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Comic Master {Creative Writing}

Comic Master is a site that allows students to create their own comic book type stories. They provide the characters and the elements, and students just have to drag and drop to make their stories come to life.

As you can see below, there are many different things that you can do with Comic Master. They even have teaching resources that you can download to accompany their comics. The easiest way to share their comic with you at the end it to print it. I sometimes even have my students read their comics to the class! They really enjoy this.  


Part of what I love about Comic Master is that it gives students the ability to start from scratch and to design it how students envision it in their heads. I have done this activity with 1st - 12th graders and they have all had a great time with it. Students never cease to amaze me with the creative ideas that they come up with when given free rein on projects like this.


Try it out & let me know what you think,
Mrs. Tech

*If you are more of a visual learner, check out my "how to" video on using Comic Master, as well as some way to use it in the classroom.

**If you want to have your students try out Comic Master, download this tool that walks them through step by step directions on how to create their first story. 
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  1. Karen LisaFebruary 23, 2017 at 5:33 PM

    This is such a motivating lesson! Thank you!

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    1. HilaryFebruary 24, 2017 at 8:20 AM

      Absolutely! I love incorporating fun ways for students to share stories into my classroom :)

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  2. Fortune Cookie MomFebruary 23, 2017 at 9:18 PM

    That's a very awesome idea. I will wait until my kids are older to try it. Thanks.

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    1. HilaryFebruary 24, 2017 at 8:21 AM

      It's super fun! Who doesn't love creating comics?

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