The Lost Angel: A Christmas Story & Script About Kindness

‘The Lost Angel’ is a short story about kindness and caring. It’s a fantasy Christmas story (approximately 850 words) for young readers aged 7-8 years old, which tells the story of Jenny and Jake and their missing Christmas tree angel. The angel turns up in their garden, alive and life-size, and when their Mum helps to fix her wing, she disappears and then re-appears in the decoration box, tiny again.

The following resources are included with the copy of the story:

A size-14 font version of the story with spaces in the text, so that students can add their own illustrations. This is a bit of fun which also checks their knowledge of the progress of the story.

A set of 10 literal comprehension questions, with answers, and 2 open-ended questions which could also be used for discussion.

A scripted version of the story, for groups of 4 students.

The resource is aimed at Year 3 & 4 and could be used as a whole-class activity, for small group work or as an extension activity for individual students. The script version is organised with a minimum of props and no scenery. It’s a simply-staged, short play which helps to introduce younger children to the conventions of drama performance, while building their social skills too, and the theme of kindness in the story can be used to develop social and empathic skills.

This is a resource with a ‘little bit of magic’ for a magical time of the year!