The Empty Frame: 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.

exhibition: A public display of artworks or other objects.
canvas: Strong fabric often used as a surface for painting.
courtyard: An open area partly or completely surrounded by buildings.
acquired: Gained or came to have.
flickered: Moved or appeared briefly in an unsteady way.

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

Compare Ruben’s response to the empty frame before and after the shadows appear. Retell how two very different pictures end up hanging beside each other.