12/03/2026
NAPLAN Writing Today – Year 7 & Year 9
Today students across Australia sat their NAPLAN Writing test, and this year’s prompt was:
✏️ “A Bag”
At first glance it sounds simple…
But prompts like this test how well students can turn a small idea into a full story.
Some students likely wrote about:
🎒 A mysterious bag discovered somewhere unexpected
🎒 A bag containing something valuable or dangerous
🎒 A bag hiding a secret
🎒 Or a bag that completely changes someone’s day
A strong narrative often begins with a hook like this:
“The bag wasn’t mine…
but when it started moving, I knew something was wrong.”
From there, students need to develop a story using the structure markers look for:
Orientation → Complication → Resolution
NAPLAN writing is actually assessed across 10 criteria, including:
✔️ Ideas and creativity
✔️ Text structure
✔️ Vocabulary
✔️ Sentence variety
✔️ Paragraphing
✔️ Audience engagement
This is why many students struggle — they have ideas, but haven’t been taught how to develop them into a structured story.
We’re proud of all students who gave the test their best today.
Parents — did your child say what they wrote their story about?
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