tell the story of your life
Select a character to represent you and speak for you as you talk about yourself, your life story, and your interests. introduce yourself, talk about who you are, what you do, what interests you, what you like or don’t like. If you come from another country, tell us where you are from and how was your life. you may also want to use other characters in your comic strip to introduce family members or best friends. In your comic strip, have the character talk or think about the important parts of your life that you want to share with others.
travel to a mysterious place
Pretend you could travel to a mysterious land, planet, or star. What is your character thinking or saying when he begins to travel on his journey, as he hopes, and
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expectations? What strange things or creatures does your character see or find in this mysterious land? have your character comment on what he sees or finds or strike up a conversation with a person, creature, or animal he finds. this can be in the form of greetings, dialogue, jokes, questions, or having the mysterious creature talk about her life. ask them to react to each other; for example, they can comment on their appearance, they can talk about their favorite foods or customs. They can also talk about real-life concerns, like living with bullies, loneliness, loss, problems on their minds.
make wishes come true
Pretend you could have three wishes come true. which would be select a character to make a wish. In a speech bubble, have your main character explain to another why this wish was made and what it means to him or her. you can make this other character react or comment on the main character’s selection of wishes or even express her own wish that she would like to see come true.
a day at work
pretend you’re in the office. Your boss is talking to the staff and you have the power to read the hidden thoughts and dreams of your co-workers while the boss is speaking. choose a character to be the boss who talks to the office workers. what are your words? place thought balloons on people’s heads and write their secret thoughts on them or place the image that corresponds to their thoughts. if you want, you can also use speech bubbles to make the office workers respond to the boss’s words.
a day at school
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pretend you’re at school. Your teacher is talking to the students in your class, and you have the power to read the hidden thoughts and dreams of your classmates while the teacher is giving a lesson. Choose a character to be the teacher who talks to the students. what are your words? Now, what is going on in the students’ heads? Put thought balloons over the students’ heads and write their secret thoughts on them. if you like, you can use speech bubbles to have students respond to the teacher’s words.
write a love story
pretend you can tell a beautiful love story. how would it go?
a new fairy tale
pretend you’re telling a favorite fairy tale. how would you change the story?
create a song
pretend you could write a poem or sing a song to someone. what are the things you would like to say? Who would you tell and how would they react?
a meeting
pretend you could talk to someone you thought was lost forever. what are the words you would use? how would that other person react?
healing words
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make believe you thought of the words to heal all people. what are the words your character would use?
a fun party
pretend you can throw the funniest party in the world. where would it be? who would you invite? Or, maybe your party turns into a disaster. what’s up?
how to deal with bullies
Pretend you could effectively defend yourself against a stalker or someone who is mean to you. What are the words you would say to this person? what response would you have after someone tries to embarrass you?
find your courage
pretend you can be bold and brave for a day. what great works would you do? how would you change?
a new identity
Make believe you could transform into the person you always wanted to be. Who would she be and what would that person be like?
pass it on
Pretend you can pass a message to one person, and that person passes the message to someone else, and that person to someone else, and so on. how would you keep changing the original message?