Luz Orihuela

Little Roja Riding Hood is a Spanish twist to the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood. While the overall plot is the same as the original, there has been adjustments to some of the scenes in order to incorporate Spanish vocabulary into the story. I like this book because it has Spanish vocabulary that actually rhyme with each other. Children and ELL's can use context clues via the illustrations and the transition between languages to figure out the meaning of the text. A good activity to go along with this story could be letting children write the words that appeared in Spanish on index carts and draw what the word means.… (altro)

Summary

Little Red Riding Hood tells the story of a little girl who always wore a red hood. She was sent by her mother to bring honey for her sick grandmother. On her way she met a wolf who asked her destination. He then took a shortcut and arrived at her grandmother's house before her. He hid her grandmother in a closet, jumped in her bed, and pretended to be her. His plan was to eat the little girl, Red Riding Hood. Luckily there were hunters outside who heard her screams when the wolf attacked her. They rushed in and rescued Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.

Critique

This book was written in both English and Spanish. It is a great book to use to fully integrate English Language Learners in the story as they would be able to read and comprehend the whole story in Spanish. It is also a good book to use to enforce rules to children, like not giving information to people you don't know.

Prompts
1. p.8 - Was it a good idea for Little Red Riding Hood to follow the wolf's directions? Why or why not?
p.12 Why do you think the wolf pretended to be Red Riding Hood's Grandmother?

Craft Element

The writer used lots of exclamation marks when Red Riding Hood spoke the wolf who was pretending to be her grandmother. They set the tone of the dialogue between her and the wolf and help us to know how Red Riding Hood felt about how different her grandmother looked. She was frightened at what she saw. This can show how adding exclamation marks to speech changes the tone.… (altro)