Retell in Comic Form

Retelling stories by creating a comic is a lot more exciting than a worksheet! The visual nature of comics helps students cement ideas through nonlinguistic representation.

Because of the limited space for text in a panel, students must summarize, helping them learn to analyze the content of the story and evaluate which information is critical to share, an instructional strategy backed by research. (Marzano et al., 2001).

6-Panel Page Template

Use a simple 4-box graphic organizer to have younger students organize by beginning, middle and end. Older students can also share character, plot, and setting or summarize key events in order.

4 Equal Boxes Template