# Foundation / Prep English · ten 25-minute scripts, Days 131–140

Adult reads [original sources](MATERIALS.md); child selects [clean cards](LEARNER-CARDS.md) and reads only print that matches the school's actual taught links. Keep [fresh Days 135/140 checks](ASSESSMENT.md) unseen until used. Record first independent response and any prompt before discussion. Use the [blank A4 source mat](fact-question-report.svg) in enlarged, tactile or text form. Spoken/AAC information is not scored as independent print.

## Week 27 · Day 131 — A label names an object

**Goal:** identify what a caption labels and what it does not establish. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY01, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY10, AC9EFLY12. **Prepare:** source A, Card 131, two safe paper/fabric samples or described equivalents.

1. **Sound and print · 3 min.** With print hidden, say /c/ /a/ /p/ for an oral blend; then shuffle familiar **cap, cup, mat** without pictures. Child attempts only taught items, then sees the chosen object. Log oral and print separately.
2. **Listen · 4 min.** Read adult source A aloud. Show or describe paper/fabric pair with aligned near ends; do not announce a roof-use conclusion.
3. **Model · 5 min.** Point to object, picture and adult-read label separately. Say “smooth paper” names this observed piece; “best roof” was not tested.
4. **Child try · 7 min.** Child chooses one of three Card 131 invented pairs, points/uses AAC to give a source-backed label and places an untested idea in the separate “wonder” box.
5. **Check · 4 min.** Ask what a picture alone cannot prove about touch. Accept “we need to touch/describe it” under safe access; do not require sensory contact.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Child identifies one word/image contribution. If fact and proposed use merge, use two trays tomorrow.

## Week 27 · Day 132 — Pictures and words give different clues

**Goal:** compare image and caption information without inferring an unobserved property. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY04. **Prepare:** Card 132, source B, paper tube drawings.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Offer **A cap is on a mat.** only at taught point; child points to graphemes before seeing picture.
2. **Listen · 4 min.** Read source B; pause before its last sentence and ask if the drawing says which tube is heavier.
3. **Model · 5 min.** Draw a tall narrow tube and short broad tube. Say image/caption show shape, while mass needs a separate direct comparison; “tall” is not “heavy.”
4. **Child try · 7 min.** Choose one of three pictured object sets; child states one visible feature, one adult-caption detail and one unknown by pointing, sign, AAC or words.
5. **Check · 4 min.** Reveal the source's proposed balance test. Child classifies it as a *next test*, not a completed finding.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Ask “What does this caption add?” If only colour is named despite no colour word, reread exact caption.

## Week 27 · Day 133 — One source, one bounded claim

**Goal:** report one property of a specific pair, preserving the comparison reference. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY01, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY07. **Prepare:** Card 133, source A, two aligned strips and fact/wonder mat.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Read known **map, mat, red** at the child's taught point with no object clue; adult supplies untaught print.
2. **Model · 4 min.** Show source A's longer paper *in this pair*. Say “all paper is longer” changes the meaning and lacks evidence.
3. **Guide · 5 min.** Children align strip ends and describe only the current pair; adult describes for nonvisual route. Compare “this paper strip is longer” with “paper is always longer.”
4. **Child report · 7 min.** Child picks maker, book or costume display route and reports one observation plus its named reference to a chosen listener/mode; record if report actually went by voice to a peer.
5. **Source check · 4 min.** Listener offers a counterexample pair or asks whether the material alone fixes length. Child may revise from “all” to “this pair.” Keep first response.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Child completes “I know this pair ___; I have not tested ___.” If source missing, revisit one labelled pair.

## Week 27 · Day 134 — Make an accurate information label

**Goal:** create and share-edit a short label based on one observed feature. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY06, AC9EFLY12, AC9EFLY13. **Prepare:** Card 134, mat, one safe familiar object or fictional card.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Child reads taught **red, cap, cup** independently if secured; adult reads the rich label vocabulary.
2. **Model · 4 min.** Adult labels a drawn red cup “red cup”; point to how the image shows cup shape and word “red” specifies colour. Do not silently add its weight or purpose.
3. **Guide · 5 min.** Pairs choose one safe object/drawing and state an observable feature. Offer a neutral blank route if colour or texture access differs.
4. **Create · 7 min.** Child makes a picture and short label through writing, tiles, AAC selection or child-directed scribing. Save first version and mark what child independently spelled.
5. **Shared edit · 4 min.** Listener points to one mismatch or missing object reference; child directs a change to word or picture and rereads/retells revised label.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Child names the actual observation behind the label. Keep Day 135 source hidden.

## Week 27 · Day 135 — Fresh information source check

**Goal:** distinguish image/label, direct observation and untested idea on a new source. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLA07, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY12, AC9EFLY06. **Prepare:** teacher-held [Day 135 check](ASSESSMENT.md), private record; practice Card 135 only afterward.

1. **Welcome · 3 min.** Explain new paper objects help choose next practice; no real class object or personal disclosure is required.
2. **Warm print · 4 min.** Briefly revisit *known* **cap, mat**; do not display scored print or source.
3. **Fresh listen/view · 5 min.** Read unseen information card aloud and give agreed image/tactile description without hinting answer.
4. **Independent response · 7 min.** Child identifies named object, one property supported by image or adult label, and one question needing a test; show fresh CVC cards only at taught point. Save first words/mode.
5. **Check · 4 min.** Ask child to make/revise one short source-grounded label; record child word choices and scribe help separately.
6. **Close · 2 min.** Select component-specific next teaching from key; release Card 135 practice after the check.

## Week 28 · Day 136 — Permission comes before a question

**Goal:** hear a fictional interview's question and response, with opt-out respected. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY02, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY07. **Prepare:** source C, Card 136, pass/yes/repeat cards.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Child reads taught **I can see a map.** or selected taught words; adult reads the interview paragraph.
2. **Listen · 4 min.** Perform source C with two paper voices. Show the “you can pass” line as a real choice for any optional class question.
3. **Model · 5 min.** Separate permission, neutral question, exact reply, confirmation. Say an invented respondent's choice belongs to this one paper model.
4. **Child try · 7 min.** Child chooses label-shape, book marker or maker-display fictional scenario and asks a neutral object question to an adult acting a source; child may pass or ask for repeat.
5. **Check · 4 min.** Adult gives one fictional response; child points to the chosen image and says what *this source* answered, without changing “wide” to “red.”
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Child shows how someone could decline. If permission step was skipped, model it again with a new fictional card.

## Week 28 · Day 137 — Listen for choice and reason

**Goal:** report a respondent's exact choice and reason, retaining source and scope. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY02, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY07. **Prepare:** Card 137, fictional Sol/Ari scripts and two choice images.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Read **A map is on a mat.** only if taught; do not use the map image to guess a word.
2. **Model · 4 min.** Read Sol's answer from Materials and restate: “Sol chose the raised dot for this paper marker because Sol said the edge can be felt.” Do not infer diagnosis.
3. **Guide · 5 min.** Compare a faithful report with “everyone needs dots.” Invite child to point to the exact source words that prevent that leap; adult rereads if needed.
4. **Child report · 7 min.** Child chooses one of three fictional respondent contexts, listens, then reports choice and reason via speech, AAC, sign or child-directed scribe to a chosen listener.
5. **Confirmation · 4 min.** Adult acts respondent and corrects a deliberately altered detail; child revises and saves first/revised version.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Ask whose answer was reported. If child drops source, add “Sol said…” or a source icon tomorrow.

## Week 28 · Day 138 — Make a question someone can answer

**Goal:** pose a neutral object/display question with accessible response choices and a pass route. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY02, AC9EFLY07, AC9EFLY06. **Prepare:** Card 138, three large shape cards, fact/question mat.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Offer **red, cup, ten** at taught point; keep interview terms adult-read.
2. **Model · 4 min.** Ask an invented source, “For this paper board, which shape label would you choose: dot, stripe or square? You may pass.” Contrast with a leading “You like my stripe, don't you?”
3. **Guide · 5 min.** Children sort possible replies: named shape, “pass,” and a private family story. Only the first two are needed; nobody is pressed for the third.
4. **Child create · 7 min.** Child chooses one of book, maker or paper-stage display contexts and composes a neutral, answerable question using voice, sign, AAC or scribe; include pass/repeat.
5. **Listener test · 4 min.** Adult roleplay chooses one item or passes. Child listens, checks whether the question yielded an answer to the stated task, and directs one wording edit if needed.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Child states what would be recorded: source's object choice or pass, never name/reason unless willingly given and locally allowed.

## Week 28 · Day 139 — Report only what was answered

**Goal:** build a short source-attributed report and shared-edit it after confirmation. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY06, AC9EFLY07, AC9EFLA07. **Prepare:** Card 139, source C, blank response tokens.

1. **Print retrieve · 3 min.** Child blends taught **map, cap, sit** in mixed order; adult reads all richer interview words.
2. **Model · 4 min.** Put source/choice/reason tokens under Iva's answer. Say “Iva chose a wide stripe for the model”; “all people chose stripe” is unsupported.
3. **Guide · 5 min.** With a fictional Sol or Ari reply, fill three tokens; listen once more to verify whether a reason was stated.
4. **Child report · 7 min.** Child chooses a fictional respondent, produces a short report/drawing/label for a selected listener and records source plus exact choice. Include reason only if actually heard.
5. **Shared edit · 4 min.** Roleplayed respondent checks report and supplies one correction; child directs change, rereads/retells and keeps both versions.
6. **Exit · 2 min.** Ask what cannot be concluded about actual classmates. Keep Day 140 response unseen.

## Week 28 · Day 140 — Fresh question and faithful report check

**Goal:** respond to an unseen fictional source, ask one fair follow-up and report bounded meaning. **Proposed codes:** AC9EFLY02, AC9EFLY05, AC9EFLY07, AC9EFLY12, AC9EFLY13. **Prepare:** teacher-held [Day 140 check](ASSESSMENT.md), correct private print route, Card 140 after.

1. **Welcome · 3 min.** Explain new fictional source and pass/repeat choices; no interview with a real peer is required.
2. **Fresh listen · 5 min.** Adult reads unseen exchange once, repeating through agreed access route; do not paraphrase the scored answer.
3. **Held-out print · 5 min.** Privately show new CVC words at taught point and dictate one with print hidden; record sound, letter and access separately.
4. **Independent report · 7 min.** Child gives source, exact object choice and stated reason, poses one neutral follow-up, and names one unsupported generalisation. Save first response.
5. **Confirm/edit · 3 min.** Adult as respondent checks child's report; child can revise after first record. Record actual peer voice separately if later observed.
6. **Close · 2 min.** Choose next teaching from exact key. Day 140 practice begins only after check.

The [Week 27](../../../term-3/week-27-objects-alike-and-different.md) and [Week 28](../../../term-3/week-28-what-we-learn-by-asking.md) guides extend these specific English skills into science/HASS. Do not score the integrated discussion as another independent held-out attempt.

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