The Trouble with Grizzle

Year 5 · Fantasy

The Trouble with Grizzle is a free, NAPLAN-aligned fantasy writing resource for Year 5 students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 5 AC9E5LE05 AC9E5LA05 AC9E5LA08 AC9E5LA09 AC9E5LA04 AC9E5LY06

Supports the Year 5 achievement standard (creating written texts).

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

Deep in the heart of the enchanted forest sat Grizzle, the most mischievous creature ever known. With his sharp grin and twinkling orange eyes, he planned his next prank. Yesterday, he had turned all the river water into jelly, and the day before that, he had swapped the fairy queen’s crown with a pancake! Now, he had something even bigger in mind. But what Grizzle didn’t know was that someone was planning a trick of their own...

The complication

  1. Grizzle discovers that the creature planning a trick against him is a clever rival who has been watching his pranks and wants to outdo him.
  2. While preparing for his next prank, Grizzle accidentally causes a magical mishap that threatens to turn the enchanted forest into a chaotic mess.
  3. The fairy queen, furious about her pancake crown, decides to cast a spell on Grizzle to teach him a lesson about respect.

Vocabulary support

Tier 1: prank, forest, creature

plus 3 Tier 2 and 5 Tier 3 words with your free account

Sentence starters

  1. Just as he was about to execute his grand plan, Grizzle heard a rustling in the bushes.
  2. The air was thick with anticipation as Grizzle plotted his next big prank.

…and 1 more with your free account.

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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