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Free Year 9 Narrative Writing Worksheets

3 free narrative writing resources for Year 9: 3 worksheets. Answers included.

Story writing: characters, settings, plot and language. Year 9 extends algebra to expanding brackets and two-step equations, adds percentages increase and decrease, ratio and rates, index laws and congruence.

Students will practise: planning a narrative around a character, a conflict and a turning point; showing a character's feelings through action, dialogue and detail; writing an engaging opening that establishes setting and character; controlling pace with sentence length and paragraphing; crafting an ending that resolves or reflects on the change; identifying techniques that build tension and suspense; using sentence length and fragments to control pace; slowing time at a key moment with sensory detail.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1The Day Before — Narrative Writing
  2. 2Building Tension and Suspense in Narrative Writing
  3. 3Planning a Narrative: Story Arc, Conflict and Resolution
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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Building Tension and Suspense in Narrative Writing

    Students learn how writers make readers hold their breath. Using an original suspense passage, they examine techniques such as short…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Planning a Narrative: Story Arc, Conflict and Resolution

    Students learn to plan a narrative before they write it. They study the five stages of a story arc (orientation, complication, rising…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    11 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Writing Prompts

Prompts with planning space and success criteria.

  • Writing Prompt

    The Day Before — Narrative Writing

    A narrative writing prompt for Year 9: write a story set on the day before something in a character's life changes for good. Students…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    50 min
    Questions
    12 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do Year 9 students learn about narrative writing?

Story writing: characters, settings, plot and language. At Year 9, our resources focus on: planning a narrative around a character, a conflict and a turning point; showing a character's feelings through action, dialogue and detail; writing an engaging opening that establishes setting and character; controlling pace with sentence length and paragraphing.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Spend five minutes planning before writing.
  2. Use the success criteria as a checklist when editing.
  3. Compare the model opening with your child's opening — what makes each one work?

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