Comic stripsAges 6–8
Three-Panel Comic
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Story sheet · Story starters · Ages 6–8
Uh-Oh! Problem Planner
Plan a story around a problem: who is in it, where they are, what goes wrong and how it gets fixed.
- Ages
- Ages 6–8 (grades 1–3)
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Part of a story
- Story starters
- Kids practice
- story structure, problem and solution, planning
What kids do
“Stories get good when something goes wrong. Plan your uh-oh!”
- Who is in the story?
- Where are they?
- Uh-oh! What goes wrong?
- Who helps?
- How does it get fixed?
How to run it
- Brainstorm everyday problems first: a lost shoe, a spilled drink, a pet that runs off.
- Then make them bigger and sillier.
- This plan becomes the outline for a full story or a comic.
Talk about it
- Could the problem get even worse before it gets better?
- Did the character fix it alone or with help?
- How does the character feel at the end?
Take it further
Turn the plan into a three-panel comic.
Draw first, then write
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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