Plan a 'choose your own adventure' story
Students create a storyboard to plan a ‘choose your own adventure' story, where the reader is provided with a number of decisions that lead to alternative endings.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 3-4 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Algorithms |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI4P02
Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
| Keywords | Branching, Algorithms, Choose your own adventure, Storyboard, Inclusive education, disability, disabilities |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | English, Digital Literacy, Inclusive education |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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