Underwater World Imaginative Narrative Writing Assessment: Year 2 is an exciting and engaging writing task that invites students to dive into an imaginative underwater adventure. Using a visual prompt, structured planning sheet and narrative writing template, students will create their own stories exploring mysterious ocean settings, colourful sea creatures, and unexpected events beneath the waves.

This resource supports students in developing narrative structure—including a beginning, middle and end—while building skills in descriptive language, sequencing and basic punctuation. Writing in full sentences, students are encouraged to use their imagination and explore the feelings, actions and reactions of characters in an underwater setting.

The included editable templates and assessment rubric, aligned with Year 2 Australian Curriculum outcomes, make this task ideal for use as a writing assessment, an end-of-unit activity or a fun way to inspire creativity in early writers.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Plan, draft and edit an imaginative narrative using a visual prompt
• ✅ Structure a simple narrative with clear beginning, middle and end
• ✅ Use descriptive language to express ideas, actions and feelings
• ✅ Apply basic punctuation and grammar conventions
• ✅ Develop a consistent voice through imaginative storytelling

What’s Included:

• Visual writing prompt strip (colour and black-and-white)
• Narrative planning template
• Structured writing template
• Assessment rubric aligned with Year 2 Australian Curriculum outcomes
• Editable versions of all templates for classroom flexibility
• Versions available in our basic fun font and all Australian state fonts

Materials Needed:

• Printed templates
• Pencils or coloured pens
• Optional: access to visual word banks or sentence starters

How to Use:

• Begin with a class discussion to explore the underwater setting shown in the visual prompt
• Guide students through the planning template to organise their ideas
• Students draft their stories using the narrative writing sheet, including descriptive details and clear sequencing
• Support students with rereading and revising for punctuation, grammar and spelling
• Use the assessment rubric to evaluate structure, creativity and writing conventions

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during a narrative writing or ocean-themed unit
• 💡 Create a classroom display of “Underwater Adventures” with illustrated stories
• 💡 Add to student portfolios for assessment and parent interviews

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model a shared story as a class to explore how to structure a narrative
• 💛 Display underwater vocabulary charts to support writing fluency
• 💛 Encourage oral storytelling before writing to help students generate ideas

Underwater World Imaginative Narrative Writing Assessment: Year 2 brings narrative writing to life in a way that’s accessible, creative and assessment-ready—perfect for developing young writers in a structured and supportive way.