Small Ideas, Big Stories (Narrative Writing NAPLAN)

This lesson focuses on developing specific ideas for writing while also providing the opportunity to practise broader narrative writing skills. Students will watch Faber-Castell’s Rocket Ship clip, then use the clip as a prompt to sketch ideas as well as plan and draft a narrative. Students will then review a peer’s story and provide feedback and reflect on the improvements that they could make to their writing and approach to the task. This lesson is designed to provide valuable practice for NAPLAN, the national literacy test held in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9*.