Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event | English

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Journalistic reports are written by ...
- poets.
- authors.
- journalists. ✓
Journalistic reports are what type of text?
- fiction
- non-fiction ✓
- poetry
Which of these definitions describes the purpose of a text?
- the aim of the text ✓
- the person who writes the text
- how the text is structured
What would you read to find out about real-life, current events?
- a book of poetry
- a biography
- a newspaper ✓
- a dictionary
Which of these definitions describes the layout of a text?
- the aim of the text
- the person who writes the text
- how the text is structured ✓
A fronted adverbial is ...
- a sentence starter followed by a comma. ✓
- a group of words that always contains a verb.
- a describing word for people, places or things.

What is the best summary of the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
- Red visits her grandmother but she isn't there.
- Red encounters a wolf in the forest.
- Red has to try and save herself and her grandmother from a cunning wolf. ✓
What is a journalistic report?
- a persuasive text
- a non-fiction text that provides information on real-life events ✓
- a fiction story
What makes an event newsworthy?
- if it is funny enough to share with the public
- if it is a true story and interesting enough for the public
- if it is important or interesting enough to warrant reporting to the public ✓
Match the key vocabulary to the correct definition.
- perpetrator
  
  ⇔
  
  a person who carries out a harmful, illegal or immoral act ✓
- crime
  
  ⇔
  
  an unlawful act which is punishable by a state or authority ✓
- victim
  
  ⇔
  
  a person harmed/injured as a result of a crime or accident ✓
Which crimes did the wolf commit in 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
- stealing
- breaking and entering ✓
- riding a bike on the pavement
- assault (physical attack) ✓
Who are the victims in the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
- the woodsman
- the wolf
- Red ✓
- the grandmother ✓

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Little Red Riding Hood is a traditional tale which has been adapted and retold in different ways.
Journalistic reports provide information about current events and news.
A newsworthy event is something that is interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public.
The wolf's actions would be considered a crime and newsworthy.
The wolf would be considered the perpetrator and the grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood would be the victims.

Children may have some confusion around using a fictional tale to inform a non-fiction text.

Go through other examples, from fiction and real-life, that could be used as newsworthy events for newspaper articles.

Journalistic report - a non-fiction text that provides information about an event
Newsworthy - the quality of being interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public
Crime - an unlawful act which is punishable by a state or authority
Perpetrator - a person who carries out a harmful, illegal or immoral act
Victim - a person harmed or injured as a result of a crime, accident or other event