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A Lesson on Little Pink Riding Hood Grade: Grade 3
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by: Allison Warren
Lesson Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Short story, vocabulary, short answer, essay
Lesson Description: Read the short story about Little Pink Riding Hood. Answer eight questions about the meaning of words in the story. Then answer three short answer questions about the story. The last section is an essay based on the plot of the short story.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
 
     
     
 
Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.

Little Pink Riding Hood

Little Pink Riding Hood loved to wear pink clothes. That is why she really liked her special coat. 

One day she put on her coat. She picked up a basket of food for her grandmother.Her grandmother was sick. Little Pink Riding Hood loved her grandmother. She especially liked how her grandmother always sent her cards, even when it wasn’t a special day. “You make me feel special, grandma,” she said every time she saw her.“You are special!” grandma would say

Little Pink Riding Hood walked through the woods. She ate some of her grandmother’s cookies, which she had baked and covered with pink icing. While she was eating a cookie, she met a wolf. The wolf asked her where she was going. She said, “I am taking food to my grandmother. Would you like a cookie?

He thanked her but told her he did not like cookies. The wolf said she was a very sweet child. She smiled. He asked where her grandmother lived. She told him that she did not have good map skills but that it was a place she could always find by looking for pink. It’s a pink house. “My grandma painted it pink to make me happy.”

“I wish someone cared that much about me,” said the wolf. 

Then she met a bluebird. The bird asked her, “Have you seen a big, bad wolf?” “Well, I saw a wolf,” she answered. Then she explained.

The bird grabbed a cookie and flew up into a tree. “I thought wolves were dangerous and birds were helpful,” Little Pink Riding Hood said. “What a surprise.

 
     
     
 
Task 1: Vocabulary Activity (40 points)
Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence.

Vocabulary Questions

Word/Phrase: especially | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1 "She especially liked how her grandmother always send her cards, even when it wasn't a special day." What does the word "especially" mean in this sentence?
A. special
B. very much *
C. largely
D. generally

Which one of the sentences bellows uses the word "especially" correctly?
A. She did not like the cards, especiallly from her grandmother.
B. All of the kids were nice to her, especially her sister.
C. She especially enjoyed going to the park with her mother. *
D. It gets hot in the southern states in the summer, especially in Florida.

Word/Phrase: sweet | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q2 "The wolf said she was a very sweet child." What does he word "sweet" mean in this sentence?
A. nice *
B. sugary
C. acceptable
D. candied

Which one of the sentences below uses the word "sweet" correctly?
A. The cookies are very sweet.
B. My mom loves sweet tea.
C. She offered me a bag of sweets.
D. She was so sweet when she offered some of her candy to her brother. *

Word/Phrase: skills | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q3 "She told him that she did not have good map skills but that it was a place she could always find by looking for pink." What does the word "skills" mean in this sentence?
A. strengths
B. abilities *
C. gifts
D. talents

Which one of the sentences below uses the word "skills" correctly?
A. Baseball was one of his greatest skills. *
B. His skills in the kitchen were impressive.
C. Drawing was not a great skill.
D. Cooking was his great skill.

Word/Phrase: dangerous | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q4 "I thought wolves were dangerous and birds were helpful." What does the word "dangerous" mean in this sentence?
A. risky
B. wild
C. harmful *
D. desperate

Which one of the sentences below uses the word "dangerous" correctly?
A. The Dragons were our most dangerous opponents in basketball.
B. Answering the door can be dangeous if you don't know who is there.
C. Sharks can be dangerous in the ocean. *
D. Driving at high speeds can be dangeous.

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4,
 
     
     
 
Task 2: Discussion Activity (30 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.

  Topic Title Replies

Message Why is the house pink?
Little Pink Riding Hood states that her house is pink. Why do you think her grandmother painted the house pink?
Sent on: Jun 23, 2015 by: Allison Warren
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Message The big bad wolf
Why do you think the wolf did not harm Little Pink Riding Hood?
Sent on: Jun 23, 2015 by: Allison Warren
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Message What was the surprise?
Little Pink Riding Hood states, "What a surprise." What do you think surprised her?
Sent on: Jun 23, 2015 by: Allison Warren
0

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1,
 
     
     
 
Task 3: Writing Activity (30 points)
Instructions: You are to write and post here 500 words essay onthe following questions. What are some ways that your family members make you feel special like Little Pink Riding Hood's grandmother did? What are some ways that you can make your family feel special? Make sure to provide specific examples.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4,
 
     

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