Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood)

Watch this Powerpoint story of Little Red Riding Hood

The story is French in origin and was written by the Charles Perrault

Pupils can find out more on this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Perrault

Ask if they know any other stories that he wrote?

Give them the French list and see if they can work out the English title:
Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots)
La Barbe Bleue (Blue Beard)
La Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty)
Cendrillon (Cinderella)

Go to this link to listen to ‘La grenouille’ telling the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HgeWtPF0FM&feature=related

Ask pupils how many times they hear such common words as ‘le petit chaperon rouge’, ‘la grand-mère’ and ‘le loup’ and do a tally of them (different groups could have a different word).

This could be used as a prelude to pupils creating a storyboard of and then a Powerpoint of their own story, to be sent to feeder primary schools for example. Ask pulils what the successful elements of a children’s story are (for example, simplicity, a ‘goodie’ and a ‘baddie’, repetition, a happy ending).