Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event
I can identify the newsworthy elements within the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event
I can identify the newsworthy elements within the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Lesson details
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.
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.
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
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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