The comic templates on this page can be a useful resource as you introduce your students to MakeBeliefsComix.com. They are intended to get your ESOL students started in making their own comic strips. The questions posed in the first panel of each should help stimulate a student's thinking about ideas which she may want to express in building comic strip stories. You can have your students print out any template shown here and then fill in by hand the second blank panel with their written responses. Or, better yet, have your students use MakeBeliefsComix.com to create a comic strip in which they replicate your first panel with the question prompt. Next, ask each student to choose a comic character to represent her- or himself, then place that character in the second panel and type words into a talk or thought balloon with the character's response to the original question prompt.
You can also use the comic modules as conversation starters for ESOL lessons; just print them out and distribute among two-person teams with each member questioning one another for their responses. Not only will your students be practicing their new language, but they will be learning a lot about each other. This will help them build stronger personal bonds with each other and make for a close class community. By all means create your own comic strip starters, too, on subjects that are important to you.
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MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX COMIC STARTERS FOR ESOL
LIFE GOALS - Print the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
GROWING UP - Print the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
HAPPIEST MEMORY. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
WHOM DO YOU ADMIRE? Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
BEST THING EVER. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
AN EARLY MEMORY. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
A HOBBY OR INTEREST. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
A MAGIC WISH - Print the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
DIFFICULT THING. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
CHANGE THE WORLD. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
FUNNY OR SAD STORIES. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
FIRST DAY IN THE US. Now, using MakeBeliefsComix.com, create a comic strip in which you choose a character to represent you and write your character's response in a talk or thought balloon. Use as many blank panels as you need. Or you can PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the second panel by hand.
BLANK COMIX TEMPLATE. PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the comix by hand.
BLANK COMIX TEMPLATE. PRINT the template above and have your ESOL students complete the comix by hand.