Little Red Riding Hood Written and illustrated by Sheila Cartwright

Vocabulary

Little Red Riding Hood / Caperucita Parents / padres

forest / bosque bike / bici

one / uno cakes / pasteles

grandma/grandmother/abuelita OK / OK / Yes / Sí

house / casa tyre / rueda

wolf / lobo sack / saco

locked / cerrado bed / cama

door / puerta eyes / ojos

lips / labios ears / orejas

teeth / dientes axe / hacha

tea / coffee / te / café hero / héroe

bananas / plátanos sandwiches / bocadillos

dishes / platos

Woodcutter - leñador

Activity 1 - basic Cut the strips and recreate the story in Spanish. If the child cannot read then ask the child to recall the sequence of the story. Activity 2 - advanced Cut the strips. Match the Spanish sentences with the English sentences.

La madre hizo unos pasteles. The mother made some cakes.

Caperucita Roja fue a ver su abuela. Little Red Riding Hood went to see her

Grandmother.

El lobo tenía hambre. The wolf was hungry.

El lobo decidió correr lo más rápido

posible a casa de la abuela.

The wolf decided to run as fast as he could

to grandmother´s house.

El lobo metió a la abuela dentro un

saco. The wolf put Grandmother inside the sack.

Caperucita Roja llamó a la puerta. Little Red Riding Hood knocked on the door

Caperucita Roja abrió la puerta. Little Red Riding Hood opened the door

¡Qué ojos tan grandes tienes! What big eyes you have!

¡Qué orejas tan grandes tienes! What big ears you have!

¡Qué dientes tan grandes tienes! What big teeth you have!

¡El lobo saltó fuera de la cama! The wolf jumped out of bed.

Caperucita Roja tuvo miedo. Little Red Riding Hood was afraid.

Caperucita gritó “¡Socorro!” Little Red Riding Hood shouted “HELP!”

El leñador cogió su hacha. The woodcutter took his axe.

“¡Te voy a matar!” “I´m going to kill you!”

Comieron bocadillos y tomaron un café. They ate sandwiches and drank coffee.

Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices. And they lived happily ever after.