Story Cards: Shopping

These storytelling task cards are perfect for shopping, Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and birthday-themed lessons that focus on speaking, creative storytelling, communication, or even writing!

10/11/2022

SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary
SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary
SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary

Story Cards are a great way to warm up a class! These storytelling task cards re perfect for shopping-themed lessons that focus on speaking, creative storytelling, communication, or even writing! No matter if it's a lesson that focuses on shopping, Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, birthdays, a vocabulary project, a creative writing workshop, or just a warm-up activity - use these cards to make your students use their creativity!

These Christmas, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and birthdays-themed story cards were added to my

Story Cards Growing Bundle

What is it?

  • a versatile ELA activity

  • focusing on communication and accuracy

  • ESL levels: A2/B1 -> but can be used with more advanced students as well!

  • for classroom and digital use

  • individual or pair/group work

  • a lot of fun and super cute!

What's included?

  • 31 unique story cards: each card consists of 4 different graphics - all stories are seasonal! + short rules of the game

  • a printable template to let your students design their own stories

  • a PDF file with 1 card per page

  • a printable PDF version with 3 cards per page

  • in both A4 and US Letter format

  • in colour and B&W

Can be used as:

  • a warm-up activity - grab your students' attention with a quick story

  • a speaking task - use the cards to practice cooperative storytelling

  • a homework assignment - some students create amazing stories when not under pressure

  • a writing assignment - use the cards as writing prompts to practice writing and accuracy

  • a classroom project - create a story and draw it as a project

Aims of the activity:

  • to review/learn thematic vocabulary, objects, and verbs

  • to be able to form longer sentences

  • to foster creativity and communication

  • to review grammar and practice accuracy

  • to have fun!

SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary
SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary
SHOPPING ELA ESL Creative Task Cards for speaking writing, and vocabulary