The last flower

Year 4 · Post apocalyptic

The last flower is a free, NAPLAN-aligned post apocalyptic 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.

The robot’s sensors whirred softly. It leaned forward. Its glowing red eyes reflected the delicate petals of the flower in front of it. The world was mostly metal and concrete. However, here, in this forgotten patch of earth, something different had grown. The robot reached out slowly and mechanically. It did not want to take or destroy. It just wanted to understand.

The complication

  1. The robot encounters a group of humans who are alarmed by its presence and misunderstand its intentions, causing tension and confusion.
  2. A sudden storm threatens to destroy the flower and the robot must decide whether to protect it or seek shelter.
  3. The robot discovers that it has developed feelings, leading it to question its purpose in a world dominated by machines.

Sentence starters

  1. Later, just as the storm clouds began to gather overhead, the robot felt an urge to protect what it had discovered.
  2. With a gentle whirr of its gears, it reached out towards a nearby butterfly fluttering near the flower.

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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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