Narrative Writing Template

Give your young writers a scaffold that actually works — and watch their stories come to life.

This Narrative Writing Template is a clear, structured printable resource for Australian primary school students in Years 2–5 who are learning to write engaging stories. The template guides students through the key elements of narrative writing — orientation, complication, and resolution — so they can focus on their ideas rather than worrying about structure. It's a practical, reusable tool that builds writing confidence over time.

Aligned to the Australian Curriculum English strand, this no-prep writing activity is ready to print and use in your very next lesson.

Why teachers love it:

• Clear scaffold — breaks narrative writing into manageable steps students can follow independently
• Curriculum-aligned — directly supports Australian Curriculum narrative writing outcomes
• Reduces anxiety — the structure helps reluctant writers know exactly what to do next
• Reusable format — use across multiple writing tasks throughout the year

Perfect for:

• Years 2–5 Australian primary classrooms
• English and literacy writing activities
• Guided writing, modelled writing and independent tasks
• Assessment tasks and creative writing units

What's included:
A printable narrative writing template with clearly labelled sections for orientation, complication, and resolution. Designed for individual student use on A4 paper. Suitable for one-off writing tasks or use across a unit of work.

Print and go — your writing lesson is sorted. 🖨️

Teaching narrative writing?
Our narrative writing activities guide has prompts, story dice and planning ideas to use alongside this resource.

SPECIFICATIONS

Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.

Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.

Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.

Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.

If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.

Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.

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FAQS

Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.

It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.

Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.

The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.