Litbridge Courses Overview

A clear pathway from first steps in storytelling to confident writing. Designed for teachers and schools, and fully aligned with the Australian curriculum.

How the program works

Litbridge scaffolds creative writing across four core courses – Year 2 On-Ramp, Junior, Middle Grade, and Senior. Each level builds on the last, giving students a repeatable process for planning, drafting, and revising powerful stories while aligning to Australian Curriculum outcomes.

Teacher-ready lesson sequences with success criteria and assessment guidance
Differentiation notes for mixed-ability classes
Downloadable worksheets, exemplars, and optional online extensions

Four pillars of writing

Ideas

Spark creativity with What-If prompts, story seeds, and goal–stakes thinking that drives every story.

Characters

Build believable protagonists and antagonists with wants, flaws, contradictions, and meaningful change.

Framework

Use narration, description, dialogue and action, and inner thoughts with purpose, not just because they are there.

Suspense

Hook readers with foreshadowing, pacing, tension, and satisfying payoffs that keep them turning the page.

From Junior upward, these pillars are integrated across a single term unit so students learn the full storytelling process end-to-end.

Course progression

Year 2 On-Ramp – First steps into story

Gentle, highly scaffolded storytelling activities to help young writers move from spoken stories to simple written narratives.

Picture prompts and shared oral storytelling
Simple beginning–middle–end structure
Short, supported writing bursts

Often used with early primary classes who are ready to taste “real” story writing.

Litbridge Junior – Building confident storytellers

A full story cycle that introduces the Litbridge process: ideas, characters, framework, and suspense woven into one project.

S.T.O.R.Y. planning scaffold and goal–stakes focus
Dialogue punctuation and paragraphing
Hooks, simple foreshadowing, and satisfying endings

Often used with upper primary classes who are ready to write longer, more cohesive stories.

Litbridge Middle Grade – Depth, conflict, and control

Stronger goals and stakes, richer description, and purposeful point of view for more sophisticated narratives.

Internal vs external conflict and character decisions
Show-not-tell strategies and line-level craft
Draft–revise–edit cycle with targeted feedback

Often used with middle years classes transitioning into more complex assessment tasks.

Litbridge Senior – Mastery and publication-ready work

Polished narratives ready for assessment or publication, with explicit attention to audience, purpose, and reflection.

Advanced structure, subtext, and multi-threaded scenes
Editing for voice, cohesion, and impact
Optional pathways to publication or sharing

Often used with upper secondary classes or extension groups.

Add-on modules

These focused modules extend the Litbridge Courses, allowing schools to target specific assessment tasks or genres without losing the core storytelling process.

Persuasive Writing

Argument, viewpoint, and evidence, built around the same goal–stakes thinking that drives strong narratives.

Clear thesis and angle
Emotion and logic working together
Plans that translate directly into assessment pieces

Non-fiction Writing

Informative and explanatory texts that stay clear, structured, and engaging for real readers.

Strong topic focus and paragraphing
Facts, examples, and explanations
Linking sentences that guide the reader

Creative Non-fiction

True stories told with the tools of fiction – character, setting, and suspense – while staying faithful to real events.

Choosing moments and angles
Balancing truth with storytelling
Reflective voice and insight

Epistolary Writing (letters and diaries)

Stories and responses told through letters, diaries, emails, and messages, ideal for many curriculum tasks.

Voice and audience on the page
Diary and journal-style entries
Layering story through documents

Add-on modules can be used alongside any Litbridge Course or as stand-alone units to support specific assessment requirements.

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