Inspire imaginative writing in your KS2 classroom with this comprehensive science fiction story writing pack. This creative resource helps pupils explore the key features of sci-fi storytelling while developing essential narrative writing skills.
At the heart of the pack are two WAGOLL texts (What A Good One Looks Like) – engaging model texts designed to spark ideas, illustrate structure and demonstrate how to embed sci-fi elements effectively.
You can guide pupils through reading and annotating both model texts, using the included feature checklists to explore language, setting, character, dialogue and the ‘big sci-fi idea’.
One extract follows an isolated astronaut facing a sinister AI companion. The other describes a future where advanced machines anticipate human needs and create anything on demand. Both examples are rich with futuristic settings, believable technology and imaginative detail.
The resource pack includes a great range of support materials:
- Sci-fi story ingredient sheet – includes success criteria, planning prompts, common settings and explanations of sci-fi categories like utopia and dystopia.
- Science fiction ideas sheet – packed with sci-fi vocabulary, ideas and technologies (from teleportation to black holes), with clear explanations.
- Story writing plan – helps pupils map out their own stories, including key events, problems and resolutions.
- Two model texts – examples with questions for close reading and discussion.
Use this pack to teach how to develop characters, build tension, use dialogue effectively and create vivid settings. Pupils will learn to make realistic predictions about the future and explore how technology might shape the world. The pack also encourages them to invent their own sci-fi concepts.
Curriculum links:
- Write narratives with clear structure and purpose
- Develop settings, characters and plots
- Use language imaginatively to suit genre and purpose