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