Twinkle’s Big Adventure

Year 2

Twinkle’s Big Adventure is a free, NAPLAN-aligned writing resource for Year 2 students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 2 AC9E2LE05 AC9E2LA06 AC9E2LA09 AC9E2LA10 AC9E2LA04 AC9E2LY06

Supports the Year 2 achievement standard (creating written texts).

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

Twinkle the star loved shining in the night sky. He always wondered about going on an adventure. One night he put his bag on his back. He tied up his shoes and he leapt from the sky! He landed on a soft path in a magical forest. The forest was filled with twinkling flowers and fireflies. This is going to be the best adventure ever. He adjusted his cap. But where should he go first?

The complication

  1. Twinkle discovers that the glowing path leads to a mysterious cave where strange noises echo, and he must decide whether to explore it or turn back.
  2. A mischievous fairy appears and challenges Twinkle to complete three tricky tasks before he can continue his adventure.
  3. Twinkle meets a wise old owl who tells him about a hidden treasure deep in the forest, but warns that it is protected by magical creatures.

Sentence starters

  1. "But where should I go first?" wondered Twinkle as he looked around at the sparkling wonders.
  2. As he took his first step on the glowing path, excitement bubbled inside him like fizzy lemonade.

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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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