(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Take a walk. Notice the sounds and smells. Write something that includes five of each.
Notice your food. Write about new flavors or food rituals.
Invent a fictional character, and set them where you have traveled.
Interview someone who is local where you are visiting.
Take a local product and use it as the focus of a lyric essay.
Learn a historical fact, and use it as a starting point for writing.
Write an ekphratic poem about a work of art you saw on the trip.
Notice words used in the local vernacular. Start a poem/story with them.
Write about a childhood memory brought to mind from your travels.
Use found objects for inspiration for writing.
With a partner, write a Renga about what you have noticed on your trip.
Make gratitude list of good moments from your trip.
Watch tv. Write about a commercial.
Write a Tanka journal (one Tanka per day)
Write a series of postcards.
Arrange words from local signs into a found poem.
Keep a diary like Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries.
Jot down an overheard conversation.
Choose a local animal to highlight in a poem/story.
Make glossary of terms and inside jokes from the trip.
Compare and contrast with your experience at home.
Use the fragments you collected (maps, receipts, plane tickets) in a work of nonfiction.
Read local, then write an imitation inspired by your reading.
