This comprehensive NAPLAN Narrative Writing Test Prep Pack is designed to help students master narrative structure, plot development, and timed writing practice using the Seven Steps to Writing Success approach. Aligned with the NAPLAN writing test requirements, this resource provides structured scaffolding, engaging prompts, and assessment tools to ensure students feel confident when tackling the narrative writing task—whether handwritten or typed to simulate NAPLAN Online. Why This Resource? NAPLAN-Aligned – Covers essential narrative writing skills assessed in the NAPLAN test. Seven Steps Writing Approach – Supports students in crafting compelling, well-structured stories. Focus on Plot Elements – Helps students master key narrative components, including sizzling starts, tension-building, and resolution. NAPLAN Online Preparation – Encourages typed responses using a word processor for digital test readiness. Scaffolded for Success – Ideal for all writing levels, with targeted support for struggling writers. Easy-to-Follow Structure – A step-by-step breakdown for both teachers and students. What’s Included? Personal Narrative Exemplar – A model text for students to analyse and learn from. Story Map – A structured organiser guiding students through key plot elements. 20 Comprehension Questions – Reinforce understanding of writing techniques and Seven Key Narrative Elements. Scaffolding Writing Tips & Examples Reference Sheet – A quick guide to improve writing fluency. Structured Breakdown of a Narrative Sheet – Ensures students include essential narrative elements. ‘Responding to the Narrative Prompt’ Guided Writing Sheet – A scaffolded roadmap for struggling writers. Student Self-Editing Checklist – Helps students refine their work before final submission. Teacher Marking Rubrics (2 Versions) – Simplifies grading with clear assessment criteria. Lined Publishing Sheets – Ideal for handwritten responses or digital typing practice to simulate NAPLAN Online. 7 NAPLAN-Style Narrative Writing Prompts – Provides practice with engaging, test-like prompts.

To weave a compelling story is indeed an Art in its own kind and with the structured and scaffolded lessons this unit offers, your students will be able to do just that. Lessons in the first part of this unit focus on identifying the structure and features of a narrative. Mini lessons target use of transitions, description, figurative language, and dialogue to control pacing, in addition to effective ways to begin and conclude narratives. The provided narrative writing sample is editable giving you the flexibility to customise this unit to suit your students’ learning needs. Narrative Writing Part I IDENTIFYING THE STRUCTURE AND FEATURES OF A NARRATIVE Lessons revolve around the sample personal narrative, ‘The Storm’. Students will identify the elements of a plot, use of figurative language, transitions, dialogue, and opening, body, and concluding paragraphs. They de-structure the parts of a narrative and note use of interesting vocabulary. An assessment sheet is also provided to assess comprehension. The following mini lessons are included: USING TRANSITION WORDS AND PHRASES TO MANAGE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS DESCRIPTION AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TO SLOW DOWN PACE OF STORY DIALOGUE IN WRITING ANALYSE A NARRATIVE PROMPT – mini booklet ORGANISE A NARRATIVE SHORT STORY DRAFTING AN INTRODUCTION NARRATIVE WRITING PART II Students use all the skills acquired in Part I of this Narrative Writing unit to respond to On – Demand Narrative Writing Prompts that require students to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well‐chosen details and well-structured event sequences. Students have the choice of responding to 7 prompts with visuals. They use the given picture stimulus and graphic organisers to plan their writing and write their first draft. They will be familiar with this, having had ample practice in Narrative Writing Part I of this unit. ALSO INCLUDED * Writing Tools: Colour posters of the VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) gang to enable students to write creatively and edit their draft. * self-editing checklist * peer-editing checklist * Teacher Marking Rubric * Suggested lesson overview and procedure for each writing activity included. * Table of Contents for easier navigation.