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Benedict’s Secret Box: Activities

Read the story, then choose an answer. You can talk, point, sign or use a communication device. Ask for reading help if you need it.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

faded
Having lost some brightness or colour over time.
victory
Success in a game, race or contest.
costumes
Clothes worn to play a character in a performance.
contents
The things inside something.
invented
Made up rather than taken from real events.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Retell the beginning, problem, actions and ending. Explain why a character changed their mind. Use details from the story to support your ideas. Talk about another way the problem might have been solved.

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