Little Red Riding Hood-Path of Needles

This is for chapter 6 Traditional Literature. The Path of Needles or Pins Little Red Riding Hood by Terri Windling.
While Red is taking her grandmother goodies the wolf asked her which she path she will choose. The story is gruesome of the wolf who eats the grandmother and has Little Red eat her flesh and blood. He decieves Little red to undress herslef and lie in bed with him. While pins marked the path of maidenhood, needles implied sexual maturity.
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There are so many versions/ renditions of the Little Red and sides of who told the story. This can be used in a classroom activity as retelling your version or coming up with an alternative character who has an untold story.

Author Profile 7:
Platt, R. (2003). Eureka! Great Inventions and How They Happened. Boston, Mass: Kingfisher.
Summary: Eureka is ninety-five pages of vivid illustrations and antique photographs and thirty-examples of inventors and their innovations. The book has major sections separated: Everyday Life and Health; Getting Around; Lenses and Light; Electricity; and Patience and Planning. The chapter towards the end displays the invention of Thomas Edison and the phonograph and how his idea started out and Berliner improved Edison’s invention.
Age group: 11-13 Grade Level: 6-8
Teacher Uses: This book can be used for science and social studies courses. There is a chronological list of inventors and their inventions in the back. A glossary with scientific and history terms used throughout the book. This book is great source to start with a literature before a lesson.
Personal Critique: I enjoyed this book and how the greatest invention came about, a short biographical narrative and the effect of the invention on our society. An introductory book for the start of a lesson on how we have items that we use today. The story of Archimedes and his “Eureka” moment starts off the section of the book and it’s a great talk for those making a discovery and solving.
Author Profile 8:
Platt, R. (2004). Communication from Hieroglyphs to Hyperlinks. Boston, Mass: Kingfisher.
Summary: Communications from Hieroglyphs to Hyperlinks is sixty-one pages of eye-catching illustrations and with appealing topics. The book displays several ways in which humans communicate by speech and writing, flag and fire, and through the use of technology such as the internet and television. In technology (Platt, 2004) displays the innovation of sound recording towards Edison’s talking machine and becoming the compact disc that we use today.
Age group: 11-13 Grade level: 6-8
Teacher uses: This literature book is leveled at a high level and suitable for whole group or independent instruction. I can be used for brainstorming of ideas of humans communicating and how it gets from me to you and around the world. This book has a glossary with communications terminology in the back. It gives links for extended lesson and to further understanding of communication technologies.
Personal Critique: I would describe this literature as very interesting in grabbing my attention because it large illustrations and it guides through each main topic. I would introduce this book in a technology class on the importance of communication and why we use it.
Author Profile 9:
Jay, M. (1995). The History of Communications. New York, NY: Thomas Learning.
Summary: The History of Communications has 48 pages of attention-grabbing illustrations and has nine subjects of ways human use of communications. (Jay, 1995) introduces the foremost developments of ways of communicating. It starts with the printed word and the innovation of the printing press and to the other telecommunications that have shaped the world today. The book explores Edison’s invention of the phonograph and the evolution of sound recording up into the digital age. An examination into advancements of inventions and their inventors and describes future frontiers.
Age group: 11-13 Grade level: 6-8
Teacher uses: The non-fiction book is leveled appropriately and can be used for Science and English Language Arts. The reason I would use it for English is because it begins with the foundation of written communication for example the ancient writing into the development of paper. In a science course it would be about scientific discoveries and technological advancements and making predictions of future inventions. It has a chronological list of inventors, discoveries, and the progression it has brought our world it is today. There is a glossary of science and communication terms that can be used as a guide throughout the entire book.
Personal Critique: I found this book very interesting because of the transmission of ideas and words among us and how the advancements came because of prehistoric age. I would introduce this book in grade six and have them brainstorm on all the forms of communication we used today because of the advancements of technology.