teaching resource

Story Ideas – Character, Setting, and Complication Cards

Updated: 23 Jul 2024

Help your students choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 9 Pages
Years: 2 - 4

Curriculum

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

VC2E2LY11

Create short narrative, informative and persuasive texts for familiar audiences using simple text structures, topic-specific vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E2LY12

Re-read and edit texts for spelling, sentence boundary punctuation and text structure
VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure

teaching resource

Story Ideas – Character, Setting, and Complication Cards

Updated: 23 Jul 2024

Help your students choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 9 Pages
Years: 2 - 4

Help your students choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.

Use this set of cards to jump-start your students’ creative juices when writing a narrative text.

Print out the cards on card and cut them out. Place them on a binder ring for students to use when they are stumped for what to write about.

The cards include ideas about:

characters
settings
complications.

The cards can be used separately, or you can challenge your students to select a card from each category without looking and write a text including all three!

Looking for a way to use these cards as a whole class? Project one of the cards on the screen and set a timer for 10 minutes. Have your students complete a quick write using the card.

These cards are also a great addition to any writing centre!

Curriculum

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

VC2E2LY11

Create short narrative, informative and persuasive texts for familiar audiences using simple text structures, topic-specific vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E2LY12

Re-read and edit texts for spelling, sentence boundary punctuation and text structure
VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure

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Laica Ayo · a year ago

Hi Lea, the ideas shown in the 1st picture are on page 5 of the PDF file. Please feel free to reach out to our support team via the chat icon if you need further help. Have a great rest of your day!