Story Token Builder

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 develop collaborative writing, creativity, and digital literacy skills by simulating how large language models generate text one token at a time. Working with a partner, learners take turns adding a single word or short phrase to build a story without planning ahead, mirroring how AI predicts the next piece of text rather than the full outcome.

Learning Goals

• Collaborative Storytelling (Grades 4-6) – Building a shared narrative through turn-taking and cooperation
• Sequential Writing Skills – Understanding how meaning develops step by step in written text
• Creativity & Improvisation – Adapting ideas in real time without preplanning
• AI Text Generation Concepts – Learning how LLMs generate text one token at a time

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to support ELA writing and digital literacy standards
• Interactive Partner Activity – Encourages engagement, communication, and teamwork
• Conceptual AI Modeling – Makes abstract AI processes concrete and student-friendly
• Reflection Questions Included – Deepens understanding of how sequential generation affects outcomes
• Low-Prep Format – Easy to print and use in classrooms or homeschool settings

This printable worksheet helps students experience firsthand how stories can emerge from small, incremental choices. By building a narrative token by token, learners strengthen writing fluency, creativity, and collaboration while gaining insight into how AI systems generate text. It is a flexible resource for classroom and homeschool instruction focused on storytelling, process awareness, and foundational understanding of AI-generated language.

This worksheet is part of our How LLMs Work Worksheets collection.