An Ordinary Hero Imaginative Narrative Writing Assessment: Year 6 is a purposeful and engaging writing task designed to spark creativity and assess students' narrative writing skills. Centred around a visual prompt, this resource supports students as they plan and write an imaginative story while demonstrating their ability to organise ideas, use descriptive language, and apply spelling and grammar conventions effectively.

With clear structure and editable templates, this resource gives students everything they need to successfully plan, draft and refine an imaginative text. The accompanying rubric, aligned with Year 6 Australian Curriculum outcomes, allows you to assess students’ writing skills across key elements including text structure, language features, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, and self-editing.

Whether used during a writing unit, end-of-term assessment, or preparation for reporting, this narrative writing task encourages originality, voice and structured storytelling—while also offering flexibility for classroom adaptation and differentiation.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Plan, draft and edit an imaginative narrative using a visual prompt
• ✅ Use appropriate narrative structure including introduction, complication and resolution
• ✅ Apply descriptive and emotive language to engage the reader
• ✅ Demonstrate accurate use of punctuation, spelling and grammar
• ✅ Reflect on and improve writing through self-editing and teacher feedback

What’s Included:

• Visual prompt strip (colour and black-and-white versions)
• Narrative planning template
• Writing template with structured lines and spacing
• Assessment rubric aligned to Year 6 Australian Curriculum outcomes
• Editable versions of all templates for easy classroom differentiation

Materials Needed:

• Printed planning and writing templates
• Writing tools (pencils, highlighters or coloured pens)
• Access to digital versions if working online or with editable formats

How to Use:

• Begin with a class discussion based on the visual prompt to generate ideas
• Provide each student with a prompt strip, planning template and writing sheet
• Support students as they plan the narrative using characters, setting, problem, and resolution
• Students write their full narrative, focusing on detail, emotion and structure
• Students reread, revise and check punctuation, grammar and spelling
• Use the included rubric to assess students’ writing based on curriculum-aligned criteria

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a summative assessment at the end of a narrative writing unit
• 💡 Include in portfolios or student writing folders as evidence for reporting
• 💡 Pair with student readings to practise oral fluency and expression

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model a sample plan and narrative before independent writing begins
• 💛 Use a vocabulary wall or brainstorming chart to support descriptive language
• 💛 Provide sentence starters or writing scaffolds for students needing extra support

An Ordinary Hero Imaginative Narrative Writing Assessment: Year 6 offers a rich and flexible way to inspire creativity while evaluating students’ writing progress in a structured and supportive format.