SECRET AGENT Roll & Write: Narrative Graphic Organiser

Support your students with creative story writing by using this engaging Roll & Write narrative writing graphic organiser. This task features sentence starters for the story beginning and problem, a character creator, descriptive setting ideas, and a plot diagram template. This creative writing activity helps students think of the character, setting, and problem to support the writing process.

Narrative writing should be an enjoyable learning opportunity and students deserve the chance to feel successful. One of the main struggles students face when starting a writing task is thinking of an idea and organising their thoughts. With this task, there are many prompts and ideas to choose from. The roll-a-die-and-select method helps keep students engaged. Once students have had time to brainstorm, the concise narrative graphic organiser and plot diagram will help them gather all their ideas.

Students will enjoy the secret agent theme which prompts creative ideas. The spy-themed problems and settings will hook students’ creative minds immediately. Watch as imagination sparks and students create a dynamic character to include in their writing piece.

5 pages of story writing activities including:

• Roll a story starter
• Roll & create a setting
• Roll & create a character
• Roll a story problem
• Plot diagram template with story arc

This printable, no-prep resource guides students through creating a character and setting by rolling a die and using the creative options available to plan. There are also pages for a story starter, problem, and solution. Students then complete the plot diagram graphic organizer with all their ideas. This task is easy to implement and a perfect way to get students excited about the narrative writing process.

Enjoy these benefits when using this activity in your learning space:

• Take away the burden of coming up with ideas
• Sentence story starters will get students writing straight away
• Immerse students in descriptive language