The Day Mr Finch Lost His Voice: 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; an adult can model the word before children build it.

Vocabulary

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

corridor: A passage inside a building connecting rooms.
mimed: Showed an action using movement rather than words.
extravagant: Much bigger or more elaborate than usual.
thoughtfully: In a way that shows careful consideration.
barely: Only just or hardly.

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 changes in the classroom and Vincent’s dragon voice. Explain how gestures, pauses and expressions communicate information that is not spoken directly.