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Co-operative team writing game + wizards = fun. This game has students remember one part of a word or sentence (or, in theory, any bit of information you want to convey), then put them all together to unlock a chance at getting points for their team.
There's a classic game in the EFL community called 'Sleeping Elephants', where students close their eyes, then take turns opening them to see part of a word or sentence. I liked the co-operative aspect of the game, and the 'sleeping' part made sense given that students were closing their eyes... but I honestly never understood why pachyderms were involved. I made an earlier take on that concept called 'Treasure Hunter' that (thematically, at least) placed teams instead in a darkened tomb with lamps illuminating tablets to open treasure (TL;DR: less elephants, more treasure). Now we have wizards, wands, and cursed magical artifacts to spice things up even more (TL;DR: less tomb-robbing, more wizards).
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Once each student on a team has seen their respective piece of the 'password', everyone opens their eyes and teams put the answer together (on their whiteboard, notebook, or wherever you would like them to write).
Here, however, the key difference between Wizard's Treasure and earlier iterations of the concept comes into play: 'opening the door' isn't the end of the round, but rather the opportunity to choose one of three treasure chests. Inside of these chests are magical items right at home in (but in no way affiliated with!) your favorite wizard tales, such as broomsticks, spellbooks, potions, and pointy hats. Students must beware, however, as there are also occasionally minus points in the form of evil books, poisons, and cursed cauldrons.
Hopefully this game can give some extra motivation to your students to work together and practice their comprehension and writing skills (or, as with most of my other games, you could even adapt it for math or other subjects).