Joseph’s Shadow Stage: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 4. An adult reads the questions and clues aloud. Children can talk, point, sign or choose an answer. For Jumbled Words, show the matching vocabulary word and build it together; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

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

translucent: Letting light through without being completely clear.
opaque: Not letting light pass through.
audience: The people watching a performance.
rehearsal: A practice before a performance.
shield: Block or protect from something.

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

With an adult, compare a flat opaque puppet near a screen and nearer a cool battery light. Keep the light in one place and ask an audience member what they can see.