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Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event

'Little Red Riding Hood': journalistic report

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report recounting the events of the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Pupils learn to frame a fictional starting point as a newsworthy event before writing in paragraphs in the journalistic style, including incorporating witness quotes.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to identify the newsworthy elements within the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

Key Notes

  • 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.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • 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 Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may have some confusion around using a fictional tale to inform a non-fiction text.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key 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.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'journalistic report'

a non-fiction text that provides information about an event.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children may have some confusion around using a fictional tale to inform a non-fiction text. Correction: Go through other examples, from fiction and real-life, that could be used as newsworthy events for newspaper articles.

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