# Year 6 English · three distinct practice routes per day

Choose **one** route for the day's six-minute independent window; another can be used later, at home or with a small group. All source texts are [original fictional models](SOURCE-TEXTS.md). You may read, listen, sort paper, draw, point, use a screen reader, sign/AAC, type, dictate or speak privately. The English decision stays yours even if an adult reads or moves cards. The [source-comparison](print/source-comparison.pdf) and [argument-planner](print/argument-planner.pdf) mats have [complete text/tactile equivalents](print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md). None of these routes asks for a real family purchase, repair, club, child identity or local cultural story.

## Day 11 · Source and context

- **A · card sort:** Make two A/B cards with `creator, date, reader, purpose`. Fill all four labels from the [source packet](SOURCE-TEXTS.md), then explain which text invites and which records.
- **B · audio-description script:** Without recording anyone, write or speak two sentences describing the poster to a reader who cannot see it. Name the large headline, smaller line and the club that made it. Include one exact number.
- **C · independence test:** A classmate says, “A and B are two independent reports, so 11 is confirmed twice.” Write a reply that names their shared source and one way later durability might be checked.

## Day 12 · Text and visual emphasis

- **A · redesign:** Rearrange only A's original words into a more even text poster. Keep the `11`, `4` and `3` figures unchanged. Explain how the reading order changes and what still cannot be concluded.
- **B · zine sign critique:** For Mini-case E, put “18 taken” beside “town's most loved.” Which is source detail and which is an untested wider claim? Write a fairer ten-word headline that keeps the event context.
- **C · reader's-eye explanation:** Make a three-step text or tactile path for Source A: first attention, next supporting detail, last limit. Explain to a partner how a reader might miss the smaller line without saying the poster lied about its numbers.

## Day 13 · What can we know?

- **A · three-column board:** From B/C/D, place one exact or paraphrased sentence under **recorded / suggested / not shown**. Give the source ID and one question you would ask next.
- **B · garden promise test:** Mini-case G reports a one-day **indoor** label check. Repair “weatherproof for every garden” into a sentence the note supports; then ask what kind of new evidence weather claims would need.
- **C · proposal interview:** Write two neutral questions for the fictional room manager to ask the Dockside organiser: one about follow-up condition and one about a quieter option or capacity. Explain which source raised each question.

## Day 14 · Fair summary and question

- **A · two-source caption:** Write a caption of no more than three sentences for A and B together. Include `11 working at closing` and the other categories without calling them all failures. Name both source types.
- **B · sports-desk repair:** Mini-case F's sign says “Every disc safely home!” but its log has four returns not yet recorded. Revise the sign into a careful closing-time statement; add one question that would check later return without blame.
- **C · viewpoint paraphrase:** Paraphrase Jo's and Ren's selected C slips in two lines, keeping each speaker separate. Ask whether two selected slips represent every visitor and say how you know.

## Day 15 · **Later practice, after the fresh check**

- **A · zine source:** In Mini-case E, make a `creator / purpose / supported detail / unknown` note. Give one careful sentence instead of “most loved in town.”
- **B · return-desk layout:** For Mini-case F, draft a short accessible sign with the 16 logged returns and four not yet logged **equally visible**. Explain why this is different from “all safely home.”
- **C · garden follow-up:** For Mini-case G, choose one next test or question before claiming outdoor durability. Tell which original one-day indoor result it would extend.

## Day 16 · Claim and evidence plan

- **A · repair trial planner:** For the fictional room manager, propose or withhold one more small Dockside trial. Use B's closing count, a selected C view and an explicit condition about volunteers, parts or access.
- **B · zine-shelf planner:** For Mini-case E, write a bounded case for **testing** another shelf. Include the 18/30 trial result and one unknown that stops a town-wide “most loved” claim.
- **C · sports-desk planner:** For Mini-case F, suggest one small improvement in reporting, using `16 of 20 returns logged at close` and a question about the four not yet logged. Do not accuse borrowers or claim permanent loss.

## Day 17 · Argument stages

- **A · four-strip order:** On four scraps label **recommendation**, **source-linked reason**, **limit**, **next step**. Put Dockside B/C/D details under each and write one connection between two strips.
- **B · counterpoint opening:** Start a zine-shelf argument with “We do not yet know whether readers finished the zines.” Then give a sourced narrow reason for a small follow-up trial. Explain why a reader might trust this order.
- **C · garden-card repair:** A drafted paragraph says “The labels are weatherproof. We should buy them for every garden.” Rebuild it into two stages: what G actually reports, then a next test before a decision.

## Day 18 · Sentence precision

- **A · repair verbs and comma:** Revise “The log proves all repairs lasted because eleven worked”. Use **records** and an opening `Although ... , ...` clause to state the closing result and missing follow-up.
- **B · sports relative clause:** Combine “Four disc returns were not yet logged. The desk needs to check them” with an identifying `that ...` clause. Avoid changing “not yet logged” into “lost”; explain why no comma encloses a restrictive `that` clause.
- **C · garden uncertainty:** Replace “The test proves these labels will survive rain” with a sentence that names the one-day indoor evidence, a careful modal verb and an unknown. Read it aloud to check that the claim did not get broader.

## Day 19 · Present and interrogate

- **A · private repair pitch:** Give or write a 30–45 second Dockside proposal with a repeated short key phrase, one B count, one limit and an if-condition. Take one neutral question and revise a line. Record whether it was actually presented.
- **B · zine cue card:** Design a low-ink three-box visual cue card for a 30-second case for another **trial** shelf, using Mini-case E's 18/30 detail. Give the pitch privately or label the card a plan only.
- **C · garden interviewer:** Ask the maker of Mini-case G's poster two precise questions about rain and long-term use. Listen to a peer's fictional bounded answer or write your own; then change the poster claim so it matches the recorded indoor test.

## Day 20 · **Later practice, after the fresh check**

- **A · sport-desk recommendation:** Write a four-part note about clearer logging for Mini-case F. Include 20 lent and 16 logged by closing, one unknown and a reversible next step.
- **B · zine-shelf revision:** Build a short argument for another one-day Mini-case E shelf trial, then revise an overstrong “everyone loves these” sentence to match the 18 taken/12 remaining record.
- **C · repair-club counterpoint:** Return to Dockside B/C/D. Write one paragraph that names a possible benefit of another small trial, then a counterpoint about unknown durability or capacity. Answer that counterpoint with a **question or test**, not an invented promise.

**Check your source each time:** a factual sentence about this packet can be true *within the invented text* without proving anything about a real Australian club or community. Original SubjectNest practice cards © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).