Little Red Riding Hood – an alternative version Reader’s Theater

Description

Little Red Riding Hood – an alternative version Reader’s Theater. is one of a series of fairy tales, given an alternative twist, and presented in Reader’s Theater format.

Cast of 6, Duration: 10 – 15 minutes. With Synopsis, Teaching Input, Discussion and Suggestions for Follow Up activities.

These scripts are also available from www.plays-r-ussell.com as plays i.e. to be performed, with music suggestions and stage directions.

Sample Text:

Little Red Riding Hood:   But there’s nothing wild about you?

Wolf:                                   Oh really? And how would you know, little girl?

Little Red Riding Hood:   (Stuttering) Well, I er

Wolf:                                   My point exactly! You don’t! May I remind you of your wise mother’s words? Never talk to strangers? She was right! You shouldn’t have! This story could have had a completely different ending.

Little Red Riding Hood:   (Laughing) What? You mean with me and Grandma here – inside your belly?

Wolf:                                   Absolutely!

Little Red Riding Hood:   But that’s just a fairy tale. I mean, does anyone take fairy tales seriously?

Narrator:                            Well, actually, they do! And there was a very serious message behind this particular fairy tale when it was first written

Little Red Riding Hood:   Really?

Narrator:                            Indeed. Those Brothers Grimm were merely repeating the message of a warning handed down over the generations.

Little Red Riding Hood:   And what message was that?

Narrator:                            That children like you should listen to their parents!

Mother:                              Hear! Hear! And you, young lady, can consider yourself grounded – indefinitely!