Bandes dessinées! What could be more fun?? I hand drew one of these templates on a whim one day and have already used them more than a few times, and at a couple different grade levels. You can switch up the format and dialogue depending on the subject, and leave more or less of the text blank to differentiate for abilities and age.

For this particular one, first graders had just been introduced to emotion vocabulary. We spent the first week practicing and playing games with "Je suis...", so they were accustomed to that format. The dialogue should look something like this:

-Bonjour!

-Bonjour!

-Comment ça va?

-Je suis ______________ . (triste, heureux, surpris, effrayé, ravi, etc.)

The fun part is filling in the thought bubble, since students get to decide what happened to the stick figure that day to make them feel a certain way and draw in the scenario (using lots of color of course!). I leave the template pretty basic on purpose, so when I get those kids who finish way earlier than the rest, I ask them to keep embellishing with expressive faces, clothing on the stick people, borders, etc.

Cute factor: 8/10
Happy doodling!