Activities & Assignments

Participate in the Revisit - Little Red Riding Hood discussion forum. To access this discussion forum, go to the Threaded Discussions folder under the Lesson tab, and choose the Lesson 2 - Oral Tradition folder.
- Revisit the Little Red Riding Hood you retold in Course Introduction. If you haven't participated in the Lesson 1 discussion yet, here's another chance for you to write down the story of Red Riding Hood as best you remember it. Post your story to the First Visit - Red Riding Hood threaded discussion before you proceed.
- Discuss which version might be the source of your retelling and which version is more appealing to you and why.

Think about how the scholarly essays challenge or add to your understanding of fairy tale. (By scholarly, we are referring to the essays written about the stories and not the stories themselves.
- Post your thoughts in the Understanding - Fairy Tale discussion forum. To access this discussion forum, go to the Threaded Discussions folder under the Lesson tab, and choose the Lesson 2 - Oral Tradition folder.
- Read others students' postings, and comment on their understandings of fairy tale.

Take a final look at the Revisit - Little Red Riding Hood discussion forum toward the end of the discussions. Make a comparison between the version that your classmates preferred best and the version that your classmates chose least. Post them to the Reflection - Little Red Riding Hood Revisit discussion forum. To access this discussion forum, go to the Threaded Discussions folder under the Lesson tab, and choose the Lesson 2 - Oral Tradition folder.

Review the Understanding - Fairy Tale discussion forum. Reflect on whether your understanding of fairy tale has been changed through the discussions. Post your reflections to Reflection - Understanding of Fairy Tale discussion forum. To access this discussion forum, go to the Threaded Discussions folder under the Lesson tab, and choose the Lesson 2 - Oral Tradition folder.