Redette and Wolf Flashcards
Discuss the setting of the story.
The story takes place in the high school’s hall, the wood on the way to Grandma’s house and then Grandma’s house.
List all the characters that appear in the story.
- Redette
- Jethro
- Grandma
- Officer Woody Cutter
- Wolfgang
- Mrs Van Syl
What forms the background of this story?
Redette has the lead role in the school play and has to wear a red cape.
Use the following sentences to compare the traditional version of the Little Red Riding Hood to the modern one:
- Little girl takes her grandmother food
- Little girl wears a red cape
- A wolf pretends to be the Gran
- She is saved by a woodcutter.
Little girl takes her grandmother food:
Redette has to run an errand for her Gran.
Little girl wears a red cape:
Redette needs to wear the cape for the school play.
A wolf pretends to be the Gran:
Wolfgang pretends to be the Gran.
She is saved by a woodcutter:
Redette is saved by the app that Jethro put on her phone.
When is conflict introduced to the story?
Conflict is introduced when Wolfgang comes out of Friday detention and sees Redette’s new phone. He is very interested in the phone, and is not trusted by the others because they know he steals things.
Compare Redette’s relationship with Jethro to her relationship with Wolfgang.
Redette and Jethro are good friends. She allows him to play games on her new phone. He is never nasty about her name and when he does ‘tease’ her, it is without any maliciousness. He puts an app on her phone to protect her. Wolfgang on the other hand is very nasty to Redette but she isn’t nasty back because of her friendship with Jethro, who is Wolfgang’s cousin.
The author has named Jethro’s cousins Wolfgang. Throughout the story, there are references to animal imagery which refer to Wolfgang. List 4 examples.
- His name is shortened to Wolf
- He lopes away
- He barks his response
- He wolf-whistles at the hockey girls
- He sneers at Redette
- His paw had been caught in the cookie jar.
Discuss Redette’s character. Make a 6 point list of what she is like as a character and support each answer with proof from the story.
- Tolerable- she tolerates the fact that children are ‘nasty’ or ‘tease’ her about her name
- Polite- she isn’t rude to the children or Wolfgang when they make fun of her name
- Smart- she gets a new phone because of her good marks
- Respectful- she is running an errand for her grandma
- Considerate- helping her grandmother
- Mature- she doesn’t react to the other children.
Name the figure of speech below and explain what is it being compared with and its’ significance.
“Mrs Van Zyl’s voice whipped through the noisy school hall.”
Onomatopoeia and metaphor- her voice is being compared to a whip. It is a good comparison because it shows the read that she spoke in a sharp tone.
Name the figure of speech below and explain what is it being compared with and its’ significance.
“The cast’s excited chattering dipped, registered their name was safe and resumed its chirps and tweets about their first rehearsal.”
Onomatopoeia and metaphor- the cast is being compared to a group of birds who are all talking excitedly. The ‘chirps’ and ‘tweets’ are being compared to bird noises.
Name the figure of speech below and explain what is it being compared with and its’ significance.
“Wolf as his pack liked to call him.”
Metaphor- his friends are being compared to a pack of wolves. By shortening his name to Wolf, his friends see their group as a pack of wolves.
Name the figure of speech below and explain what is it being compared with and its’ significance.
“…his paw being caught in the cookie jar.”
Idiom and metaphor- to be caught stealing. The metaphor is comparing Wolfgang’s hand to a wolf’s paw.
Name the figure of speech below and explain what is it being compared with and its’ significance.
“…as he loped towards them.”
Metaphor- comparing the way he walks to the way an animal walks or lopes.
Explain the following phrase from the story.
“… the final straw.”
Can’t take any more of a situation.
Explain the following phrase from the story.
“…held no water with her.”
She didn’t believe him.
