The Magic Book

Year 4 · Fantasy

The Magic Book is a free, NAPLAN-aligned fantasy writing resource for Year 4 students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 4 AC9E4LE05 AC9E4LA06 AC9E4LA04 AC9E4LA12 AC9E4LA11 AC9E4LY06

Supports the Year 4 achievement standard (creating written texts).

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

Sophie had always loved books, but this one was different. It was an old book she found hidden in a second hand book shop, its cover worn and edges frayed. That night, as she opened its pages, she noticed something strange, small sparks of light began to flicker and dance from the words. The more she read, the brighter the lights became, until the words on the pages started to move. Sophie’s heart raced. Was this magic?

The complication

  • The moving words begin to lift off the page and float through the room, carrying Sophie’s favourite bookmark with them.
  • A shadowy figure appears inside the book’s story and tries to step into Sophie’s world, threatening to take the magic for itself.
  • The lights growing from the pages start to fade unless Sophie solves a riddle hidden in the book before sunrise.

Sentence starters

  1. Suddenly Sophie clutched the book tighter as a warm glow lifted from the page.
  2. Sophie ran a finger along the moving words and felt a tiny buzz against her skin.

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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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