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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game

Updated: 04 Jul 2024

Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.

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

Curriculum

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AC9E1LY06

Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllab
AC9E2LY06

Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic- specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words
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

Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game

Updated: 04 Jul 2024

Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.

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

Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.

Roll to Create a Magical Story

Are you looking for a student-centred activity to help your students unleash their inner author during Book Week 2024? Then look no further than Teach Starter’s Roll to Create a Magical Story dice game!

This game is a fun and engaging way to get your students’ imaginations flowing and inspire new ideas for a magical story. The dice game adds an element of chance to the activity, making any number of combinations possible regarding settings, characters and magical objects.

The game features three differentiated versions: a pictures-only version, a words-and-pictures version and a words-only version. We recommend choosing the version that best meets the needs of your class or individual students.

Read on to learn how to play this “Roll to Create” game with your students!

How to Play This “Roll to Create” Dice Game

To get your students to create magical stories worthy of the 2024 Book Week theme, “Reading Is Magic”, simply follow the steps below!

First Roll: Setting – Students roll the dice to establish the setting of their story. There are six settings: castle, beach, mountains, forest, another planet and the circus. Once the students have found the setting that matches the number rolled, they record the setting on their worksheet.
Second Roll: Character – Students roll the dice to establish the main character of their story. There are six main characters: knight, witch, alien, wizard, elf and dragon. Once the students have found the character that matches the number rolled, they record the character on their worksheet.
Third Roll: First Object – Students roll the dice to establish the first object to feature in their story. There are six objects: potion, magic wand, magic bag, mushrooms, spellbook and crystal ball. Once the students have found the object that matches the number rolled, they record the object on their worksheet.
Fourth Roll: Second Object – Students roll the dice to establish the second object to feature in their story. There are six objects: crystals, broom, map, pestle and mortar, magic dice and secret door. Once the students have found the object that matches the number rolled, they record the object on their worksheet.
Writing Time! – Students write a magical story based around the setting, character and two objects that matched their dice rolls. A sheet has been provided within the resource; however, older students will likely need a lot more space to write their stories!

Download This “Roll to Create” Game for Book Week 2024

This dice game downloads as an easy-print PDF or editable Google Slides file. Use the Download button to select your preferred file option. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template on your personal drive before accessing it.)

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

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Curriculum

ACELY1661

Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagramsElaborationsref...
ACELY1671

Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose...
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 ...

AC9E1LY06

Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllab
AC9E2LY06

Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic- specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words
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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