Most people love choices: left or right, onwards or homewards, yes or no, combined with the trepidation of ‘what if…?’ or ‘have I made the right decision?’ This task suggestion is loosely based on a series of novels published in the UK in the mid-1980s; novels in which the reader could decide the fate of the protagonist depending on decisions made or routes chosen.

The ultimate aim of the task, the desired learner outcome, is to facilitate a working knowledge of narrative tenses, modal verbs, conditional structures and vocabulary relating to character and adventure. The desired aim of the task, however, is to promote team-working skills, communication development and to have fun, a commonly neglected word! Amalgamating the two approaches needn’t be hard work for the teacher and the end product can be made into wall posters, a school presentation or a ‘take home and keep’ novella.

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