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