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Mystery Story Comic Creation

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Mystery Story Comic Creation

Use the story seed and clues below to plan and create a three-panel mystery comic. Give readers clues, build suspense and punctuate direct speech accurately. You may invent a different solution, but make sure it explains the evidence.

Read the story seed

At 4.15 pm, Amelia and Alfie were preparing the school radio studio for the next morning’s broadcast. The ON AIR sign flickered, although nobody had switched on the microphone. Then the studio door clicked shut. From the headphones came three soft taps. Keira, the station’s sound technician, hurried in. “Something odd is happening,” she said. On the mixing desk lay a damp strip of silver tape. A tiny muddy footprint marked the floor beside the open window. The studio’s recording light was still glowing. Who—or what—had made the sounds?

Investigate the clues

Use details from the story seed to work out what might be happening.

1.Which detail is the strongest physical clue that someone or something may have entered the studio?
  • The ON AIR sign flickered.
  • A tiny muddy footprint marked the floor beside the open window.
  • The studio door clicked shut.
  • The recording light was glowing.
2.What might the three taps and the glowing recording light suggest? Give one possible explanation and refer to a detail from the story.
3.Number these events from 1 to 4 in the order they happen in the story: Keira hurries in; the door clicks shut; Amelia and Alfie prepare the studio; three taps come through the headphones.
4.Rewrite this line using correct direct-speech punctuation: i heard the taps in the corridor too she said
5.Which sentence uses a short sentence most effectively to build suspense?
  • Amelia and Alfie were in the studio, which had lots of equipment and a window.
  • The taps sounded again. Closer.
  • The studio had a mixing desk, headphones and a microphone.
  • Keira walked into the room because she had heard a noise.
6.Invent a solution to the mystery. Explain who or what caused the taps, and how at least two clues—the silver tape, muddy footprint, open window, glowing recording light or flickering sign—fit your explanation.

Create your mystery comic

Plan a beginning, a tense discovery and a clue or reveal. Use captions, facial expressions and speech bubbles to help tell the story.

7.Draw the radio studio and show where your characters are. Add a caption or speech bubble that hints something is not quite right.
8.Draw the moment a strange sound or unexpected event happens. Use a sound effect and a correctly punctuated speech bubble.
9.Draw a clue being discovered or your solution being revealed. Add a final line that leaves the reader curious or explains what happened.
10.Write one suspense technique you used and one punctuation feature you checked in your dialogue.

3 printable pages

  • Mystery Story Comic Creation, page 1 of 3: Read the story seed, Investigate the clues

    Page 1

  • Mystery Story Comic Creation, page 2 of 3: Create your mystery comic

    Page 2

  • Mystery Story Comic Creation, page 3 of 3: 8. Draw the moment a strange sound or unexpected event happens. Use a sound effect and a

    Page 3

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