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Little Red Riding Hood goes online: a modern fairy tale

A narrator tells a modern Little Red Riding Hood with an online 'wolf'; students learn suspense techniques and tell their own updated fairy tale.

B2Teens50 minStorytelling

About this lesson

A B2 speaking lesson (storytelling). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.

Level
B2
Skill
Speaking
Type
Storytelling
Students
Teens
Time
About 50 minutes
Topic
Stories & fairy tales
Activities
Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
Key words
Little did she know..., Just as..., It was only when... that..., Before she knew it,..., Meanwhile,..., To cut a long story short,..., suspicious
Access
Premium

By the end, students can

  • Tell a story with suspense using narrative tenses and dramatic phrases
  • Adapt a traditional fairy tale to a modern setting with a clear message