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We’re celebrating Storytime’s 5th birthday with a special competition. Imagine, draw and describe your ideal superhero and we’ll pick our favourite and bring it to life in a Storytime story! Not sure where to begin? This pack will help you!

Top 5 Hero Tips

Problem and Power Exercise

Power and Problem Exercise

My Favourite Superhero

Heroic Words

Get to Know Your Hero

Character Description Sheet

Superhero Colouring

Superhero Sketches

Make a Superhero Mask

Design Your Superhero Symbol

Superhero Drawing Sheet

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In this pack:

What will your super power be?

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Teaching ResourcesStorytime Magazine Superhero Competition 2019


Make sure your hero is original and hasn’t appeared in a story or comic before. Your creation needs to come from your imagination and your imagination only!

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Don’t just think about how your superhero looks – what can they do? What special powers do they have? What makes your hero heroic and out of the ordinary? Powers can be silly or serious!

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Create a hero you’d be excited to read about. If your hero doesn’t make you feel interested and eager to know more, it won’t make anyone else feel that way either.

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Heroes don’t have to be adults – they don’t even have to be human. Heroes can be animals, they can even be objects brought to life (think Disney’s Cars). Get creative!

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Heroes don’t have to save the world. Some of the best heroes are everyday people making the world better in small ways.5

BRAINSTORM IT! Start scribbling your ideas here.

TOP 5 HERO TIPS

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One way to work out your superhero’s power is to think about the problems they could solve. We’ve put some problems in the left column. Fill in the right column with your ideas for special powers to fix each problem. We’ve given you an example to help you get started.

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PROBLEM AND POWER EXERCISE

Slugs are growing to mammoth sizes and people are afraid to go outside

Some kind of super shrinker or instant repellent that makes slugs shrivel up

The sun disappears and Earth is plunged into darkness

Cats and birds start a war with each other

The world runs out of chocolate!

Your family and friends forget who you are

A tiny race of aliens invades the planet

Your new teacher keeps setting hours of homework every night

Dogs become an endangered species

Your school loses every single football or netball match

A bully picks on anyone with curly hair

problem power


Now start with the power and work out what problem it could solve.

Once you have some ideas for powers and problems, you can start thinking about the type of character who might have them. TIP!

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POWER AND PROBLEM EXERCISE

You can change colour

You never need sleep

You can feel exactly what other people feel

You can be in two places at the same time

You can turn sugar into diamonds

You have perfect night vision

You can see five minutes into the future

You can make it rain

power problem

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If you like a footballer because they always score goals, ask yourself why they score so many goals. What skills do they have? Could it turn into a special power? Lightning speed? Bendy legs? Turbo kicks?

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Thinking about the heroes you admire should inspire you too. In the left column, list your favourite fictional heroes from comics, stories or films. On the right, list your heroes from real life – they could be family, friends, sports stars, world leaders, charity workers, explorers, or people from TV, film, music, fashion, You Tube or gaming. They could even be animals!

Write a few words to say why you like each hero too

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MY FAVOURITESUPERHERO

Fictional Superheroes real-life Superheroes

Start scribbling your ideas here


As part of your competition entry, we ask you to describe your superhero character. What heroic adjectives will you use to describe them? Tick your favourites on this list – or add your own!

HEROIC WORDS

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Adventurous Empathetic Knowledgeable RespectfulBold Energetic Level-headed ResponsibleBrave Enthusiastic Logical SecretiveCalm Fair Loyal SelflessCaring Fast Mysterious SensibleCharitable Fearless Noisy SensitiveCharming Flexible Opinionated SeriousCheerful Friendly Optimistic ShyClever Funny Organised SpeedyCompetitive Generous Outspoken SpontaneousConfident Gentle Patient StrongCourageous Gutsy Persistent SupportiveCreative Happy Persuasive TenaciousCurious Helpful Polite ThoroughDainty Honest Protective ThoughtfulDaring Imaginative Quiet ToughDecisive Intrepid Quick-witted ValiantDetermined Intuitive Realistic VersatileEfficient Kind Reliable Wise

You’ve thought about their powers and the problems they could solve. You’ve got words to describe them. Another great way to get to know your hero is to ‘interview’ them. Ask them questions and really bring them to life in your head. Give it a try!

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GET TO kNOW YOUr HErO

1. What is your favourite thing to do?

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2. What do you hate doing?

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3. Who is your best friend and why?

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4. Who is your worst enemy and why?

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5. What is your biggest strength?

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6. What is your greatest weakness?

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7. What trait do you most admire in other people?

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8. What or who do you fear and why?

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SUPERHERO NAME

Now fill out this sheet with your superhero details.


CHArACTEr DESCrIPTION SHEET

AGE GENDER

HAIR COLOUR/STYLE EYE COLOUR

LOCATION OF SECRET HEADQUARTERS

SPECIAL POWER

BEST FRIEND OR SIDEKICK

WORST ENEMY

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Warm up your superhero creation skills by colouring in this picture.

SUPERHERO COLOURING

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Now start sketching your own superhero. Your drawings don’t have to be perfect – work

quickly and scribble down your ideas.

SUPERHERO SKETCHES

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DESIGN A SUPERHERO SYMBOLHas your hero got a unique symbol, like

Spiderman’s spider, Batman’s bat and Wonder Woman’s W? Sketch your ideas in the shapes below.

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DRAWING SHEETNow put everything together and draw

your superhero. When you’re sure you’ve got it right, do your final drawing on our Competition Entry Form on the next page.

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Your hero in a special

Storytime story!

A bundle of books!

A cool winner’s

certificate!

NAME AGE

address

Parent or guardian Email

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COMPETITION:

Draw a Superhero!

NOW DESCRIBE YOUR HERO HERE!

Storytime Competition 2019: entry form

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