Description
Your Foundation/Kindergarten students are already writers — they just don't know it yet. This unit takes them from "I can't write" to "I AM AN AUTHOR" in 12 lessons, finishing with their very own 4-page Mini-Book read aloud from the Author's Chair.
Twelve 25-minute lessons across three weeks. The same 9-slide structure every day so students build the routine fast. Speaker notes on every slide. Open Monday morning and teach.
Note: "Foundation" is the Australian Curriculum term. This unit is equally suited to Kindergarten classes across all Australian states and territories.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 108-slide lesson deck — 12 lessons, 9 slides each, with detailed teacher speaker notes on every slide (PPTX + PDF)
✓ Heart Map worksheet — brainstorm story ideas across People I Love, Places I Know, and Moments I Remember
✓ Story Plan worksheet — quick-sketch the 3 story pages (Beginning/Middle/End) with Draw + Write split
✓ Mini-Book template — 4-page student book with Cover, Beginning, Middle, End pages
✓ Stretchy Words Bank — 45 Foundation-friendly feeling, color, and sound words
✓ Partner Listening Sheet — compliment-giving scaffold for Author's Chair (Lessons 11-12)
✓ 4-criteria student rubric — Starting / Growing / Got It! / Glowing scale with K-friendly icons and student self-assessment box
✓ 14-page unit overview — cover page and one lesson per page with target, AC codes, success criteria, materials, and conferring prompts
✓ 2-page summative task and assessment guide — task overview and level descriptors with Foundation-specific scoring tips
✓ Editable parent letter — introduces the unit, defends sound spelling to families, includes Author's Chair invitation (DOCX)
✓ Product cover PNG
A NOTE ON DRAWING AND SPELLING AT FOUNDATION/KINDERGARTEN
Drawing IS writing. Telling IS writing. Making marks is writing. This unit honors every stage of the developmental continuum. The rubric and scoring guide specifically address sound spelling and oral storytelling as valid forms of writing at this level — please share the parent letter to align expectations at home.
FOUNDATION/KINDERGARTEN NARRATIVE WRITING SKILLS TAUGHT
Declaring identity as a writer ("I AM AN AUTHOR!")
Identifying the three parts of a story: beginning, middle, end
Choosing one small moment from real life to write about
Planning a story using the Heart Map and Story Plan
Drawing strong pictures showing WHO + WHERE + ACTION on each page
Sound-spelling at least one sentence per page
Adding a stretchy word (feeling, color, or sound) to each page
Reading a finished book aloud with Point, Voice, Eyes at Author's Chair
THE 3-WEEK ARC
WEEK 1 — WHAT MAKES A STORY: L1 I Am a Writer · L2 Stories Have Three Parts · L3 Tell It First Write It Second · L4 Drawing Tells the Story
WEEK 2 — BUILDING MY STORY: L5 Finding a Small Moment · L6 Planning Across the Pages · L7 Drawing My Story Pages · L8 Adding Words to My Pages
WEEK 3 — MAKING IT BETTER & SHARING: L9 Stretchy Sentences · L10 Title Page and Cover · L11 Reading Like a Real Author · L12 Author's Chair Celebration!
THE 9-SLIDE LESSON STRUCTURE
Every lesson uses the same structure: Divider · Today's Target · Hook · Mini-Lesson 1 · Mini-Lesson 2 · Try Together · Your Turn · Share & Close · Coming Up.
HOW TO USE
1. Project the lesson slides during your 25-minute writing block.
2. Use the Unit Overview PDF to prep your lesson in under 2 minutes.
3. Print the Heart Map and Story Plan before Lessons 5 and 6.
4. Print the Mini-Book template for Lessons 7-10 (one per student).
5. Send home the parent letter with the finished Mini-Book.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM v9.0 CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS
AC9EFLY06 — Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using drawing, dictating, and writing
AC9EFLE02 — Identify characters, settings and events in simple imaginative texts
AC9EFLY07 — Create and deliver very short spoken and/or multimodal presentations
AC9EFLA08 — Explore how illustrations and words work together to create meaning
AC9EFLA06 — Explore simple sentence structures and how sentences express ideas
AC9EFLA10 — Understand that written language uses punctuation including full stops
AC9EFLY13 — Spell some personally significant words and use sound spelling for unknown words
AC9EFLE03 — Understand that characters have feelings and make decisions
Aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.0 — suitable for NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, NT, ACT, and TAS. Suitable for any classroom where students are at the Foundation/Kindergarten writing stage.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Foundation and Kindergarten classroom teachers across all Australian states
First-year Foundation teachers who need a complete, scaffolded unit
Veteran teachers who want a fresh narrative unit with consistent visuals and strong pedagogy
Teachers supporting a range of developmental writing stages in one class
Anyone whose curriculum calls for AC9EFLY06 at Foundation/Kindergarten level
This resource is designed to be picked up and taught Monday morning. No prep required.
Thank you for shopping at DeskMade. Made by a real classroom teacher.
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Description
Your Foundation/Kindergarten students are already writers — they just don't know it yet. This unit takes them from "I can't write" to "I AM AN AUTHOR" in 12 lessons, finishing with their very own 4-page Mini-Book read aloud from the Author's Chair.
Twelve 25-minute lessons across three weeks. The same 9-slide structure every day so students build the routine fast. Speaker notes on every slide. Open Monday morning and teach.
Note: "Foundation" is the Australian Curriculum term. This unit is equally suited to Kindergarten classes across all Australian states and territories.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✓ 108-slide lesson deck — 12 lessons, 9 slides each, with detailed teacher speaker notes on every slide (PPTX + PDF)
✓ Heart Map worksheet — brainstorm story ideas across People I Love, Places I Know, and Moments I Remember
✓ Story Plan worksheet — quick-sketch the 3 story pages (Beginning/Middle/End) with Draw + Write split
✓ Mini-Book template — 4-page student book with Cover, Beginning, Middle, End pages
✓ Stretchy Words Bank — 45 Foundation-friendly feeling, color, and sound words
✓ Partner Listening Sheet — compliment-giving scaffold for Author's Chair (Lessons 11-12)
✓ 4-criteria student rubric — Starting / Growing / Got It! / Glowing scale with K-friendly icons and student self-assessment box
✓ 14-page unit overview — cover page and one lesson per page with target, AC codes, success criteria, materials, and conferring prompts
✓ 2-page summative task and assessment guide — task overview and level descriptors with Foundation-specific scoring tips
✓ Editable parent letter — introduces the unit, defends sound spelling to families, includes Author's Chair invitation (DOCX)
✓ Product cover PNG
A NOTE ON DRAWING AND SPELLING AT FOUNDATION/KINDERGARTEN
Drawing IS writing. Telling IS writing. Making marks is writing. This unit honors every stage of the developmental continuum. The rubric and scoring guide specifically address sound spelling and oral storytelling as valid forms of writing at this level — please share the parent letter to align expectations at home.
FOUNDATION/KINDERGARTEN NARRATIVE WRITING SKILLS TAUGHT
Declaring identity as a writer ("I AM AN AUTHOR!")
Identifying the three parts of a story: beginning, middle, end
Choosing one small moment from real life to write about
Planning a story using the Heart Map and Story Plan
Drawing strong pictures showing WHO + WHERE + ACTION on each page
Sound-spelling at least one sentence per page
Adding a stretchy word (feeling, color, or sound) to each page
Reading a finished book aloud with Point, Voice, Eyes at Author's Chair
THE 3-WEEK ARC
WEEK 1 — WHAT MAKES A STORY: L1 I Am a Writer · L2 Stories Have Three Parts · L3 Tell It First Write It Second · L4 Drawing Tells the Story
WEEK 2 — BUILDING MY STORY: L5 Finding a Small Moment · L6 Planning Across the Pages · L7 Drawing My Story Pages · L8 Adding Words to My Pages
WEEK 3 — MAKING IT BETTER & SHARING: L9 Stretchy Sentences · L10 Title Page and Cover · L11 Reading Like a Real Author · L12 Author's Chair Celebration!
THE 9-SLIDE LESSON STRUCTURE
Every lesson uses the same structure: Divider · Today's Target · Hook · Mini-Lesson 1 · Mini-Lesson 2 · Try Together · Your Turn · Share & Close · Coming Up.
HOW TO USE
1. Project the lesson slides during your 25-minute writing block.
2. Use the Unit Overview PDF to prep your lesson in under 2 minutes.
3. Print the Heart Map and Story Plan before Lessons 5 and 6.
4. Print the Mini-Book template for Lessons 7-10 (one per student).
5. Send home the parent letter with the finished Mini-Book.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM v9.0 CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS
AC9EFLY06 — Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using drawing, dictating, and writing
AC9EFLE02 — Identify characters, settings and events in simple imaginative texts
AC9EFLY07 — Create and deliver very short spoken and/or multimodal presentations
AC9EFLA08 — Explore how illustrations and words work together to create meaning
AC9EFLA06 — Explore simple sentence structures and how sentences express ideas
AC9EFLA10 — Understand that written language uses punctuation including full stops
AC9EFLY13 — Spell some personally significant words and use sound spelling for unknown words
AC9EFLE03 — Understand that characters have feelings and make decisions
Aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.0 — suitable for NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, NT, ACT, and TAS. Suitable for any classroom where students are at the Foundation/Kindergarten writing stage.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Foundation and Kindergarten classroom teachers across all Australian states
First-year Foundation teachers who need a complete, scaffolded unit
Veteran teachers who want a fresh narrative unit with consistent visuals and strong pedagogy
Teachers supporting a range of developmental writing stages in one class
Anyone whose curriculum calls for AC9EFLY06 at Foundation/Kindergarten level
This resource is designed to be picked up and taught Monday morning. No prep required.
Thank you for shopping at DeskMade. Made by a real classroom teacher.
