Sparky the Friendly Dragon

Year 4 · Fantasy

Sparky the Friendly Dragon 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.

Deep in the enchanted forest, by a sparkling blue lake, sat a little dragon named Sparky. His scales shimmered in shades of purple and blue, and his big eyes twinkled with excitement. Unlike other dragons, Sparky didn’t like to roar or scare people, he just wanted to make friends! But there was one problem… the villagers were afraid of dragons. Sparky had an idea to change their minds, but would it work?

The complication

  1. Sparky decides to create a spectacular display of firework-like sparks to impress the villagers, but accidentally sets a small part of the forest on fire.
  2. When Sparky approaches the village to show his friendly intentions, he accidentally frightens a group of children who run away screaming.
  3. A grumpy old wizard who lives nearby sees Sparky trying to befriend the villagers and casts a spell that makes him invisible, complicating his attempts to communicate.

Sentence starters

  1. Meanwhile, Sparky took a deep breath and prepared for his big moment.
  2. With a flick of his tail and a sparkle in his eyes, he soared into the sky.

…and 1 more with your free account.

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

See how Writesy aligns to the NAPLAN writing criteria.

Last updated

Register free to unlock the full resource — scaffolds, vocabulary support, sentence starters and more.

Get free access →

Or see today's free resource →