Useful job
Make a two-part note for a pretend repair table.
Purpose
Group related information into simple paragraphs and give the reader a clear route through a small report.
Ready to enter
Use C07’s supplied job and response. A title and two short groups are enough; a long report is not required.
Kit
C07/C08, sentence strips or a blank folded page.
Find two jobs · 5–8 minutes
Read C07. Separate what the pretend helper needs to know about the tear from what they need to know about the chosen decoration. Ask which ideas belong together.
Model grouping · 8–12 minutes
Build a title ‘Paper kite repair’. Model one short paragraph about the tear and another about the decoration choice. Explain a paragraph as a group of related ideas, rather than any fixed number of sentences. Show a heading or a return link as a route for the reader, not as decoration.
Try a different domain · 10–15 minutes
Read C08’s food-play café card. Group opening-job information separately from a customer’s supplied preference. No real food handling or allergy advice is offered. Move strips before writing and explain one grouping decision.
Make a reader-ready page · 12–20 minutes
Children choose the repair or pretend café source and produce a title plus two related groups. A partner follows the page: what is this about, and where would they look for the preference? Children can change a heading or move one sentence after the test.
Finish · 5 minutes
Keep the first arrangement and a revised arrangement if the child chooses to preserve them. Ask which move helped the reader. Paragraph quality is judged from related ideas, not a two-paragraph quota applied to every later text.
Choose a way to take part
Fold and sort
Use a folded scrap page as two labelled spaces. Move whole idea strips, then choose where to begin a new paragraph.
Read together and dictate
An adult reads both source groups. The child names what belongs together and dictates the message; record organising evidence separately from writing mechanics.
Write and navigate
Draft the title and grouped paragraphs. Use a contents-style two-item route only if it helps this reader, then test whether the label reaches the intended group.
What to notice
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.
Curriculum focus
AC9E3LA03, AC9E3LA04, AC9E3LA05, AC9E3LY06
Home offer
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.
Longer make
Build a two-panel repair-table display that folds flat. One panel explains the problem; the other records the supplied choice and the proposed next action.
Timing and scope
Times are unpiloted offers. Shorten or split while keeping the language job; no required prior fortnight mastery or guaranteed outcome.