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What Are They Feeling?
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts, Other
Students show their understanding of basic emotions by assigning facial expressions to match the scene in the provided template comic. They also add text to explain the reasons behind these emotions.
Primary
Fill in the Blanks
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
In this fill-in-the-blank activity, students imagine a short dialogue to match the action and emotions that appear in the template comic.
Primary
Holiday Greeting Card
Arts, ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a holiday greeting card that they can then print and share with family and friends.
Primary Intermediate
My Pro Card
Arts, ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
In this starter activity, students create their personal "sports card", with basic biographical info plus a depiction of their avatar doing their favorite activity.
Primary
Christmas Carol Comic
Arts, ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a comic based on the lyrics and spirit of their favorite Christmas carol.
Primary Intermediate
Write a Comic Narrative
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
In this creative writing activity, students create a basic narrative in comic form.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
My Summer Vacation
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students practice their storytelling skills by showing what happened on the best day of their summer vacation.
Primary Intermediate
Knock-Knock Joke!
Arts, ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a comic showing their avatar deliver their favorite knock-knock joke, with emphasis on visual composition and perspective.
Primary Intermediate
Character Is...
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts, Values Education
Students show an everyday situation where someone demonstrates a positive character attribute.
Primary Intermediate
On, Above, Beside, Below
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students study the scene in the provided comic and then create sentences using positional words to demonstrate their understanding of the relative location of each object.
Primary
What's in Your Classroom?
ESL/ELL
In this vocabulary building exercise, students label at least 10 items in the Bitstrips classroom scene.
Topics:
vocabulary development
vocabulary development
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Descriptive Writing - Christmas
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
In this Primary or ESL/ELL activity, students describe what they see/hear/smell/taste/touch in a Christmas scene.
Primary
Dress for the Seasons
ESL/ELL, Health & Phys-Ed, English/Language Arts
Students use vocabulary associated with the seasons by showing their avatars performing seasonal activities, wearing the appropriate clothing.
Primary
Christmas Shenanigans
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
In this light-hearted activity, students create a humorous comic about Christmas.
Primary Intermediate
Somebody, Wants, But, So
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students retell a story in just 4 panels using the keywords Somebody, Wants, But and So.
Primary Intermediate
Adventure Story
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
This is a creative writing assignment where students create a short adventure story.
Primary Intermediate
Plan a Skit
Arts, ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students use the Comic Builder to plan skits as they will be seen from the audience's point of view.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Action Words
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students practice basic verb use and illustrate actions like going, telling and reading using their avatars.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
The Five Senses
ESL/ELL, Health & Phys-Ed, English/Language Arts
Students demonstrate the functions of each of the senses using their avatars, and identify the corresponding body parts using full sentences.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Celebrate Earth Hour
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts, Values Education
Students create a comic encouraging family or friends to participate in Earth Hour.
Primary Intermediate
Retell the Story
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a comic strip sequence to retell events in a story that is read to them. This activity can be used with younger students or with English language learners who are working at early stages of language acquisition.
Primary
A Timeline of Events
ESL/ELL, Social Studies, English/Language Arts
Students develop a timeline of school day events, weekly family routines, or a life history, to demonstrate awareness of personal relationships and change over time.
Primary
We Were Talking When...
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students show how to use the past continuous verb tense by adding appropriate captions to fit the action in the provided template comic.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
At a Restaurant
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students practice the language used when dining at a restaurant, from ordering to paying the bill.
Primary Intermediate
What Is Going To Happen?
ESL/ELL
Students show how to use future tense with "going to" by adding appropriate captions to fit the action in the provided template comic.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Physical Properties
ESL/ELL, Science
Students use their avatars to describe the physical properties of various objects.
Primary Intermediate
Illustrate Your Own Similes
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a simile and illustrate it in a comic.
Intermediate Secondary
Vocabulary at Home
ESL/ELL
In this vocabulary building exercise, students label at least 10 items in the Bitstrips Family Room scene.
Topics:
vocabulary development
vocabulary development
Primary Intermediate
Every Day
ESL/ELL
In this ESL activity, students show how to use present tense by reporting 3 things they do each day, and one thing they don't do.
Topics:
present tense
present tense
Primary Intermediate Secondary
How Do I Get To...?
ESL/ELL
Students show their understanding of the basic structure of imperatives and giving instructions in this survival skills-building exercise.
Topics:
imperatives
imperatives
Primary Intermediate
Yesterday
ESL/ELL
Students show how to use simple past tense by reporting 3 things they did the day before, and one thing they didn't.
Topics:
simple past tense
simple past tense
Primary Intermediate Secondary
This Is Really Happening!
ESL/ELL
Students show how to use the present continuous verb tense by adding appropriate captions to fit the action in the provided template comic.
Primary Intermediate Secondary
If Only...
ESL/ELL
Students construct conditional sentences with if and would, using the form, "If I had a party, I would invite you."
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Restaurant Vocabulary
ESL/ELL
In this vocabulary building exercise, students label at least 10 things in the Bitstrips restaurant scene.
Topics:
vocabulary development
vocabulary development
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Science Procedure
ESL/ELL, Science, English/Language Arts
In this sequential writing exercise, students create a comic strip that demonstrates a science procedure using transition words such as first, second, third, then, and next from panel to panel.
Primary Intermediate
Simile Mash-up
ESL/ELL, English/Language Arts
Students create a comic illustrating selected similes from a poem.
Intermediate Secondary
Present Perfect
ESL/ELL
Students practice using the present perfect form by describing things they have and haven't done today, this week, or this year.
Topics:
present perfect
present perfect
Primary Intermediate
Electric Vocabulary
ESL/ELL, Science, English/Language Arts
Students practice using electricity-related words by making a comic where they use those words in everyday conversation.
Primary
If I'm Lucky...
ESL/ELL
Students construct conditional sentences with if and when, using the form, "When I get home, I will cook dinner."
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Will You or Won't You?
ESL/ELL
Students demonstrate a basic understanding of structuring sentences in the future tense with "will".
Primary Intermediate Secondary
Vocabulary in the Workplace
ESL/ELL
In this vocabulary building exercise, students label at least 10 items in the Bitstrips office scene.
Topics:
vocabulary development
vocabulary development
Primary Intermediate Secondary