September 17, 2015 - Thursday

Class Work

1. You have the first 15 minutes of class to use to organize and polish your presentation!
2. On with the show! Remember:

• All speak/read
• Use vocal inflection
• If you are acting, use the space
• If you are doing a readers' theatre, use your voice and facial expressions
• Have fun!

Be sure to introduce yourselves and tell which role each will be playing! Also, tell us the title of the book/story.

Audience - be attentive. Write down a description of your favorite part of each show! Use your own paper. If you do not have any, you may type and print at the end of the presentations.

Homework #1:Now, back to Little Red Riding Hood... Read or watch the original Grimm tale.
The original Grimm tale:

Written: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LittRed.shtml

YouTube:
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=little+red+riding+hood&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-003

Updated versions . .. view - what do you think?
Trailer: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=little+red+riding+hood&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-003

Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2514656025/

Start your research . . .


3. So, what is significant about "red?" What if Red had been wearing blue, or yellow, or green, or purple, or black?

You will "adopt a color" to research and to present. (Partners are OK)
Homework #2: Please begin your research this weekend.

You need to:

• Introduce your color - have fun with this! Entertain us!
• Compare it to other colors - is it superior or inferior to other colors?
• Tell the history of your color (Check out a dictionary site.)
• Tell of your color in stories, art works, and nature.
• Tell who or what "wears" your color.
• Explain why your color is or is not important.
• Tell how the story of Little Red Riding Hood would have been different if she had been wearing your color. ("No change" is not an acceptable response!)

Keep track of your sources and include them in your last slide. (Seven slides are required plus the Works Cited page. ) We will present a week from today on 9/ 23/14. You have at least 2 1/2 minutes but no more than 5.) (100 points)

You will have some time on Tuesday to work on this.

Homework #3
Read "Cinderella" - p. 3 and "Ashenputtel" - p. 68

Explain in paragraph form what is similar between the two stories? What are the differences? Which version do you think would be most liked by girls and boys in 21st Century America? Explain. Use specific lines from the stories in your answers.