Man attacked by a fox while trapped under his 4 wheeler

http://onlineathens.com/local-news/oconee/2017-06-29/fox-attacks-oconee-man-trapped-under-4-wheeler-holds-fox-neck-until

A Watkinsville man had a frightening encounter with a possibly rabid fox on Wednesday after the fox attacked the man while he was trapped under an overturned 4-wheeler.

The fox’s head was taken to a Georgia Department of Public Health facility to test for rabies, according to Oconee County Animal Control Director Catlyn Vickers.

The attack occurred about 1:40 p.m. at the victim’s farm on Hog Mountain Road, according to Vickers.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook some information about the attack on Mike Streetman, a long time chiropractor. Streetman’s son, Scott, posted on the page that his father said he had come out of a hayfield and drove to a barn to cool off. At the barn, he encountered the fox which tried to bite him.

 

Streetman said he “gunned” the four-wheeler to get away, but turned too sharply and the vehicle turned over on him, pinning him down on his back.

“Meanwhile, the fox comes at me and I reached for a hammer that fell out of the tool box. Hit it four times before it latched onto my arm. Grabbed it in a choke hold with my other hand,” he said. “Called 911 and my wife and neighbor. Clarinda and my neighbor John got the 4 wheeler off and Clarinda realized I had a choke hold on a fox and they got a rope around its neck just as the Oconee County deputies got there and many first responders and ambulance. Deputies finished it off.”

Streetman told his son he felt the fox is probably rabid, so he has begun a round of vaccine shots.

The deputy killed the fox by shooting it in the head, Vickers said.

The lab results of the rabies testing could be known by late Thursday or sometime Friday, she said.


A fox contracting rabies is rare, noted welcomewildlife.com.

Still, the website warns, it’s best not to approach a fox, especially if it is acting aggressive or listless.

Anyone bitten by a fox, even if it seems healthy, should seek treatment for rabies.

To discourage fox activity at your home, welcomewildlife recommends:

• Remove temptation by feeding pets indoors or bringing the food bowl inside after each use.
• If you have caged rabbits or chickens, make sure all cages are built with heavy mesh wire, wire or solid floor, and a secure latch that can’t be worked loose by a fox.
• Secure trash container lids with a heavy strap or even a chain.
• Try planting “scaredy-cat plant” (Coleus canina,) an annual with a foul odor detectable by canines, but not by humans.
• Check under porches and sheds for a den. Seal all openings.
• Walk your dog around the perimeter of your yard, allowing him or her to scent-mark it. Do this regularly and also criss-cross the property so it will seem to the fox that your dog has free-run of the area.

Swimming in a chlorinated pool can turn sunscreen ‘toxic’

TROUBLED WATERS

Swimming in a chlorinated pool can turn sunscreen ‘toxic’ – increasing risk of cancer, scientists warn

The combination of chlorinated water and UV rays can reduce a compound in sun-block into toxic chemicals linked to infertility, immune system damage and even cancer.


GOING for a swim while smothered in sunscreen puts your health at risk, say researchers.

Chlorinated water and UV rays from the sun break down a compound in the creams into toxic chemicals.


Two of those chemicals have been linked to infertility, immune system damage and even cancer.

Researcher Dr Albert Lebedev said: “A generally safe compound transforms in the water and forms more dangerous products.”

The study focused on avobenzone, the most popular sun-blocker in the world.

It is used in lipsticks, creams, moisturisers and other cosmetics  because of its ability to absorb damaging UV rays.

But the Russian researchers found  it breaks down in chlorinated water.

Two of the chemicals produced — acetyl benzenes and phenols — are  particularly toxic.

The  reaction  usually happened on the swimmers’ wet skin, the researchers  noted.

They also fear there is a further risk if  the water contains copper salts,  put in pools to make them look blue.

Sunscreen can then break down into a substance linked to liver and kidney problems and nervous system disorders.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3906262/swimming-in-a-chlorinated-pool-can-turn-sun-cream-toxic-increasing-risk-of-cancer-scientists-warn/

Where the Wild Things Are Homeschool Fairytale relay activity

Fairytale Relay

A 1^st and 2^nd Grade Fairytale Unit

Learning Area(s): Physical Education/Literacy (vocabulary and writing) 

Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Objectives:

• The learner will learn the meaning and how to properly use the following words; 

Whimsical, Mystique, Enchanting, Sorcery, and Wizard

• Students will be able to take the knowledge that they have of the vocabulary words and use them in the relay and in the context of a story
• Using resources such as the internet and dictionaries to locate the definitions of words. 

Assessment:

• If students can correctly match the definition of the words to the poster during the relay
• Students will write a story using the new vocabulary words properly
• Students will successfully locate and write the definition to their assigned word 

Accommodations:

• Gifted: write a story using the five new vocabulary words and review words
• ESL:  Have vocabulary words written in their native language as well as English.  Eliminate some of the words they must use to write their story  
• LD: write a story using two or 3 of the new vocabulary words
• ADHD: an opportunity to be active during the relay (running) 

Materials:

• Tape

• Paper and writing utensils
• Whiteboard and markers
• 5 posters with the new vocabulary word on it
• 5 copies of the definition of each word
• Writers notebooks for each student
• Resources such as a picture dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary, internet, and other books
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Teaching Procedures:

Introduction:

• Read the story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (contains two  review words)

Word Treasure Hunt:

• To introduce the new vocabulary words write each word on a piece of paper and hide it in the classroom (prior to teaching the lesson).  Vocabulary Words: whimsical, mystique, enchanting, sorcery, and wizard
• Give students verbal hints to find the words-describe items or areas the word is by (physical characteristics, what it is used for, etc.) 
• Ask students to brainstorm what they think each of the words might mean (previous knowledge).  Record these ideas under the word on the whiteboard.  
• Split students into 5 groups and assign each group a word.  Instruct each team to find the meaning of their word using their resources.  Have a variety of resources available dictionaries, internet, books where the words are used, etc.  
• Each group will then report the meaning of their word to the class and write out a formal definition to be put up in the room.  Each word will be added to the word wall.  

Relay:

• Have five posters with each of the vocabulary words and a definition for each of the words on separate pieces of paper. 

• Each team will be located across from a poster with the pile of definitions in a gym like area. 
• One at a time students will take a definition, run across the room to the poster, post the definition next to the correct word, and run back.  Other students can help their team members. 

Closure:  

• Students will write a story that incorporates and uses all five words correctly in their writer’s notebook.  Challenge students to incorporate some of the review words in their stories (gifted students).  For LD and ELL students you may chose to eliminate some of the words.  

Vietnamese blogger known as 'Mother Mushroom' was jailed for 10 years

Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (L), also known as "Mother Mushroom", stands trial at a courthouse in the central city of Nha Trang on June 29 (AFP Photo/STR)

A prominent Vietnamese blogger known as 'Mother Mushroom' was jailed for 10 years on Thursday, her lawyer said, during a brief trial rights groups decried as "outrageous".

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, whose pen name derives from her daughter's nickname "mushroom", was arrested in October 2016 and later charged with anti-state propaganda over critical Facebook posts about politics and the environment.

Vietnam's one-party state keeps a tight clamp on dissent and routinely jails activists, bloggers and lawyers who speak out against the communist regime.

The 37-year-old blogger faced a maximum of 12 years in prison, and her lawyer said the heavy sentence she received at the closed-door trial was "harsh".

"I am not happy with the result of the trial today," Nguyen Kha Thanh told AFP, adding that Quynh would likely appeal.

AFP was barred from attending the one-day trial in south-central Khanh Hoa province Thursday, which was heavily guarded by police, according to images on social media.

Thanh said Quynh was calm throughout the trial. In a pre-sentence statement she admitted no guilt and instead used the opportunity to send a message to her two kids and mother, the lawyer added.

"She apologised to her mother and the two kids for what effect this has had on them, but she said they must be very proud of her," Thanh told AFP.

- Woman of Courage award -

Quynh was charged under Article 88 of Vietnam's criminal code and held incommunicado with no access to lawyers until June 20, according to Thanh.

She has been a vocal critic of Vietnam's human rights record, civilian deaths in police custody and the government's handling of a toxic leak that killed tonnes of fish last year.

She was arrested in Nha Trang on October 10 as she was visiting a fellow activist in prison.

In the verdict, the judge said Quynh had defamed the government, harmed national unity, eroded popular trust of the government and undermined national security.

She was also convicted for publishing inaccurate information to humiliate the police and erode public trust in them, based on her reports about police brutality.

Human Rights Watch earlier decried the trial as "outrageous" and demanded her release.

"The scandal here is not what Mother Mushroom said, but Hanoi's stubborn refusal to repeal draconian, rights-abusing laws that punish peaceful dissent and tarnish Vietnam's international reputation," Phil Robertson, HRW deputy Asia director said in a statement Wednesday.

The United States, Britain and the European Union have all called for Quynh's release.

Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said Thursday "all acts that violate the law will be seriously punished in accordance with Vietnamese laws" when asked about the case.

Quynh received an International Woman of Courage Award from the US State Department in March, which Vietnam said was "not appropriate and of no benefit for the development of relations between the two countries".

In 2015, she was awarded the Civil Rights Defender of the Year by a Sweden-based international advocacy group.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vietnam-blogger-mother-mushroom-trial-025242558.html

Tipsy Robot bar inside of the Planet Hollywood

STEVE MARCUS

A drink prepared by robotic bartenders is shown in the Tipsy Robot automated bar in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Monday, June 26, 2017. The bar is scheduled to open on Friday.

Tipsy Robot, a 2,500-square-foot bar to open Friday at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, boasts two robotic bartenders ready to make your favorite concoction any way you like.

Looking to gain a step on other major nightlife cities in the U.S., owner Rino Armeni decided to open the first permanent robotic bar in Las Vegas.

“We have so much talent in this town. However, trends always come from New York,” said Armeni, the chairman of Robotic Innovations who's lived in Las Vegas for almost 30 years. “So my partners and I decided to do something to create a new trend so we can be ahead of time. So, this is a gift from us to the city of Las Vegas.”

Customers place their order on one of the dozen tablet stations in the bar or through the Tipsy Robot app on their smartphone. They then pay with cash or credit card and enter their email address.

A QR code (barcode) is sent to the email, which the customer places above various windows available. The barcode is scanned and the drink is entered into the system. Patrons can see where their drink is in the queue and are alerted when their order is up.

Each robot has access to more than 60 kinds of liquor, and drinks can be mixed and poured into a 12-ounce plastic cup within 70 seconds.

“This is the most high-tech bar in the world, as the robot can perform the duties of the bartender,” Armeni said. “It’s not just a bar — it’s also an attraction and entertainment.”

Ice, lemon, limes and sugars are stored behind the wall of the robots. Juices, sodas and liquors are housed above them.

Aside from perfect pours every time, Armeni said the robots don’t spill and don’t waste any ingredients.

“They work to perfection, so everything the robots make is perfect,” he said.

Tipsy Robot’s location at the Las Vegas Boulevard entrance of the Miracle Mile Shops was chosen because of its heavy foot traffic.

“We wanted to find a place where there was a lot of people coming through,” Armeni said. “At this location, there is an average of 72,000 people coming through a day, so that was what sold it to us.”

The Tipsy Robot opens Friday and operates 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 a.m.-midnight on Friday and Saturday.

A standard one-shot drink will run a customer $14, with tax and gratuity included in the price. Additional shots and garnishes can be added for an extra charge.

Technology that carries out human jobs won’t ultimately replace flesh-bearing counterparts at bars, Armeni said.

Brush Your Teeth With F

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/murrayel.htm

Rationale: This lesson will help children identify /f/, the phoneme represented by F. Students will learn to recognize /f/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation (brushing teeth) and the letter symbol F, practice finding /f/ in words, and apply phoneme awareness with /f/ in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters.

Materials: Primary paper and pencil; chart with "Fred's furry ferret feels frisky"; drawing paper and crayons; Dr. Seuss's ABC (Random House, 1963); word cards with FOG, FIX, MEET, FIND, PORK, and FAKE

Procedures: 

1. Say: Our written language is a secret code. The tricky part is learning what letters stand for--the mouth moves we make as we say words. Today we're going to work on spotting the mouth move /f/.  We spell /f/ with letter F.  F looks like a toothbrush, and /f/ sounds like brushing teeth.

2. Let's pretend to brush our teeth, /f/, /f/, /f/. [Pantomime brushing teeth] Notice where your top teeth are? (Touching lower lip). When we say /f/, we blow air between out top teeth and lower lip.

3. Let me show you how to find /f/ in the word left.  I'm going to stretch left out in super slow motion and listen for my toothbrush.  Lll-e-e-eft.  Slower: Lll-e-e-e-fff-t. There it was!  I felt my teeth touch my lip and blow air. I can feel the toothbrush /f/ in left.

4. Let's try a tongue twister [on chart/board write]. "Fred's furry ferret feels frisky." Everybody say it three times together. Now say it again, and this time, stretch the /f/ at the beginning of the words. "Fffred's fffurry ffferret fffeels fffrisky." Try it again, and this time break it off the word: "/f/ red's /f/ urry /f/ erret /f/ eels /f/ risky.

5. [Have students take out primary paper and pencil]. We use letter F to spell /f/. Capital F looks like a toothbrush.  Let's write the lowercase letter f. Start just below the rooftop. Start to make a little cup in the air, then straighten it out all the way down to the sidewalk. Then cross it at the fence.  I want to see everybody's f. After I put a smile on it, I want you to make nine more just like it.

6. Call on students to answer and tell how they knew: Do you hear /f/ in work or fun? finger or toe? on or off? Lift or drop? Stiff or sore? Say: Let's see if you can spot the mouth move /f/ in some words. Brush your teeth if you hear /f/: The, funny, furry, bug, flew, far, to, the, pink, flowers.

7. Say: "Let's look at an alphabet book.  Dr. Seuss tells us about a funny creature whose name starts with F.  Can you guess?"  Read page 16, drawing out /f/.  Ask children if they can think of other words with /f/.  Ask them to make up a silly creature name like Fiffer-feffer-feff, or Footer-flipper-fang. Then have each student write their silly name with invented spelling and draw a picture of their silly creature. Display their work.

8. Show FOG and model how to decide if it is fog or dog: The F tells me to brush my teeth, /f/, so this word is fff-og, fog.  You try some: FIX: fix or mix? MEET: feet or meet? FIND: find or mind? PORK: fork or pork? FAKE: fake or make?

The Phoenix Bird by Hans Christian Andersen

The Phoenix Bird

by

Hans Christian Andersen

(1850)

N the Garden of Paradise, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, bloomed a rose bush. Here, in the first rose, a bird was born. His flight was like the flashing of light, his plumage was beauteous, and his song ravishing. But when Eve plucked the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, when she and Adam were driven from Paradise, there fell from the flaming sword of the cherub a spark into the nest of the bird, which blazed up forthwith. The bird perished in the flames; but from the red egg in the nest there fluttered aloft a new one—the one solitary Phoenix bird. The fable tells that he dwells in Arabia, and that every hundred years, he burns himself to death in his nest; but each time a new Phoenix, the only one in the world, rises up from the red egg.

The bird flutters round us, swift as light, beauteous in color, charming in song. When a mother sits by her infant’s cradle, he stands on the pillow, and, with his wings, forms a glory around the infant’s head. He flies through the chamber of content, and brings sunshine into it, and the violets on the humble table smell doubly sweet.

But the Phoenix is not the bird of Arabia alone. He wings his way in the glimmer of the Northern Lights over the plains of Lapland, and hops among the yellow flowers in the short Greenland summer. Beneath the copper mountains of Fablun, and England’s coal mines, he flies, in the shape of a dusty moth, over the hymnbook that rests on the knees of the pious miner. On a lotus leaf he floats down the sacred waters of the Ganges, and the eye of the Hindoo maid gleams bright when she beholds him.

The Phoenix bird, dost thou not know him? The Bird of Paradise, the holy swan of song! On the car of Thespis he sat in the guise of a chattering raven, and flapped his black wings, smeared with the lees of wine; over the sounding harp of Iceland swept the swan’s red beak; on Shakespeare’s shoulder he sat in the guise of Odin’s raven, and whispered in the poet’s ear “Immortality!” and at the minstrels’ feast he fluttered through the halls of the Wartburg.

The Phoenix bird, dost thou not know him? He sang to thee the Marseillaise, and thou kissest the pen that fell from his wing; he came in the radiance of Paradise, and perchance thou didst turn away from him towards the sparrow who sat with tinsel on his wings.

The Bird of Paradise—renewed each century—born in flame, ending in flame! Thy picture, in a golden frame, hangs in the halls of the rich, but thou thyself often fliest around, lonely and disregarded, a myth—“The Phoenix of Arabia.”

In Paradise, when thou wert born in the first rose, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, thou receivest a kiss, and thy right name was given thee—thy name, Poetry.

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A phoenix in Greek mythology was a bird that could live for a long time and could also be regenerated or reborn from the ashes of its predecessor. Some sources say that the phoenix simply died and decomposed before being reborn, but others claim that it would combust and die wrapped in flames. It was believed that it could live over 1400 years at a time.

In ancient Greece, the phoenix was also linked to the civilization of Phoenicia, which has a similar sound to it. Phoenicia was famous for producing a purple dye from conch shells; this hue was also believed to be the colour of the bird's feathers. Other sources, however, say that it was coloured similarly to a peacock, or that it was red and yellow.

Google said it "respectfully" disagreed with the EU decision

Google said it "respectfully" disagreed with the EU decision, which followed a seven-year investigation, and may appeal.

"When you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products," Kent Walker, Google's senior vice president and general counsel, said in a statement.

"That's why Google shows shopping ads, connecting our users with thousands of advertisers, large and small, in ways that are useful for both.

"We will review the Commission's decision in detail as we consider an appeal, and we look forward to continuing to make our case."

- 'Game-changer' -

Google Shopping shows the images and prices of products in response to searches about shopping when someone uses the search engine.

Brussels accuses Google of giving its own service too much priority in search results to the detriment of other price comparison services, such as TripAdvisor and Expedia.

The EU alleges that in 2008 Google embarked on a "fundamental change in strategy" by devoting top of the page priority to Google Shopping, pushing rivals further down the page.

"This decision is a game-changer," said Monique Goyens, head of the European Consumer Organisation which was also involved in the case.

"Google’s market dominance has given the company power to decide the fate of all but the biggest online service providers -– in other words nearly every company," said Fairsearch, a lobby of complainants, in a statement.

The verdict comes less than a year after Vestager shocked Washington and the world with an order that iPhone manufacturer Apple repay 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland.

The Google fine could also set an important precedent for other Google services, such as for images, news and travel that have also received complaints from rivals.

While an EU record, the amount is below the maximum possible of more than 8 billion euros or 10 percent of Google's total revenue of $90 billion last year.

- 'No bias' -

The case, launched in 2010, is one of three against Google and of several against blockbuster US companies including Starbucks, Apple, Amazon and McDonalds.

In the other Google cases, the EU is examining Google's AdSense advertising service and its Android mobile phone software.

Vestager said "preliminary conclusions" in the Android and AdSense cases showed Google also breached EU rules.

The cases have stoked tensions with Washington and could now face the wrath of Trump, the tycoon who won office on his "America First" slogan and has previously hit out against the EU.

But Vestager denied any anti-US prejudice.

"I have been going through the statistics... I can find no facts to support any kind of bias," she said.

The decision come after a long negotiation period with many twists and turns.

Vestager's predecessor, the Spaniard Joaquin Almunia, made three attempts to resolve the dispute amicably but each time pressure by national governments, rivals and privacy advocates scuppered the effort.

The Google fine will almost certainly face a gruelling appeals process through the EU court in Luxembourg.

The 2009 fine against Intel is still snaking its way through the court, with an appeal decision not expected until next year.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/google-faces-record-eu-fine-tuesday-sources-085500509.html

Oxford English Dictionary updated 600 words, phrases, and senses

London (AFP) - Eating a tasty meal with chana dal or doenjang washed down with a gin daisy could well foster a nice feeling of hygge. Just hope you don't find any zyzzyva on your plate.

If you need to look up any of those words, the unofficial custodian of the English language now has the answers.

In its latest update, the Oxford English Dictionary identified more than 600 words, phrases and senses that have entered common parlance.

They include "zyzzyva", a genus of tropical weevils native to South America. The word replaces zythum -- an ancient Egyptian malt beer -- as the OED's final entry.

The name was apparently coined by the US entomologist Thomas Lincoln Casey, who described it in a 1922 work, the OED said.

"In any case, zyzzyva owes much of its currency in English to its notoriety as the last entry in various dictionaries, the ranks of which now include the OED," it said.

The quarterly update includes "post-truth", previously announced by the OED as its word of the year for 2016 following Britain's Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's presidential victory.

"Brexit" itself also made into the dictionary last year, meeting the OED's criterion that a new word, phrase or sense of a word must have featured in a variety of printed sources over several years.

Other new senses this time include "thing", as in "a genuine or established phenomenon or practice", often used when you're incredulous about something.

The OED said the earliest citation of this new sense was from a 2000 episode of the US TV drama "The West Wing": "Did you know that 'leaf peeping' was a thing?'"

Just in time for this year's Wimbledon tournament are 50 new terms relating to tennis, such as "forced error", "chip and charge" and "career slam".

Further additions to the English lexicon are chana dal, the Hindi phrase for chickpeas, and doenjang, a paste made from fermented soya beans used in Korean cookery.

A gin daisy is a cocktail made with gin, lemon juice and (usually) grenadine.

Drink enough gin daisies and you may well be overcome by hygge, the Danish term for "a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being".

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-last-word-english-zyzzyva-002027694.html

$2.7 Billion EU Fine for Google

THE EU’S PROBE OF GOOGLE

• November 2009: Foundem, a U.K. price-comparison website, files a complaint in Brussels over Google’s search practices.
• November 2010: EU regulators begin a formal investigation into Google’s search practices.
• January 2013: Google submits proposals to address concerns it favored its own search services, struck restrictive deals with advertisers, and copied content from rival websites without permission.
• February 2014: After further concessions by Google, Brussels announces a settlement.
• September 2014: In an about-face, EU seeks fresh concessions.
• November 2014: Margrethe Vestager takes over as EU antitrust chief.
• April 2015: EU announces formal charges against Google for the first time, accusing the search giant of skewing results to favor its shopping service. Google contests the charges a few months later.
• June 2017: EU fines Google $2.7 billion in comparison shopping case.

K-W-L Chart

This K-W-L Chart, which tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic, can be used before, during, and after research projects.

Students in grades 3–8 should engage in various types of research. Using a K-W-L chart, students can prepare to research a topic and use it to track information gathered along the way. This tool will help students confirm what they know about a topic and encourage them to think about how they want to focus their research. Ask students leading questions for each column of the chart, such as, “What do you already ‘know’ about this topic?”  “What things do you ‘want’ to learn about the topic, so you can focus your research?” and  “What did you ‘learn’ from doing your research?”

• Have students conduct research about a particular country, an unusual animal, a celestial body, or other content area topic. Ask students to first think about what they know about the selected topic (for example, the poison dart frog) and write it in the first column. Students should then direct their thinking toward the research questions they have about the poison dart frog. These questions are recorded in the second column. Then, as students conduct research, they should add information gathered to the column, showing what was learned.  For older students, you may want make a K-W-L-S chart, with the fourth column focusing on what students may “still” want to learn even after completing research.

• Use the K-W-L chart to direct students’ thinking as they begin reading a new chapter book. Show them the title and cover of the book and encourage them to think about what the book might be about. Then ask students to think about what they might already know about the book or the book topic. Encourage them to brainstorm about the events in the book and pose questions about the events or characters. These can be recorded on the chart as a class or individually. As students read the story, instruct them to revisit their questions in the “What I Want to Know” column every few days and answer them in the “What I Learned” column.

Little Red Riding Hood vs Little Green Riding Hood

Little Green Riding Hood (Activity 7.14)

Plan Author: Mathew Needleman
Date Created: 2/11/2003 6:03:08 PM PST

School:
Saturn Street

Grade Level:
1

Students:
15 students. 7 boys and 8 girls. 7 English only or IFEP, 8 ELLs. One student is receiving resource services.

Subject Area(s):
Language Arts (English)

Goal(s):
Students will be able to compare and contrast two pieces of literature.

Concept(s):
Students will apply their knowledge of folktales to analyze and appreciate the humor of the story "Little Green Riding Hood."

Students will be able to compare and contrast "Little Green Riding Hood" with the two versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" they have previously read.

Standards:

CA- CCTC: Aligned CSTP's and TPE's
• Standard : CSTP: Standard for Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
TPE: E. Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
CSTP Description: Teachers create physical environments that engage all students in purposeful learning activities and encourage constructive interactions among students. Teachers maintain safe learning environments in which all students are treated fairly and respectfully as they assume responsibility for themselves and one another. Teachers encourage all students to participate in making decisions and in working independently and collaboratively. Expectations for student behavior are established early, clearly understood, and consistently maintained. Teachers make effective use of instructional time as they implement class procedures and routines.

• CSTP Key Element : Promoting social development and group responsibility.


 Question : facilitate the development of each student’s self esteem?


CA- California K-12 Academic Content Standards
• Subject : English Language Arts

• Grade : Grade One

• Area : Reading

• Sub-Strand 3.0: Literary Response and Analysis
Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children’s literature. They distinguish between the structural features of the text and the literary terms or elements (e.g., theme, plot, setting, characters). The selections in Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students.

• Concept : Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text


 Standard 3.1: Identify and describe the elements of plot, setting, and character(s) in a story, as well as the story’s beginning, middle, and ending.



Objective(s):
After participating in a guided reading of the story, "Little Green Riding Hood", pair sharing, and completing a Venn Diagram as a whole class, students will be able to state at least one difference and one similarity between "Little Green Riding Hood" and the story it parodies.

Prerequisite Background Skills/Knowledge:
Students must be familiar with the story "Little Red Riding Hood." Students have read two versions of the traditional folktale as well as "Lon Po Po" a Chinese version of the tale.

Students should be familiar with the conventions of the folktale, its oral tradition, typical characters and story elements. These have been taught through discussion and the chant, "Is It A Folktale?"

Students will need to be taught the concept of parody to understand the humor of "Little Green Riding Hood." The idea will be related to making fun of something which will make it easier to understand.

Vocabulary / Language Skills:
Parody (see prior knowledge)

Different and Same. These concepts still present difficulties for English Language Learners. They will be retaught using manipulatives before the lesson begins.

Materials:
Student Anthologies
Chart Paper (for Venn Diagram)
Word Card (with Parody written on it)

Classroom Management:
Students will be asked periodically to have a discussion with partners about certain questions that the teacher poses. Teacher must circulate to make sure that students remain on topic and each find a partner. The lesson must be fast paced and varied in order to maintain student interest.

Procedure:
Open
Students will be "warmed up" by reciting the chant, "Is It Folktale."

Explain to students that the hard work that they have done in examining "Little Red Riding Hood" is about to payoff in their reading of "Little Green Riding Hood." Talk about the concept of parody and check to see that students understand that "Little Green" is intended to make fun of "Little Red" and the oral tradition of folktales.

Body
Distribute anthologies to students. Have them find the story "Little Green Riding Hood." Remind students to track the words with their fingers as the teacher reads.

Teacher will stop periodically to ask questions geared toward the eventual completion of a Venn Diagram. For example, what is different about the girl in this story versus the girl in "Little Red"? Students will have opportunity to discuss higher level thinking questions with a partner before being asked to share their thoughts with the entire class.

Once the story is complete, assist the students in completing a Venn Diagram comparing the two versions of Little Red Riding Hood.

Close
Review what is written on the Venn Diagram. Ask students to discuss with a partner one difference and one similarity between the two stories.