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Magical Story Starters Task Cards

Updated: 03 Jul 2024

Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Curriculum

ACELY1682

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purposeElaborationsusing pri...
ACELY1694

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language featuresElaborationsusing re...
ACELY1704

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationsusing research from print and digital resources t...
ACELY1714

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...

AC9E3LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic- specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetic
AC9E4LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation
AC9E5LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and pu
AC9E6LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual features

teaching resource

Magical Story Starters Task Cards

Updated: 03 Jul 2024

Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.

Story Starter Sentences for Your Students

Finding the perfect first sentence for a story can be a tricky task for our students. Sometimes, we see our students struggling to get started on a piece of writing because they just can’t get over that initial hurdle… the very first sentence!

Your students are bound to find a magical story starter sentence that inspires and excites them within this set of 30 task cards! Some of the magical story starter sentences included in this resource are:

Frederick the dragon had large, magical crystals that could…
As Kendra opened the door, she found a secret portal to…
One Friday morning, our teacher just disappeared into…
When Sara opened the bag, she found a spell book that…
Ever since Charlie’s 10th birthday, he has had the power to…

Plan, Write and Publish a Magical Story

Need some more guidance as to how you might use these story starter task cards with your students? Here are some thoughts from our experienced teacher team:

Choose – Have your students choose a story starter that appeals to them.
Plan – Allow your students to plan their stories. Teach Starter has a narrative planning template perfect for this purpose.
Write – Allow your students to write their stories. You may wish to set a time or page limit to keep the activity manageable.
Edit – Allow the students to edit their work. This could be done independently, in pairs or even in small groups.
Publish – Allow the students to create a final copy of their story. Why not use our narrative booklet template? Your students will feel like real authors when they produce a real-life book containing a story that they themselves have written!

Download These Story Starter Sentences

Use the Download button to access the colour PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource.

Print the task cards on thick card for added durability. Store them together in an envelope or large zip-lock bag for safekeeping.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.

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Curriculum

ACELY1682

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purposeElaborationsusing pri...
ACELY1694

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language featuresElaborationsusing re...
ACELY1704

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationsusing research from print and digital resources t...
ACELY1714

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...

AC9E3LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic- specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetic
AC9E4LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation
AC9E5LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and pu
AC9E6LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual features

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