Keep ideas that belong together. Start a new group when the job changes.
Before you begin
The complete matched C source travels with this offer; an adult can read it. It is ordinary taught material, not an unseen case.
First adult words
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Make two labelled groups for a pretend job, such as a costume repair and the chosen colour. A child can arrange strips on the table without making a finished page.
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Read the matched fictional source together. Ask which reader or character the child wants to help. Use the child direction: ‘Keep ideas that belong together. Start a new group when the job changes.’
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Offer scrap paper, objects, pointing, speech/sign or exact dictation. Stop after one useful small piece; no class workbook or internet is required.
Later adult words
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Invite the child to show one part and explain it using the source. If useful, ask the supplied reader question or reread the relevant source detail.
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Look for a meaningful title, related grouping and a reason for a move. Do not mistake a neat layout or an adult scribed paragraph for independent composition.
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If you supply a word, answer, model or pen work, say so in a note. Keep the piece private unless you and the child choose a permitted reader. This offer is not an independent assessment by itself.
Optional extra
Return to the second matched ordinary source C08 for the same day's purpose, introducing its full source first. Do not quietly switch to a different day or held case.
Time
5–15 minutes suggested, unpiloted; stop, shorten or resume.