The Witch's Cat

Year 3

The Witch's Cat is a free, NAPLAN-aligned writing resource for Year 3 students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 3 AC9E3LE05 AC9E3LA06 AC9E3LA10 AC9E3LA11 AC9E3LA04 AC9E3LY06

Supports the Year 3 achievement standard (creating written texts).

Australian Curriculum content descriptions © ACARA. Writesy is not affiliated with or endorsed by ACARA.

The sun dipped below the horizon. It cast a warm glow over the quiet street. Jane spotted a sleek black cat. The cat lay on her school bag. Its green eyes sparkled with mischief. A soft breeze rustled the leaves around the cat. The breeze made the moment feel almost magical. Curiously, she noticed a tiny note on its collar. The note shimmered faintly in the light. Jane felt her heart beat fast. She wondered if this cat was ordinary. She thought it might be a companion of a witch. She imagined an adventure about to begin.

The complication

  • The cat runs off with Jane's school bag and the tiny note blows away, making it hard for Jane to find the message.
  • Someone else appears and claims the cat belongs to them, creating a challenge for Jane to prove the cat is meant to be her companion.
  • The note contains a riddle that leads Jane to a strange place at night, and she must decide whether to follow the clues alone or ask for help.

Sentence starters

  1. After the cat nudged my hand, I carefully opened the tiny note and held it up to the light.
  2. A warm glow wrapped the quiet street and the cat’s green eyes caught every shimmer of the evening.

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What's in the full resource

  • Complications
  • Brainstorming Prompts
  • Vocabulary Support
  • Sentence Starters
  • Dialogue Prompts
  • Writing Challenges
  • Sentence Variety
  • Creative Twists
  • Writing Checklist
  • Reflective Questions
  • Collaborative Writing Ideas
  • Printable teacher and student PDFs

NAPLAN writing criteria this resource targets

Audience Text structure Ideas Character and setting Vocabulary Cohesion Paragraphing Sentence structure Punctuation Spelling

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