The Book of Lost Spells

Year 6 · Fantasy

The Book of Lost Spells is a free, NAPLAN-aligned fantasy writing resource for Year 6 students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 6 AC9E6LE05 AC9E6LA05 AC9E6LA08 AC9E6LA09 AC9E6LA04 AC9E6LY06

Supports the Year 6 achievement standard (creating written texts).

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

Elara flipped through the pages of the ancient book, her fingers tracing the golden letters that shimmered under the warm glow of the library’s enchanted lamps. Dust swirled in the air as the words on the parchment shifted and rearranged themselves. She had heard whispers about this book, the Book of Lost Spells, hidden for centuries in the heart of the Arcanum Library. But as she read the first spell aloud, the floating orbs of light flickered, and the ground beneath her chair trembled. Something had awakened.

The complication

  1. Elara discovers that the spell she read has unleashed a powerful guardian spirit, which now demands a challenge to prove her worth.
  2. The library begins to collapse as ancient magic is unleashed, and Elara must find a way to escape before being trapped forever among the enchanted books.
  3. An unexpected rival appears, intent on stealing the Book of Lost Spells for their own nefarious purposes, forcing Elara to protect the book at all costs.

Vocabulary support

Tier 1: book, light, magic, spell, run

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Sentence starters

  1. Suddenly, a low rumble echoed through the library as if it were alive.
  2. Elara's heart raced as she realised that reading aloud had consequences she never expected.

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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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