What’s in the bag? Story Elements Surprise Digital Activity

This engaging digital activity is designed to help teachers introduce and captivate students with the main story elements in a narrative. Each slide features a bag that the teacher or students can click on to reveal three different images: a character, a setting, and a problem. As each image is unveiled, students explain what they see, sparking curiosity and interest in the lesson about story elements.

Example Images Include

• Character: Pirate | Setting: The Ocean | Problem: Boat Sinking
• Character: Girl | Setting: School | Problem: Dropped Drink
• Character: Alien | Setting: Space | Problem: Broken Pencil

At the end of these fun slides, there is also a worksheet for students to write down one of the examples above and start crafting their own story.

Story Elements Lesson Planning

This resource is the perfect addition to your story elements lesson planning – it can be used as a lesson hook. Alternatively, this can also work perfectly as a story prompt for your students – or to discuss what a solution could be for each of these stories. The options are endless.

Download and Explore Today!

This resource is available to download in Google Slides.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

More Story Elements Resources for the Classroom

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