Story Timer
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Roll the dice and use the story prompts provided to create an improvised story, or use your own ideas based on what the images represent

Exercise Instructions:

Step 1: Roll one story cube

Step 2: Ask students to look at the image and brainstorm as many English words as they can related to the picture.

For example, if the cube shows a picture of a "key": students might say "lock," "door," "open," "metal," "find," "treasure," "secret," etc.

Story Dice

Story Elements

🎲

Emotional Context

😊

Action Catalyst

🏃

Technology Devices

📱

Narrative Framework

Model Story Example

Here's how to use all four cubes together:

The old brass key felt heavy in Maya's trembling hand as she stood before the abandoned mansion's door. Her smartphone screen flickered, showing the mysterious coordinates that had led her here. The weathered key seemed to pulse with anticipation.

Suddenly, her phone buzzed with a notification: "You have exactly one hour before the portal closes forever." The countdown had begun. She could feel her heart racing with a mixture of fear and excitement.

As she inserted the key into the ancient lock, memories flooded back—her grandmother's stories about a hidden world accessible only through this very door. The lock clicked open with a sound that echoed through the silent night.

Without hesitation, Maya ran through the doorway, her footsteps echoing in the darkness. Her smartwatch illuminated the path ahead, revealing stairs spiraling downward into what seemed like infinity. She had discovered the entrance to a realm where technology and magic intertwined, where her grandmother had once been the guardian of secrets that could change humanity's future.

The adventure was just beginning, and Maya knew that finding this key was no accident—it was her destiny calling.