To listen and join in with a story

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

Little Red Riding Hood

﻿Hi everyone. I'm Miss Brittain. And this is my talk partner, Cedric. And you're here with us for your first lesson in this unit. In today's lesson, we will listen and join in with a story. First, we'll start off with our nursery rhyme. Then, you're going to listen and join in with the story. And then, we're going to answer some questions about the story. For this lesson, you will need: an exercise book or a piece of paper and a pencil, super memory, and your teddy talk partner, or if you use something else, that's absolutely fine. You can pause the video now to go and get whatever items you need and then press play once you're back. I'll welcome everybody to your first lesson in this unit. Me and Cedric as so glad to have you here. Now, if you've worked with me and Cedric before, you'll know how much we love stories so you'll know how excited we are about today. Isn't that right, Cedric? Oh, before we start, Cedric wants to tell a joke. We love jokes as well. Go on then, Cedric. What do you call a snail who drives a ship? A snailer! Oh Cedric, that's funny. Snailer. Sailor. Do you get it? Let's start with our Nursery Rhyme and the nursery rhyme we're going to sing today is Twinkle, twinkle, little star. If you know it, feel free to join in from the beginning. But if not, you can join in once you get the hang of it. I'm standing up for this nursery rhyme children because above me, I've got some twinkling stars. Are you ready? Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Do you want to try and join in this time, children, if you didn't then? Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. Great work everybody. Now it's time to listen to our story. Oh? Hello? Oh, somebody's left us a box, children, or a basket. I'll just go and see what it is. This is a basket, I think it might be a clue to our story today. There's a basket, and inside the basket, is a red cloak. Oh, I'm going to put this on. A red cloak. A furry tail. And some glasses. A basket, a red cloak with a hood, a furry tail, and some glasses. Can you tell your screen what you think our story might be today? Oh great guesses, everybody. It's Little Red Riding Hood. Now, if you've met me before, you know I like to start my stories with our story chant. It's story time, it's story time. Look, listen, wow. It's story time, it's story time. Look, listen, wow. You ready, children? Once upon a time, there was a little girl and her name was Little Red Riding Hood. And she lived in a forest, at the edge of a dark forest, with her mother in a cottage. And every day she wore a red cloak with a red hood, and that's why she was called Little Red Riding Hood. One day, her mother called her to the kitchen. "Little Red Riding Hood, your grandmother is sick. I need you to go to her house across the forest, and take her this basket of eggs and milk." "Do I have to go? I don't want to go into the forest. I'm scared." "Yes, of course you have to go," her mother said firmly. "You're old enough now to go through the forest on your own. But stick to the straight path and go straight to your grandma's, and no talking to strangers". Little Red Riding Hood nodded, grabbed the basket, and as she set along down the straight path, her mother waved goodbye. After a while, walking down the path, Little Red Riding Hood came to a split. One way, the path was straight, and the other way, the path was winding. I wonder if she'll listen to her mother about the path she should take. Down the straight path, looked dark and scary. But down the winding path, Little Red Riding Hood could see flowers in the distance. I wonder what she will do. She decided to take the winding path and go and pick her grandmother some flowers. After some time walking, she came to some trees and stood by a tree, was a great big scary wolf with hungry eyes, sharp teeth, and licking drooling lips. I hope she'll be okay. I wonder if she'll be okay. "Where are you going?" The wolf growled slowly. "Uh...Uh..." I wonder if she'll tell the wolf where she's going. "Uh, I'm going to my grandma's house through the forest to deliver her basket of goods," she said nervously. A grin wiped across the wolf's face, and he got closer and closer. I hope she'll be okay. Do you think she'll be okay, children? And just as he was about to gobble her up, the sound of hunters in the distance, scared him away. And the Wolf ran down the straight path. Not feeling nervous anymore, Little Red Riding Hood carried on down the winding path, and soon she came to some wild, vibrant flowers, which she picked, and standing on the damp soil, she picked all the best ones and created a bouquet of flowers for her grandmother. When she got to the edge of the forest, bouquet in hands, she headed to the cottage and opened the latch and stepped inside. I wonder if the wolf is gone. I wonder if Little Red Riding Hood's going to be okay. Inside, she saw someone in Gran's bed. Now, it didn't look much like Gran, but it was dark inside. So Little Red Riding Hood just thought her grandma might look a little bit odd because she was ill. I wonder if that is Gran in bed. I wonder if she'll be okay. As she got closer to the bed, a voice inside said, "Come get into bed and keep me company." The voice sounded a little bit odd, but obediently, Little Red Riding Hood climbed in. And she stared at the strange, yet familiar, face. "What big eyes you have," she said. "All the better to see you with, my dear," growled the voice. "What a big nose you have, " she said. "All the better to smell you with, my dear." "My, what big ears you have," "All the better to hear you with, my dear." "And my oh my, what big teeth you have," I wonder what will happen next? I wonder if Little Red Riding Hood is going to be okay. "All.. the better to EAT you with, my dear!" And in one bite, the Wolf gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood. And that is the end of that. Wow. Well, children, I hope you enjoyed listening to that story. I know I felt scared thinking about what was going to happen to Little Red Riding Hood when she was walking through the forest, when she reached the cottage. Should we check in on Cedric and see how he found the story? Cedric! Oh, Cedric! Are you okay? Oh, he said he loved the story, but all that wondering and guessing what was going to happen next made him really nervous. But that's great, Cedric, because that is what our building block is for the rest of this unit. We're going to focus on the middle of the story that really builds up to the ending and makes our audience want to read on and find out what happens. I hope you enjoyed that story, children. Can you tell your teddy talk partner what your favourite part of the story was? I wonder what it was. My favourite part of the story is when Little Red Riding Hood meets the big, bad wolf in the forest, and he looks at her with hungry eyes because that made me realise that Little Red Riding Hood was in danger. What was your favourite part of the story? Oh, Cedric says his favourite part of the story is where she chooses the wrong path because then he knew that she might come across some danger, too. Would you tell your teddy talk partner your favourite part? My favourite part was... and can you explain why? Oh great work everybody! Now, this plot matrix is going to help me think about the key characters in my story the key events, the middle of the story, which we're going to be focusing on, and also the ending. Now, if you'd like to, you can pause the video here and draw up this plot matrix box. Or you can wait till the end and do it then. Okay. So let's have a think about where is my story set? Where did the main events happen? Can you tell your screen, children? That's right, it's in a forest! You've got grandma's cottage, Little Red Riding Hood's cottage, and in the middle is the forest. Because we're focusing on the middle of the story, we can put in the forest. Okay. Who is our main character? Shout at your screen who our main character is! That's right, it's Little Red Riding Hood. So in Who, you might to draw Little Red Riding Hood. And I might describe Little Red Riding Hood as foolish and foolish means you think you're not in danger. Well, she thinks she's not in danger when really she is. And she doesn't listen to her mom about going down the straight path. Now, what is the problem? What is the problem? Well the problem of course, is the wolf. The wold is her problem, and that he wants to eat her up. Okay. Here is a bit we're focusing on, the two setbacks in the story. The two middle bits of the story that stretch out the story and make our reader want to read on. Well, the first setback that Little Red Riding Hood comes across is, of course, the wolf in the forest. And then she thinks she's safe, but then the second setback, of course, to Little Red Riding Hood being safe, is the cottage. When she arrives at her grandma's cottage and who, of course, is in the bed? Tell me, who is in the bed, children? It was the wolf who was in the bed and not grandma. And of course, I put a cross there because he gobbles Little Red Riding Hood up. So I can clearly see the two setbacks in my story and meeting the wolf and being in the forest and arriving at grandma's house where we're constantly asking, is Little Red Riding Hood going to be okay? Is she going to be safe? What'll happen next? And that makes our story really exciting. If you'd like to, you can pause the video now and copy up the plot matrix box and have a go at talking through it with your talk partner, explaining what each pa- I wonder if you enjoyed the story today too, children, me and Cedric says, and we did. Before next lesson, you might like to draw all your favourite characters from the story, or act out the sections of the story with your teddy talk partner. What was your favourite bit of today's lesson, Cedric? Cedric said his favourite bit of today's lesson was listening and joining in with the story. I have to say, I enjoyed telling the story today, Cedric. Can you tell you a teddy talk partner your favourite bit of the lesson, children? Oh, we can't wait to see you again in the next lesson already, but before we go, I've got a riddle. Can you guess which character in the story I am talking about? I have two big beady eyes, one long bushy tail, a set of sharp teeth, and fur all over my body. Can you guess which character I'm talking about, children? Cedric said, can you help him, children? Can you shout at the screen which character I'm talking about? He said the wolf! Oh, great work children, and we'll see you in the next lesson. Bye!

To listen and join in with a story

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