Aims of the game
Contents
The card game The Story Maker is aimed at A2/B1 (CEFR) language level students who therefore already have a basic knowledge of the English language. The game allows students to increase their vocabulary (people, animals, places, objects), grammar knowledge, use of verbs (conjugate different verb tenses) and encourages the development of sentence structure. It is a perfect teaching tool for helping to construct sentences and is an excellent stimulus for creating stories: characters, places, objects and actions have been chosen to ensure various possibilities of combinations between them. In addition, it provides a good opportunity to learn how to correctly use and insert articles and prepositions, within the individual elements of sentences.
The game contains: 132 cards divided into five packs of different coloured cards. Each pack of cards corresponds to a category of words (people, animals, places, objects, verbs), and each category also includes two joker help cards. Each card has an image with a caption. The cards are divided into categories: 20 cards with common nouns for people (purple cards) + 2 joker cards 20 cards with common nouns for animals (green cards) + 2 joker cards 20 cards with common nouns for places (orange cards) + 2 joker cards 20 cards with nouns for objects of everyday use (red cards) + 2 joker cards 42 cards with high-frequency verbs (blue cards) + 2 joker cards
This game also stimulates the ability to evaluate and helps to widen the lexical area of language related to assessment and testing, thanks to the feedback that opposing players provide amongst themselves: Excellent – Very good – Good – Average – Pass – Fair – Not bad – Try again – You can do better – I'm sorry, it’s unsatisfactory.
1 dice to indicate the narrative genre: dramatic, romantic/comedy, action, mystery/thriller, fantasy/ science fiction, comedy. 1 dice to indicate the verb tenses: - 2 faces for the present tense (present simple / present continuous) - 2 faces for the past tense (past simple/continuous / past perfect) - 2 faces for the future (will / going to) 60 reward tokens 1 instruction booklet with instructions and ideas
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PEOPLE
ANIMALS
PLACES
OBJECTS
VERBS
actress lawyer waitress singer chef doctor electrician delivery man gardener plumber teacher thief mechanic shop assistant hairdresser police officer student taxi driver vet firefighter 2 joker cards
dog horse elephant butterfly cat giraffe cricket owl lion cow bear parrot bat spider frog monkey scorpion snake tortoise mouse 2 joker cards
airport library house cinema desert cave hotel island sea mountain shop hospital gym park swimming pool restaurant school station road theatre 2 joker cards
car cup bag hat key knife rope scissors cage jewellery book sunglasses wig pen saucepan shoe box money mirror telephone 2 joker cards
love open listen wait dance drink fall walk sing look for ask close hit buy run cook draw sleep shout drive read
plumber
cat
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park
hat
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eat hide pay speak lose cry bring act laugh break steal jump greet escape write dream study cut phone get dressed travel 2 joker cards
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