Get students motivated to write with this outer space theme graphic novel project! Take the pressure off writing by guiding students through creating their own comic book graphic novel!

This resource combines creative writing with visual storytelling. Perfect for students in 5th and 6th grade, there are prompts and vocabulary ideas to guide students in a comic book storytelling project. All students, from confident to reluctant writers, will enjoy crafting their outer space graphic novel by the end of this resource!

✨⬇️ This resource 4 sections to guide and plan the writing process:

Part One: Story World Creation

• Plan and design the main character

• Plan and design the villain

• Plan the setting and world

• Name the planet using a 'naming generator' activity

• Draw the world

Part Two: Writing Inspiration (Vocabulary)

• Story starters

• Conflict ideas

• Space-themed vocabulary

• Plot twist ideas

• Dialogue suggestions

• Sound effects

• Action words

• "Show, don't tell" prompts

• Emotion words and reaction phrases

Part Three: Story Structure (Teaching Points)

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

• Chapter planning organizer

Part Four: Editing and Publishing

• 4 mini editing checklists

• Self-assessment

• Peer review

• Publishing suggestions

• Ideas to showcase work

Bonus Feature: Comic Strip Templates

** 50+ pages of comic strip templates to print and create a graphic novel with! **

Students will:

✅ Be confident to start writing

✅ Use the prompts to spark imagination

✅ Have less pressure to come up with ideas

✅ Enjoy a unique creative writing task

Teachers will:

✴️ Engage students in creative story writing

✴️ Provide a complete structured graphic novel activity

✴️ Offer prompts and ideas to enhance creative writing skills

✴️ Encourage imaginative thinking

✴️ Have a printable, no preparation resource

➡️ Ways to Use This Resource:

• Independent writing task

• Week long writing unit

• Graphic novel creation unit

• Group collaboration project

• Early finisher activity

• Homework assignment

• Intervention for reluctant writers