The Dragon in My Backpack
Fantasy
The Dragon in My Backpack is a free, NAPLAN-aligned fantasy writing resource for Australian primary students. It includes a story starter, complication, tiered vocabulary and scaffolds mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).
When Bella found an old, dusty egg at the back of the school library, she never expected it to hatch. But the next morning, she heard a tiny sneeze from her backpack. Peeking inside, she found a baby dragon no bigger than her pencil case, blinking up at her with glowing golden eyes.
The complication
- The Dragon Keeps Growing: By the end of the day, the baby dragon has grown so much that it barely fits in my locker! What will I do now?
- The Principal’s Allergy: The school principal is extremely allergic to dragons. One sneeze from the dragon and we might be in big trouble!
- The Dragon Hunters: A secret group of dragon hunters tracks magical creatures, and they’ve already found out about my dragon. How can I hide it from them?
What's in the full resource
- Complications
- Brainstorming Prompts
- Vocabulary Support
- Sentence Starters
- Dialogue Prompts
- Writing Challenges
- Sentence Variety Examples
- Creative Twists
- Writing Checklist
- Reflective Questions
- Collaborative Writing Ideas
- Printable teacher and student PDFs
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