The Guardian of the Library

Year 6 · Fantasy

The Guardian of the Library 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.

As the golden candlelight flickered across the towering shelves, I felt the weight of centuries pressing in. The library was silent, yet it was alive with an ancient magic. In the centre of the room, resting on a pedestal, lay the oldest book in existence. Its leather-bound cover shimmered with golden symbols. Hovering protectively over the book was a magnificent lion with wings of light. Its eyes glowed with a fierce, unwavering focus. It was the guardian of the book. I could not help approaching it slowly, as if it might speak to me and I wondered whether I was worthy.

The complication

  1. The winged lion will only allow someone to touch the book if they complete a challenge that tests a personal fear or secret.
  2. Another seeker arrives and tries to steal the book, forcing me to choose between fighting, hiding the book or bargaining with the guardian.
  3. The book begins to whisper and its words start to change the library around me, pulling me into a story that I cannot easily leave.

Sentence starters

  1. Suddenly I reached out a hand because my curiosity would not let me stay still.
  2. I crept forward, my fingers grazing the air where the lion’s golden light hummed like warm honey.

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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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