Get students thinking, predicting, and storytelling with these engaging Choose What Happens Next? Task Cards! This interactive speaking activity combines Choose Your Own Adventure-style storytelling with critical thinking and discussion prompts.
Students read a story scenario, choose what happens next (A, B, or C), and continue the story in their own words. Each card encourages students to predict outcomes, explain their reasoning, and create unique story endings while building speaking, inferencing, and creative thinking skills.
What’s Included
- 48 scenario task cards
- Full-color version
How It Works
- Read the story scenario.
- Choose what happens next: A, B, or C.
- Continue the story in your own words.
- Share and compare different story endings with classmates.
Skills Practiced
- Speaking and storytelling
- Inferencing and prediction
- Creative thinking
- Critical thinking
- Reasoning and explanation skills
- Oral language development
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Highly engaging Choose Your Own Adventure format
- Encourages imagination and flexible thinking
- Every student can create a different ending
- Perfect for meaningful speaking practice
- Easy to prep and reuse
Perfect For
- ESL / ELL speaking lessons
- Creative writing warm-ups
- Critical thinking activities
- Speech and language groups
- Small groups and partner work
- Morning meetings and fast finishers
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Also Available on TpT
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