This Murder Mystery Roll-A writing prompt resource will get your students writing clever mysteries with exciting twists! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide the victim, suspect, murder weapon, scene of the crime and the victim’s shocking secret with this handy writing prompt resource.
☸ Example Rolls
⚀ -1- Victim: Wealthy entrepreneur
⚁ -2- Suspect: Known criminal
⚂ -3- Murder Weapon: Bottle of poison
⚃ -4- Scene of Crime: Behind the stables
⚄ -5- Victim’s Secret: Was an impostor
✂ Contents
✏ Teacher notes explaining how to implement Roll A Writing Prompt resource in the classroom
✏ Grading/marking rubric should you wish to use this resource as an assessment item
✏ Student-friendly instructional slideshow presentation that will hype up the activity and explain every aspect of Roll A Writing Prompts to ensure student success with the activity
✏ A full-page grid detailing the options for each side of a dice, in colour or black and white master
✏ Recording and story writing sheet
✏ Challenge vocabulary - can students use the included words in their stories? Easy differentiation, with beginner, intermediate and expert vocabulary levels.
✏ Story starters for those who need the little extra nudge!
✏ Printable dice template with instructions (two sizes: large and small)
▶ Teacher Preparation Instructions
Ensure students understand the basics of narrative writing before implementing in the classroom. You could print a copy to add to writing centers, display the color version on the board for a class activity or hand out individual copies to students. Children can view on any digital device and type into a Word document if distance learning.
This Legendary Fable Roll A Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative and thought-provoking stories with moral lessons! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide the moral lesson, creatures, object and (if they’re up for it!) a challenge for tale that is sure to get passed down from generation to generation of students!
☸ Example Rolls
⚀ -1- Moral Lesson: It’s important to think ahead.
⚁ -2- Creature 1: Mouse
⚂ -3- Creature 2: Cat
⚃ -4- Object: A tall tree
⚄ -5- ! Challenge ! Make your fable funny.
⚠ Preview Product
Download the PREVIEW to view a demo with student-friendly instructions.
✂ Contents
+ A full-page sheet detailing the options for each side of a dice
+ Printable dice template (two dice per page)
+ British and American English versions
+ Recording and story writing sheet
+ Student-friendly instructional presentation
✂ Teacher Preparation Instructions
Ensure students understand the basics of narrative writing before implementing in the classroom, in addition to the particulars of the fable genre.
✂ Suggestions for Use in the Classroom
You could print a copy to add to writing centres, display the color version on the board for a class activity or hand out individual copies to students.
This Survival Roll-A Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative stories about tough survival! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide the companions to the survivor, environment, equipment, how nature strikes and what they can get for dinner of their very own Survival Story with this handy Roll-A writing prompt resource.
☸ Example Rolls
⚀ -1- Companions: Tour group
⚁ -2- Environment: Unforgiving jungle
⚂ -3- Equipment: Smart phone (no signal)
⚃ -4- Nature Strikes: Reptiles
⚄ -5- For Dinner: Exotic fruit
⚠ Preview Product
Download the PREVIEW to view a demo with student-friendly instructions.
✂ Contents
+ A full-page sheet detailing the options for each side of a dice
+ Printable dice template (two dice per page)
+ British and American English versions
+ Recording and story writing sheet
+ Student-friendly instructional presentation
✂ Teacher Preparation Instructions
Ensure students understand the basics of narrative writing before implementing in the classroom.
An aesthetically pleasing scaffolded novel review worksheet that can be used with ANY book for ANY subject/topic, with plenty of space for students to write notes and answer the question prompts. Then, when students have handed it in, grade their work with the included marking rubric! Easy assessment!
Contents
Two versions of the worksheet, both versions in British and American English. The worksheet covers the following categories:
Feelings when reading the book
Rating
Liked/Disliked
Engagement
Characterization
Literary Devices
Target Audience
Instructions for use
Ensure students have read the entire book, and then print a copy for each student. You could use this as a note-taking page if a book review is an assessment piece, or you can ask students to fill it in full-sentences and ask them to hand it back in for grading. I find this worksheet is excellent set as homework as a revising tool.