Help students creatively transform a story they have already written with this Multi-Genre Story Comic Strip Lesson! In this activity, students take the rising action of their existing narrative and rewrite it as a comic strip while learning about comic strip structure, visual storytelling, pacing, dialogue, and building suspense. Students explore how comics use panels, expressions, and limited dialogue to create tension and tell a story visually.

This lesson includes guided instruction, examples, and student notes to fill in during the lesson. Perfect for middle school ELA, this resource is fully editable and can be used for in-person or online learning.