REVOLTING RHYMES LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD PRE-READING What d yu knw abut the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hd? Write dwn at least three things yu knw. Hw d fairy tales nrmally end? Fairy tales are fr bth yung and ld. Yu are nw ging t watch an example f the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hd. Write dwn what yur pinin is f the example yu have seen. WHILE LISTENING: Find the missing wrds while yu listen t Ral Dahl s Revlting Rhyme. Little Red Riding Hd and the Wlf http://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=y3uvqihsyfy As sn as Wlf began t feel That he wuld like a decent.., He went and kncked n Grandma s dr. When Grandma pened it, she saw The sharp white, the hrrid grin, And Wlfie said, may I cme in? Pr grandmamma was terrified, He is ging t eat me up! she cried. And she was abslutely right. He ate her up in ne big But Grandmamma was small and tugh, And Wlfie wailed, That s nt enugh! I haven t yet begun t That I have had a decent meal! He ran arund the kitchen yelping, I ve gt t have a secnd helping! Then added with frightful added, Little red riding hd 1
I m therefre ging t wait right. Till little Miss Red Riding Hd Cmes hme frm walking in the wd He quickly put n Grandma s clthes, (f curse he hadn t eaten thse). He dressed himself in cat and.. He put n shes, and after that He even brushed and curled his hair, Then sat himself in Grandma s. In came the little girl in red. She stpped. She stared. And then she said, What big yu have, Grandma. Said Little Red Riding Hd. all the better t hear yu with, the wlf replied. ``What great big.. yu have, Grandma.'' Said Little Red Riding Hd. ``All the better t see yu with,'' the Wlf replied. He sat there watching her and smiled. He thught, I m ging t.this child. Cmpared with her ld Grandmamma She s ging t taste like caviar. Then Little Red Riding Hd said but Grandma, what a lvely great big furry cat yu have n. That s! cried Wlf. Have yu frgt T tell me what BIG TEETH I ve gt? Ah well, n matter what yu say, I m ging t eat yu anyway The small girl... One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistl frm her knickers. She aims it at the creature s head And BANG-BANG-BANG, she shts him A few weeks later, in the wd, I came acrss Miss Riding Hd. But what a change! N clak f red, N silly hd upn her. She said, hell, and d please nte My lvely furry wlf skin cat. Little red riding hd 2
We will nw read the pem tgether ut lud and find ut the meaning f the difficult wrds. Answer the fllwing questins: Why is the pening scene funny rather than hrrific? In the traditinal fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hd is rather passive. What des passive mean? What is the mst shcking part and why? What is the funniest part and why? What is the mral f the stry? What d yu think abut the ending? In what tense has the beginning f the stry been written? Hwever, fur lines have been written in the present. Underline them. Rewrite these sentences in the past tense. Cmpare bth versins. Are the lines as effective in the past as in the present? Why? Fairy tales have always had a deeper meaning t warn peple fr certain dangers in life. Discuss with yur partner what the deeper meaning culd be behind the Revlting stry f Little Red Riding Hd? Yu prbably remember that yur parents used t say t yu that yu weren t allwed t g with strangers. Hw des Little Red Riding Hd fit int this stranger danger cncept? The main character in this versin f Little Red Riding Hd is rather assertive. Hw wuld yu react if smething like this wuld happen t yu? Little red riding hd 3
POST-READING Can yu cme up with a few ther fairy tales yu knw? Hw can yu crrupt these fairy tales? Yu are nw ging t make a stry and a strybard abut anther fairy tale yu knw. Yu have t give the stry a twist like Rald Dahl has dne with Little Red Riding Hd. Yu must use the mdern and ld fairy tale ingredients yur teacher gives yu!! Little red riding hd 4
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