The Sky Kingdom’s Secret

Year 6 · Fantasy

The Sky Kingdom’s Secret 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 had always dreamed of flying, but she never imagined it would happen like this. One minute, she was feeding the stable horses, and the next, she found herself soaring through the clouds, gripping the reins of a magnificent pegasus. Below her, an incredible kingdom appeared, floating high above the world. Shimmering castles, flowing waterfalls, and glowing lanterns sparkled in the sunlight. But as Elara gazed in awe, she realised the kingdom seemed to be fading, and she knew she had to act fast to save it.

The complication

  • The pegasus loses strength and begins to sink toward a lower, dangerous layer of clouds before Elara can reach the kingdom, forcing her to find a way to help the creature and still save the floating realm.
  • A guardian of the kingdom mistakes Elara for an intruder and seals parts of the city with spells, so Elara must prove she means no harm while racing to stop the fading.
  • The source of the kingdom’s light is a cracked crystal hidden below the tallest tower, and removing or repairing it requires Elara to navigate collapsing bridges and jealous sky-spirits who do not want the kingdom restored.

Sentence starters

  1. Suddenly, Elara tightened her grip on the reins as the pegasus dove toward a patch of rotten cloud.
  2. Elara pulled the pegasus back and kicked gently with her heels, urging it to climb higher.

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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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