The Train That Never Arrived
Historical and Real-World
The Train That Never Arrived is a free, NAPLAN-aligned historical and real-world writing resource for Australian primary students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).
As Lucy stood on the platform, she stared in disbelief at the crumpled train ticket in her hand. The ticket, worn with age, had a date printed on it—1920. She had found it on the ground just moments ago, as if it had appeared out of nowhere. The train station was bustling with people, but the train mentioned on the ticket was nowhere to be seen. With a puzzled expression, Lucy scanned the platform again, wondering if she had missed something. But no one else seemed to notice the strange ticket or the empty train tracks.
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