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