Grade 7 content can be adapted to lower grades.
STEP 1: Print off the character sheets from Peril in Pinebrook. Place students in groups of 4 and ensure each student within their groups has a different character. If groups are larger, it's ok if some characters are duplicated.
STEP 2: D&D Character Visual
STEP 3: Head-to-Toe Character Description
STEP 4: Character Backstory TEMPLATE
STEP 5: Character Backstory ASSIGNMENT
STEP 6: Character Introductions
Ensure students have dice (or use Google's dice).
Print copies of the individual encounters in the Peril in Pinebrook adventure. Students can take turns as the Dungeon Master (DM for short. They're like a referee.) for each encounter. The game is scripted for the DMs to reduce confusion and anxiety.
After every encounter, students will work with their group but complete their own version of the D&D Paragraph Writing graphic organizer. A new copy of the document for EACH encounter.
Once the game is complete, students will take the content from all their D&D Paragraph Writing documents and collate it into a single document.
There is lots of editing to be done at this point.
You likely have your own story writing checklists, graphic organizers, etc. Students are simply playing D&D to equip them with protagonists, antagonists, conflict, and elements across the plot diagram.