Comic Strip Template – 9-Panel Layout
A blank eight-panel comic strip template provides assorted speech, thought, and impact-burst bubbles with no accompanying prompt or example.
- Grades
- Grades 1–4
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Creative Arts, Art, Writing, Creative Writing
- Topic
- comic strips, comic book
- Resource types
- Templates, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Your students can make their own comic strip with this Comic Strip Template.
All you have to do is print and go.
There is space for 9 illustrations on this template.
Students will love crafting stories and retelling their comic to peers.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- sequence a short narrative across eight connected panels
- compose dialogue matched to the correct bubble type (regular speech vs. thought vs. shout/impact)
- pace a story visually using panel-by-panel structure
Teaching tips
- introduce panel-to-panel story pacing before handing out the blank template, since no instructions are given beyond the title
- point out the different bubble shapes (speech, thought, impact-burst) so students use each one appropriately
- pair with a mentor comic strip as a model, since no example or prompt appears on the page itself
Skills covered
- narrative sequencing
- creative writing
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Does the template include a writing prompt or story starter?
No — the page is entirely blank aside from the title, the eight panels, assorted bubble shapes, and a line for the author's name.
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- comic panel structure
- dialogue vs. thought bubbles
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