Story Element & Summary Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Look for known words within unknown
2. Divide word by syllables
3. Plot
4. The place and time of story
5. Character's Perspective
6. Read Context
7. The "Wrap up" of the story
8. Annotate each paragraph
9. Syllable
10. Sound it out
11. Character's mental or emotional struggle
12. Names, titles and places
13. Point when plot seems insurmountable
14. Highlight new words
15. A well-educated guess
16. A lesson teaching what's good or right
17. Story reads "(s)he/they"
18. Use various colors
19. Story told by someone "All Knowing"
20. Story reads "I/me/we"
21. Anybody whom the story involves
22. Narrative
23. Conflict
24. Supporting details