Pupils can retell stories that they are familiar and create comics based on their favourite characters with using the comic template provided in this resource pack. Using the template, pupils can draw comic strips and use the bubble templates and other graphics to add captions, sentences and dialogue.
A comic strip can be used in a variety of subjects to support pupils to record stories, for example in RE or English or used to recall events studied in history or geography.
What is included in this comic strip resource pack?
- comic strip template
- comic strip assets to cut out (colour and black and white PDF versions are available)
- teacher notes with guidance on how the resource could be used
National Curriculum English programme of Study
Writing - composition
Year 2
Pupils should be taught to develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
Pupils should be taught to consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
- planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
- writing down ideas and /or key words, including new vocabulary
Year 3/4
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- discussing and recording ideas
Year 5/6
Pupils should be taught to plan their writing by:
- noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary