistic reports are what type of text?
Q3.Which of these definitions describes the purpose of a text?
Q4.What would you read to find out about real-life, current events?
Q5.Which of these definitions describes the layout of a text?
Q6.A fronted adverbial is ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the best summary of the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
Q2.What is a journalistic report?
Q3.What makes an event newsworthy?
Q4.Match the key vocabulary to the correct definition.
a person who carries out a harmful, illegal or immoral act
an unlawful act which is punishable by a state or authority
a person harmed/injured as a result of a crime or accident
Q5.Which crimes did the wolf commit in 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
Q6.Who are the victims in the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
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