The Last Ride

Year 6 · Horror

The Last Ride is a free, NAPLAN-aligned horror 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.

The abandoned carnival had been closed for years, but tonight, the carousel was spinning. The chipped horses bobbed up and down, their glassy eyes reflecting the eerie glow of the flickering lights. The rusted Ferris wheel loomed in the background, unmoving, yet somehow watching. Then, from the shadows, a figure emerged. Cloaked in tattered black fabric, it stepped closer, its head tilting as if it had been expecting someone.

The complication

  1. The figure in black suddenly lunges towards the main character, revealing a hidden agenda that threatens to unleash the carnival's dark secrets.
  2. As the carousel spins faster, strange whispers fill the air, leading the main character to question their sanity and the reality of what they are experiencing.
  3. The lights flicker ominously, causing a power outage that plunges the carnival into darkness, forcing the main character to confront their fears alone.

Sentence starters

  1. Suddenly, the wind howled through the empty stalls, carrying with it a sense of foreboding.
  2. The figure raised its hand, revealing a silver key that glinted ominously in the dim light.

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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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