red writing hood theme 4. day 1 why are a country’s folktales, fairy tales, and fables an...

Red Writing Hood

Theme 4

Day 1

• Why are a country’s folktales, fairy tales, and fables an important part of its culture?

Read Aloud

• Purpose

– One of the most common purposes for listening is to understand the speaker’s message.

– Listen to determine the author’s opinion about journals.

Read Aloud

• Listening Strategy

– Focus on the speaker as you listen.

– By giving your full attention to the speaker, you will be better able to identify the main ideas and understand the overall message the speaker is delivering.

Read Aloud

• Group # 1– How does the writer

differ from her friend Lindsay Ross?

• Groups # 2 & 5– Who gave the writer a

journal after she received one in school?

• Group # 3 – Would you call the

journal the writer keeps for school a real journal? Why or why not?

• Groups # 4 & 6– Has the writer found a

journal that fits her? How do you know?

Focus Skill: Sequencing

• Think about a recipe for something you know how to make.

• What would happen if you changed the sequence of the directions?

• The sequence of events also affects the outcomes of a story.

• Paying attention to the sequence of events will help them better understand a story.


• Sequence is the order in which events happen.

• An author may use signal words such as first, next, then, and finally to show sequence.

• Understanding the sequence of events can help readers better understand how one story event affects another.


EXAMPLE:All through the summer, Ant prepared for

winter. First, he would look for a morsel of food. Then, he would carry it down into the nest. During those months, Grasshopper did not store any food. He just hopped around, singing happily. Fall came, and then winter. One day, Ant dragged some more food out of his nest. Grasshopper asked to share it.

“You sang all summer while I gathered,” said Ant. “Now you can dance all winter while I eat.”

Focus Strategy: Create a Mental Image

• To understand and enjoy what you read, good readers often form pictures in their minds of what is being described.

• Creating mental images helps readers make sense of characters, settings, and events in a story.

VocabularyA New Cinderella Tale

TIME: Long agoSETTING: A cottage

CINDERELLA: I want to change the script. I don’t want to try on the slipper.PRINCE (Desperately): You’re making me worry.STEPMOTHER: Your change is acceptable, Cinderella. (STEPMOTHER says to

herself) Now one of my daughters can marry the prince.PRINCE: It’s an injustice to the audience if you change the ending. Under

the circumstances, the audience will be angry with you.STEPMOTHER: Cinderella, don’t you feel sorry for the audience? There is no

need to feel repentant because of them.CINDERELLA (Discards the slipper but picks it up again and examines it

closely): Well, it is pretty. I suppose I will try it on.PRINCE (Triumphantly): I knew it would fit! Now you can marry me!

Vocabulary

• script: the written text of a play• desperately: in a way that is full of anxiety and worry• acceptable: capable of meeting approval or being

accepted• injustice: unfairness• circumstances: the events that affect or surround a

situation• repentant: regretful or sorry for one’s actions• discards: gets rid of something• triumphantly: in a way that is joyful because of a victory

Vocabulary:Extend Word Knowledge

• Which word could be replaced with anxiously?

– desperately: in a way that is full of anxiety and worry


• Which word is related to accept?

– acceptable: capable of meeting approval or being accepted


• What would you say if you saw something you considered an injustice?

– injustice: unfairness


• What circumstances would affect your playing a sport after school?

– circumstances: the events that affect or surround a situation


• When might someone shout triumphantly?

– triumphantly: in a way that is joyful because of a victory


• Which word is the opposite of keeps?

– discards: gets rid of something


• What does someone usually do when he or she is repentant?

– repentant: regretful or sorry for one’s actions


• Which word do you think comes from the Latin word meaning “to write”?

– script: the written text of a play

Day 2

• Write a summary of what you know about the story of “Little Red Riding Hood”.

Decoding/Phonics

• suit• fluid• What should you do first when they see an

unfamiliar word with two vowels that often stand for one vowel sound?

• If the word doesn’t sound familiar, divide the word into syllables between the vowels and say the first syllable with the long vowel sound.

Decoding/Phonics

• Write each word down. Identify the pair of vowels in each word. Decide if each word is a one- or two-syllable word.

• trial• diet• sail• quiet• fierce• poem• Cut the word cards with two-syllables to divide the words.

Focus Strategy: Create a Mental Image

• To understand and enjoy what you read, good readers often form pictures in their minds of what is being described.

• Creating mental images helps readers make sense of characters, settings, and events in a story.

Building Background

• Talk in your group about the names of some fairy tales, fables, or nursery rhymes that you are familiar with.

• Describe the problems faced by the characters in the tales or rhymes that you named.

Building Background

Story ProblemMiss Muffet

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Little Red Riding Hood

Building Background

Story ProblemMiss Muffet Miss Muffet was scared by a spider.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears She uses all the bear’s things and eats their porridge.

Little Red Riding Hood On her way to Grandma’s house, Red runs into a big, bad wolf.

Building Background

• Groups # 2 & 4– What happens to the wolf in “Little Red Riding

Hood”?• Groups # 1 & 5– What happens at the end of the tale of “Goldilocks

and the Three Bears”?• Groups # 3 & 6– What does Miss Muffet do when the spider sits

down beside her?

Comprehension Sequence

• Think and Respond– Page 467

• Genre– Page 456– Look at the title and take a picture walk.• Make a prediction for what the play will be about.

Sequence ChartFirst…

Next…

Then…

Last…

Sequence ChartFirst…Red Riding Hood meet the Wolf and she decides to change the script.

Next…Red changes the script by turning the wolf into a ballet dancer, adding a prince, turning Goldilocks into a bear, and giving Bo Peep fifty sheep.

Then…Red’s changes cause confusion.

Last…Red runs out of eraser, so the Fairytale Believers, Inc., agents have to restore order.

Day 3

• Why is Red Riding Hood repentant about making changes in the fairy tales?

Word Study: Foreign WordsWord Language It Comes from

tutu

sari

poncho

parka

kimono

moccasin

Word Study: Foreign WordsWord Language It Comes from

tutu French

sari Hindi

poncho Spanish

parka Aleut

kimono Japanese

moccasin Native American language

Vocabulary

• script: the written text of a play• desperately: in a way that is full of anxiety and worry• acceptable: capable of meeting approval or being

accepted• injustice: unfairness• circumstances: the events that affect or surround a

situation• repentant: regretful or sorry for one’s actions• discards: gets rid of something• triumphantly: in a way that is joyful because of a victory

Sequence

• Events in a story follow a sequence, or order, that makes sense.

• The sequence of events tells what happens first, next, and last in the story.

• In “Red Writing Hood,” Red changes the outcomes of familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes by changing events in the stories.

Sequence

Familiar Version Red’s Version

Miss Muffet sits on a tuffet, eating curds and whey.

A spider sits down beside her.

Miss Muffet runs away.

Miss Muffet sits on a tuffet, eating curds and whey.

Prince Charming invites her to his palace.

Cinderella looks for Prince Charming, who is supposed to go to the ball with her.

Red brings in a second Prince Charming, and everyone is confused.

Sequence

• Red changed one event in the story by having Prince Charming arrive instead of the spider.

• Changing that one event changed the sequence of events that followed it.

• How would changing the sequence of events in other stories you know change the outcome?

Day 4

• Do you think Red Riding Hood will rewrite fairy tales in the future? Why or why not?

Draw Conclusions

• Authors do not always directly give all the information in a story.

• Readers must use story details and what they already know to draw conclusions.

Draw Conclusions

• The author does not explain why Red decides to change the wolf into a ballet dancer.

• Use information from the story and what you know from your own experience to draw a conclusion about why Red makes the wolf a dancer.

Draw Conclusions

Sequence

• Events in a story follow a sequence, or order, that makes sense.

• The sequence of events tells what happens first, next, and last in the story.

• In “Red Writing Hood,” Red changes the outcomes of familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes by changing events in the stories.

Sequence

• Red changed one event in the story by having Prince Charming arrive instead of the spider.

• Changing that one event changed the sequence of events that followed it.

• How would changing the sequence of events in other stories you know change the outcome?

Day 5

• What conclusions can you draw about Red Riding Hood from her willingness to change the script of well-known tales and rhymes?

Roots and Affixes

• poisonous• You can often find out the meanings of long

words by breaking them into smaller parts.• poison – ous• poison: a harmful substance• ous: “having” or “full of”• poisonous: full of a harmful substance

Roots and Affixes

• Use word parts (root words, prefixes, and suffixes) to decode the following words:– compromise– restless– valuable– appreciation– uninhabited– instinctively– displeasure

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