All cards below are invented classroom model materials. They are not reports of actual schools, places, people, water use or scientific tests. Say this aloud before using them. Print or offer the same words via accessible digital text; the source is the card, not a claim about the world. Keep Card D unseen until Day 10/assessment transfer.
Card A — Model courtyard design brief
A design drawing shows a rectangular courtyard. It includes three benches, one shaded shelter and two paths. One path runs beside the shelter. The drawing does not show how many people use the courtyard or how hot it feels there. Title: Courtyard model A. Source: original fictional design card.
Key: It supports statements about drawn items and their positions; it does not support a claim about actual users or temperature. “Three benches” is objective about the model. “The shelter is wonderful” is an opinion. Do not call this an observed real school.
Text A1 — A short factual report about Card A
The courtyard model contains three benches, one shaded shelter and two paths. One path passes beside the shelter. The drawing shows the placement of these features. It does not record how many people use the courtyard. To find out about use, a person would need another source.
Purpose/structure key: opening topic, two source-supported details, a limit/next-source sentence. The text reports what the model depicts; it does not establish facts about an actual courtyard.
Text A2 — A letter about Card A
Dear design team, I think the model would be more welcoming with another shaded seat. The drawing shows three benches but only one shelter. In my view, a second shaded spot could offer more choice. Please ask future users what they need before changing the design. From, Kai.
Purpose/structure key: greeting, viewpoint/request, one source-based reason, a proposal and close. “More welcoming” and “could offer more choice” are opinions/predictions, not false statements. The model does not prove what future users want; the letter asks them.
Card B — Fictional library display plan
A proposed library display has four shelves. Shelf 1 is labelled “stories”; shelf 2 “information”; shelf 3 “poetry”; shelf 4 “browse”. The plan places a large-print sign beside shelf 4. It gives no borrowing totals and records no reader preferences. Source: original fictional plan.
Key: A report may state four shelves and the sign's placement. It may not state “poetry is least popular” or “all readers prefer shelf 4.” The plan contains labels, not use data.
Card C — Fictional community game board
A design for a cooperative game shows six spaces between START and FINISH. Two spaces have a star symbol. A rule card says, “If a team lands on a star, the team may choose another route.” It does not report how any real team played. Source: original fictional design.
Key: Six spaces and two stars are source-supported. “The game is exciting” is opinion. “Teams usually choose another route” is unsupported by the rule alone. Conditional if connects a condition to a possible action.
Card D — Reserve for unseen transfer: model water station
A drawing of a model refill station shows two taps, one low shelf and three marked waiting places. The low shelf is beside the taps. The drawing contains no user survey, flow-rate measurement or safety inspection. Source: original fictional design card.
Key: two taps, one low shelf, three waiting places and shelf beside taps are supported about the drawing. “Everyone can use it,” “water flows quickly,” and “it is safe” are unsupported. “The shelf looks useful” is an opinion, not a measured outcome. Discuss actual access with appropriate users and school procedures, not by assuming a model proves it.
Source-to-sentence record
SOURCE TITLE: ____________________ TYPE: model / report / letter / other
EXACT DETAIL I CAN POINT TO: __________________________________________
MY SENTENCE ABOUT THAT SOURCE: ________________________________________
IS IT: source-supported report / opinion / inference needing more evidence?
WHAT THE SOURCE DOES NOT SHOW: _________________________________________
Paragraph frame and revision checks
PURPOSE: report / reasoned opinion AUDIENCE: ___________________
TOPIC SENTENCE: _________________________________________________
DETAIL 1 with source: ___________________________________________
DETAIL 2 with source: ___________________________________________
CONNECTIVE: when / because / if / next / however / another suitable word
CLOSING IDEA or source limit: ____________________________________
READ BACK: Does each claim match the source? yes / revise
CHECK: sentence boundary, tense, pronoun reference, spelling, audience
Complex-sentence card: Independent clause: “The model shows one shelter.” Dependent clause: “because the drawing includes one shelter” cannot stand alone as that complete thought. Combined example: “I can report one shelter because the drawing includes one shelter.” The clause relationship is causal. Do not require every sentence to be complex; choose one when it clarifies meaning.
Text navigation/access: Each card has a distinct heading and source line. In digital form keep semantic headings and selectable text. Do not convey factual/opinion classification only through colour. Read-aloud preserves access to ideas but changes what can be inferred about independent reading; record it.
Original source packet © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, CC BY 4.0. National source and ACARA's separate rights in README. Educator/EAL/D review pending.