The Mystery of the Missing Hand
A spooky adventure where you discover a mysterious glowing hand in your school. Your choices decide if you help it, ignore it, or run away.
A free Story Adventure for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: body part.
Story
- You are in your school at night. It is dark. You see something on the floor. It is a hand! The hand is blue and it glows. It moves slowly.
- You touch the hand. It is cold! The hand speaks to you. It says: 'Help me! I am lost. I need my arm.' You feel scared but the hand is sad.
- You run away very fast. You do not look back. You run out of the school. You are safe now. But you think about the hand all night.
- You look at the hand. You do not touch it. The hand looks at you. It waves slowly. The hand is not scary. It is lonely.
- You look for the arm. You search the dark school. You find it in the library! It is under a big desk. The hand is very happy now.
- You ask the hand: 'Where is your arm?' The hand says: 'I do not remember. I am scared.' You want to help. You decide to search the school with the hand.
- You go back to school. The hand is not there. You are confused. Maybe it was a dream? You never know the truth.
- You tell your teacher about the hand. The teacher smiles. She says: 'That is a good story! But there is no hand here.' You feel silly. Nobody believes you.
Vocabulary
- hand
- dark
- glows
- moves
- cold
- help
- lost
- arm
- scared
- sad
- run
- fast
- look back
- safe
- night
- look
- touch
- waves
- lonely
- search
- find
- library
- desk
- happy
- ask
- remember
- decide
- back
- confused
- dream
- truth
- tell
- teacher
- story
- silly
- believes
- sit
- talk
- name
- alone
Printable worksheet
This Story Adventure comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Remember the story · Circle the right answer.
Part 1: Remember the story
Circle the right answer.
- What does the hand want? a) It wants its arm b) It wants food c) It wants to play
- Are you safe? a) No, you are scared b) Maybe, you are not sure c) Yes, you are safe
- How does the hand feel? a) Happy b) Angry c) Lonely