This collection of 75 cartoons will inspire students’ creative writing while making them laugh. Images of varying complexity are included so that students with a wide range of critical thinking and writing abilities may be engaged meaningfully. The illustrations may be used as “starters” for a variety of forms of writing and can be used to augment any writing program. Or use them as a meaningful “filler” activity when students have extra classroom time. 

Introduction:

Learning Expectations

Teacher Notes

Student Editing Checklist 

Divided into five sections based on the primary genre of the illustrations: 

1. Adventure
2. Careers
3. Fantasy
4. General Fiction
5. Sports 

Each story starter worksheet includes an illustration and blank word box, a blank line for the story’s title, and numbered blank lines for the story itself. 

For easy reference, the story genre and illustration number are listed at the top of each page. Care has been taken to provide gender and racial balance. 

The word box provides space for students to brainstorm key words. 

Students should complete this list before writing to stimulate their creative thinking. The blank lines are numbered so that you may easily give students instructions on how long their creative writing piece should be. 

Students may be given the Editing Checklist and Proofreader’s Marks either before or after writing a story. The checklist is a useful guide for proofreading their stories, and the chart of proofreader’s marks lists the commonly used symbols, or shorthand, and their meanings.

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