Teaching Resource

Choose Your Own Destiny - Writing Template

PDF | 1 page|Grades: 4 - 6

Students use a template to help them write stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.

This teaching resource gives students the opportunity to write their own story with alternative story lines and endings. Use the Plan Your Own Adventure Template to help students to sequence and plan their ideas before writing. Give students adequate time to write their narrative stories. Allow students to share their work with their peers, either in pairs or as a whole class share. The class will be excited to request which path they want read to them.

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NSW Curriculum alignment

EN2-11D
Responds to and composes a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own
In English Stage 2 D. Express themselves and their relationships with others and their world
EN2-12E
Recognises and uses an increasing range of strategies to reflect on their own and othersâ€™ learning
In English Stage 2 E. learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English
EN2-1A
Communicates in a range of informal and formal contexts by adopting a range of roles in group, classroom, school and community contexts
In English Stage 2 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN2-7B
Identifies and uses language forms and features in their own writing appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN2-8B
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN3-1A
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
In English Stage 3 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN3-2A
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
In English Stage 3 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN3-7C
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
In English Stage 3 C. Think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELT282
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships
In English Level 4 Reading and Viewing Literature
VCELT283
Describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts
In English Level 4 Reading and Viewing Literature
VCELT284
Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readersâ€™ interest by using various techniques
In English Level 4 Reading and Viewing Literature
VCELT298
Create literary texts that explore studentsâ€™ own experiences and imagining
In English Level 4 Writing Literature
VCELT306
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view
In English Level 4 Speaking and Listening Literature
VCELT314
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences
In English Level 5 Reading and Viewing Literature
VCELT327
Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors
In English Level 5 Writing Literature
VCELT328
Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced
In English Level 5 Writing Literature
VCELT355
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts
In English Level 6 Writing Literature
VCELT356
Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways
In English Level 6 Writing Literature

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELT1602
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationshipsElaborationscommenting on how authors have established setting and period in different cultures and times and the relevance of characters, ac...
In English Year 4 Literature Literature and context
ACELT1603
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view Elaborations sharing and discussing students' own and others' understanding of the effects of particular literary techniques on their appreciation of t...
In English Year 4 Literature Responding to literature
ACELT1604
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary textsElaborationsexamining the authorâs description of a characterâs appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the characterâs d...
In English Year 4 Literature Responding to literature
ACELT1605
Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readersâ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tensionElaborationsexamining the authorâs description of a c...
In English Year 4 Literature Examining literature
ACELT1607
Create literary texts that explore studentsâ own experiences and imaginingElaborationsdrawing upon literary texts students have encountered and experimenting with changing particular aspects, for example the time or place of the setting, adding ...
In English Year 4 Literature Creating literature
ACELT1612
Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experiencedElaborationsusing texts with computer-based graphics, animation and 2D qualities, consider how and why par...
In English Year 5 Literature Creating literature
ACELT1618
Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative waysElaborationscreating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of nar...
In English Year 6 Literature Creating literature
ACELT1794
Create literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settingsElaborationscollaboratively plan, compose, sequence and prepare a literary text along a familiar storyline, using film, sound and images to convey setting, characters and points o...
In English Year 4 Literature Creating literature
ACELT1795
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiencesElaborationsorally, in writing or using digital media, giving a considered interpretation and opinion about a literary text, recognising t...
In English Year 5 Literature Responding to literature
ACELT1798
Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authorsElaborationsdrawing upon fiction elements in a range of model texts - for example main idea, characterisation, setting (time and place), narrative ...
In English Year 5 Literature Creating literature
ACELT1800
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choiceElaborationsselecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of ...
In English Year 6 Literature Creating literature

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