The Little Red Riding Hood Plot

Little Red Riding Hood Close Reading

Image: "Little Red Riding-Hood picture book (1865)" by Toronto Public Library Special Collections is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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Do Now: What is Little Red Riding Hood about?

Little Red Riding Hood

• You are going to read the story three (3) times.

• Each time you will have guided questions that I want you thinking about and answer while you read.

• You will be expected to annotate your thoughts on your reading using a different color for reach reading.

1st Reading: What is the text LITERALLY saying

• Read the text

• Highlight unfamiliar words or important words

• Make sure you pay attention to the following guiding questions:

• Why is Red taking cakes to her grandmother?

• Why does Red believe the Wolf is her grandmother?

• What is the main idea (theme) of the text?

• What is the problem in the story? How is it resolved?

Multiple Choice

Why is Red taking cakes to her grandmother?

• Because Red missed her grandmother.

• Because her grandmother needed cakes.

• Because her mother asked her to.

• Because they were very close.

Multiple Choice

Why does Red believe the Wolf is her grandmother?

• Because the Wolf asked Red to pull the bobbin on the door.

• Because the Wolf tells her to pull the Bobbin.

• Because the Wolf was in her grandmother's bed.

Multiple Select

What is the main idea (theme) of this text? (Choose all that apply)

• That people aren't always what they seem.

• To be careful with strangers.

• That you need to take care of your family.

• That you need to visit your grandparents often.

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What is the problem in the story? How is it resolved?

2nd Reading: How does the text work?

• Pay attention to the mood created in the story.

• Look at the important quotes that you want to remember afterwards.

• Who is the narrator in the story?

• What symbols are used in the story?

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What mood is the author creating when he says, "Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the Wolf, was afraid; but believing her grandmother had a cold and was hoarse, answered.." ?

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How does the quote, "... she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest, " characterize the Wolf for the reader?

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Who is narrating the text? What effect does this have on our understanding of the story?

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What is one symbol being used in the text? How does it help us understand the writer’s purpose?

3rd Reading: Knowledge and Meaning

• What is the meaning of the story?

• What is the moral of the story?

• What does the story tell us about society?

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What does the writer of the text want us to understand?

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What message about good and evil is the writing conveying?

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What kind of commentary is the writer making about society?

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What kind of commentary is the writer making about women?

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Exit Ticket: What is Little Red Riding Hood about?