The Escape from the Arcane City

Year 6 · Adventure

The Escape from the Arcane City is a free, NAPLAN-aligned adventure 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.

We ran through the metallic streets, our footsteps echoing against the towering buildings as energy crackled in the air around us. Behind us, the city, the heart of the Arcane Empire, was alive with power, and it was chasing us. My friends and I had never meant to get caught up in this mess. We were just ordinary people, but now, we were fugitives, hunted by forces we didn’t understand. Purple energy swirled around our pursuers as the drew near. There was no turning back. The Temple of Ascendance loomed ahead, and if we couldn’t make it there in time, all was lost.

The complication

  1. As we sprint towards the Temple of Ascendance, a sudden burst of purple energy envelops one of my friends, leaving them immobilised and vulnerable to capture.
  2. Just as we reach the temple gates, we discover that they are sealed by an ancient spell, requiring a password only known to the Empire's leaders.
  3. A rival group of rebels appears, claiming to have the knowledge needed to unlock the temple but demanding our help in return for their assistance.

Vocabulary support

Tier 1: run, power, friend

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Sentence starters

  1. Just as we thought we were safe, a blinding flash of light erupted behind us.
  2. The air crackled with energy as I glanced at my friends running beside me.

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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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