# Ten fresh formative checks · two per optional area

These ten original source cards are **fresh relative to the 50 practice activities** and can be used after Day 15/20 or at a locally chosen point. They and the [teacher-targeted worked keys](TEACHER-KEY.md) are **publicly accessible**, so they are **not secure exams**. If prior access matters, an educator must create a genuinely new local parallel prompt. A 12-minute check is a narrow observation, not a Year 10 achievement-standard decision, diagnosis, performance certification or classroom outcome. All data and settings below are invented. Adult reading, Braille, tactile tokens, speech/sign/AAC, typing and a directed scribe can support access; log the exact support and any content hint separately. Never publish identifiable learner evidence. All checks have the same rhythm: **0–2 orient, 2–4 exact source, 4–10 independent first response with one of the provided routes, 10–12 collect before discussing the public key**.

## Science checks

### Science Check A · Paper-route counter source

An invented station map lists three paired route cards. Route A has **3, 4, 5** drawn direction changes; Route B has **2, 3, missing**. The B card for the third route ends in an unlabelled arrow. No trip or person was observed. A fictional poster says “B reduces every journey by one turn.” **Do:** identify the counted unit and complete comparison set, represent the two complete pairs, explain why the poster's “every journey” overreaches, and propose one reproducible paper recheck. **Routes:** table; raised route tokens; oral/AAC source-to-claim account. No road-safety conclusion.

### Science Check B · Drawing-score anomaly

A fictional optics club assigns arbitrary paper “contrast scores” **5, 6, 5, 14** to four drawn panels. Card 4 says “outline width changed before scoring”; no real vision or device test occurred. A note claims “14 proves the new panel is accessible.” **Do:** represent all four values, describe the anomaly without deleting it, give a method recheck holding width constant, and state why accessibility remains untested. **Routes:** number line; text table; tactile/voice reviewer memo.

## HASS checks

### HASS Check A · Fictional shelter siting

An invented town sketch proposes Shelter P near a drawn path (construction **6 credits**) with route width unknown, and Shelter Q farther away (**4 credits**) with route width unknown. No real place, cost, shade, permit or access condition has been inspected. **Do:** write a geographical inquiry question, compare P/Q against environmental, social and cost criteria without filling unknowns, and offer a conditional next-data request rather than an approval. **Routes:** criteria grid; conditional memo; tactile map briefing.

### HASS Check B · Fictional forum process

A made-up local forum gets **9 supportive, 5 uncertain, 4 opposed** paper responses to a proposed Saturday session; how people were invited is not given. A notice says “The community unanimously chose Saturday.” **Do:** correct the tally claim, assess one participation-method weakness and design a fairer invitation/feedback step. State why the responses are not an actual community mandate. **Routes:** category tokens; notice edit; AAC facilitation note.

## HPE checks

### HPE Check A · Opt-in makers' club

An invented makers' club advertises “Bring a partner and speak at the front, or you cannot join.” A fictional member asks for a way to work alone first and show an idea without speaking publicly. **Do:** propose two equally valued participation routes, rehearse or script a respectful response, and name one way to evaluate inclusion without requiring a personal disclosure. **Routes:** invitation rewrite; role cards; quiet oral/AAC script.

### HPE Check B · Shared-space pause

In a fictional supervised paper activity, the intended tabletop route is blocked by stacked boxes. A learner suggests moving the boxes immediately; another suggests stopping and asking staff about an approved alternative. No actual hazard is present. **Do:** plan and rehearse a school-policy-aligned decision on paper, explain why no one is required to clear the obstruction, and state what would need local staff direction. **Routes:** sequence cards; brief staff message; directed figure simulation. This is not an emergency procedure or medical advice.

## Technologies checks

### Technologies Check A · Folded ticket pocket

A fictional reading circle needs a **one-sheet paper pocket** to hold three paper tickets without hiding their printed labels. Prototype idea X holds all three but hides one label; idea Y holds two and leaves all visible. No actual build is supplied. **Do:** write a brief/criteria, judge X/Y against both stated requirements, and propose a paper change plus a fair three-ticket test. **Routes:** criteria board; design memo; tactile model director. Do not claim a finished product.

### Technologies Check B · Offline return rule

For an invented library-return note, the requirement is `OK` only when **code readable AND date confirmed**. A faulty algorithm says `OK` when either condition is true. A third field may be **unknown**. **Do:** give the four known yes/no expected cases, one discrepancy for the faulty rule, a corrected pseudocode/flowchart and an `unknown code + confirmed date` output that requests data rather than silently treating unknown as NO. **Routes:** truth table; card gate; offline [rule lab](interactive/rule-lab.html) with a written prediction. No personal borrowing record is used.

## Arts checks

### Arts Check A · Media frame order

Three original frames for a fictional community print story are **an empty bench**, **a folded paper note**, and **a person-shaped silhouette leaving the frame**. No actual individual or event exists. **Do:** make two different three-frame orders with complete text/audio descriptions, explain how the order could change an audience's inference, and name what the frames cannot establish. **Routes:** draw/caption; reorder word cards; spoken/AAC storyboard with transcript. A paper storyboard is design evidence; call it a produced artwork only if one is made.

### Arts Check B · Four-mark response composition

Create an original **four-beat or four-mark** response to the abstract prompt “open, wait, turn, settle”. Choose **Music** (notated sound/rest and a changed dynamic) or **Visual Arts** (four labelled marks/shapes with a changed weight/position). **Do:** make two versions, explain one deliberate change and intended expressive effect, and give a full text/tactile account. **Routes:** quiet notated beat score; paper visual artwork; directed tactile composition. Actual performance or finished artwork is only claimed if done; no cultural motif or borrowed tune is required.

## Local observation strip

`Date | local learner code | area/check | first response | exact source detail | limit | actual making/performance observed? | access route | content hint | next move`. Store only in school-approved private systems. A paper plan is not a conducted experiment, real product test or performed art. A published key is not evidence that an individual learner saw it, but it prevents a secure/unseen claim.

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