(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 local product and use it as the focus of a lyric essay.
Jot down an overheard conversation.
Keep a diary like Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries.
Read local, then write an imitation inspired by your reading.
Use found objects for inspiration for writing.
Arrange words from local signs into a found poem.
With a partner, write a Renga about what you have noticed on your trip.
Write a scene in which no one talks.
Write a series of postcards.
Make glossary of terms and inside jokes from the trip.
Watch tv. Write about a commercial.
Interview someone who is local where you are visiting.
Take a walk. Notice the sounds and smells. Write something that includes five of each.
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.
Invent a fictional character, and set them where you have traveled.
Choose a local animal to highlight in a poem/story.
Write a Tanka journal (one Tanka per day)
Notice your food. Write about new flavors or food rituals.
Compare and contrast with your experience at home.
Make gratitude list of good moments from your trip.
Learn a historical fact, and use it as a starting point for writing.
Use the fragments you collected (maps, receipts, plane tickets) in a work of nonfiction.
