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Chain Story
Each student adds one sentence to build a class story using target vocabulary.
⏱ 15-20 min⚡ Low energy👥 Whole class
📚 Vocabulary
• lesson vocabulary
• connectives
• then
• suddenly
• next
• finally
• storytelling language
🛠 Materials
• Whiteboard to write the story
• Vocabulary word list on board
📋 How to Play
- Write 8-10 vocabulary words on the board that must appear in the story.
- Teacher starts the story with one sentence — "One day a boy found a mysterious box."
- First student adds the next sentence — they must use one vocabulary word.
- Continue around the class — each student adds one sentence.
- Cross off vocabulary words as they are used.
- All vocabulary words must be used before the story can end.
- Last student must write an ending sentence.
- Read the whole story aloud together.
💡 Teacher Tips
✓Write the story on the board so students can see what came before.
✓Allow silly or unexpected sentences — this makes the story more fun.
✓This game naturally produces creative writing practice in a low-pressure way.
✓Read the finished story dramatically to celebrate the class achievement.
🔄 Variations
→Written chain story — each student writes their sentence on paper and passes it on.
→Genre story — specify the genre: horror, comedy, adventure or romance.
→Illustration — after the story each student draws one scene from it.
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