Choose how strong your words sound
Try the words aloud or silently. What changes? Choose words that fit the job.
Choose one way to try. You can pause, pass, point, talk, dictate, draw or write.
Read the complete source: C05 · Invitation or requirement · C06 · Feeling and thinking
- Home · Choose how strong your words sound · a small home offer
- Small project · Choose how strong your words sound · a small project
- Blank work sheet
- Read together · full original story
Choose a way
Act with objects
Give a paper puppet two speech bubbles. Switch ‘might’ and ‘must’ and move a small pause marker to show the proposal staying the same.
Listen, sign or point
An adult reads or signs both lines with the same neutral delivery first. The child selects a stronger phrase and offers a preferred wording through their usual communication.
Write and compare
Write both versions, box the changed modal word, then add one reason tied to the reader. Colour is optional; labels carry the distinction.
Try your own message
The paper work sheet has more room.