# Original reading packet · four repair-session sources and three mini-cases

**Everything in this packet is invented for Year 6 reading and writing practice.** The people, club, items, dates, numbers, comments and places are fictional. The packet is a model of how different texts can frame one event; it is **not** a report of an Australian program, a recommendation to bring items to school, a repair or safety guide, a real person's testimony or a source on First Nations Country/Place. All source labels below must stay attached when a learner quotes or paraphrases. The **Day 15 and Day 20 check sources are elsewhere and remain unseen** until those checks.

## Source A · public poster from the invented Dockside Fix Club

**Invented creator and context:** The club's organiser made this poster on 18 September 2026, after a one-session trial, to invite interest in another session. The audience is potential visitors. It selects from the club's own tally, Source B; it is **not independent confirmation** of B. The [original A4 poster](print/repair-poster.pdf), [SVG](print/repair-poster.svg) and [complete text/layout description](print/TEXT-ALTERNATIVES.md) show the full source copy and hierarchy.

> **ELEVEN WORKING BY CLOSING TIME!**
>
> A small trial checked 18 brought-in items. Eleven were working when the table closed. If another session is approved, ask the organiser about the date and suitable items.
>
> **Read the closing detail too.** Four items were waiting for parts; three were not repaired at closing. This count does not say how long any repair lasted or what another session would cost.
>
> Dockside Fix Club · fictional classroom poster · 18 September 2026.

**Notice the design, not just the words:** “ELEVEN” is the largest text; the smaller four/three detail is lower on the page. That changes what a reader meets first. It does **not** change the arithmetic or prove the result lasted. A learner using the text route receives the same hierarchy description.

## Source B · same invented club's closing tally

**Invented creator and context:** The organiser wrote this internal tally at the end of the same 18 September trial to keep an account of the items. It has a narrower record-keeping purpose than Poster A. It is from the **same club and same event**.

| Category at closing | Items |
| --- | ---: |
| Working when the table closed | 11 |
| Waiting for parts | 4 |
| Not repaired at closing | 3 |
| **Total brought in** | **18** |

The categories are mutually exclusive **in this invented tally** and add to 18. The club did **not** record a one-week follow-up, price, volunteer time, visitor access needs or how many items were still used later. “Working at closing” is the recorded condition; it is not the same claim as “every item was saved permanently.” This tally could contain mistakes because no independent check is supplied.

## Source C · two selected fictional comment slips

**Invented context:** These two slips were selected from unknown possible comments. They are not a survey, a random sample or testimony from real people. The readers are told neither how many visitors attended nor how the slips were chosen.

- **C1, invented Jo:** “I liked being able to ask what the volunteer was doing.”
- **C2, invented Ren:** “I wanted a quieter way to hear the explanation.”

Jo's preference and Ren's request can inform a question for a later session. Neither proves that *everyone* liked, disliked, could access or wanted the service. Do not assign either speaker an identity, diagnosis or community role that the slip does not state.

## Source D · organiser's draft decision note

**Invented creator and context:** The same club organiser wrote this **proposal**, not an approved policy, after seeing the tally and two slips. The intended reader is a fictional room manager.

> “A small second trial could be useful because 11 of the 18 items were working at the first closing. Before we set a date, we should ask whether volunteers, parts, space and a quieter explanation option are available. We should record how repairs hold up later and invite more than two feedback responses. These first records are promising for a **test**, but do not show that every item can be fixed or that a larger program is ready.”

The note is an **argument** built from the club's own sources. Its question about a quiet option responds to Ren's selected slip. It does not create new outcome data.

## Mini-case E · invented zine shelf

**Invented source:** Hall Editors' public sign says, “Our zines are the town's most loved reads!” Its small closing table says **30** original zines were set out at a trial shelf, **18** were taken and **12** remained. The editor made both sign and table on the same day to invite another shelf trial. The numbers support the narrower sentence “18 of 30 were taken at closing”; they do not measure love, town-wide preference or later reading. The zines are fictional original booklets, with no actual titles copied.

## Mini-case F · invented sports-kit return desk

**Invented source:** A recreation desk's end-of-day log says **20** soft practice discs were lent, **16** returns were logged before closing and **4** were not yet logged. A desk sign says, “Every disc safely home!” The log does not establish whether the four were still in approved use, returned later or missing. A careful writer can say “four returns were not yet recorded at closing” without blaming anyone. No real child, team or sports club is described.

## Mini-case G · invented garden-label trial

**Invented source:** A garden team's note records a one-day indoor table test of **40** paper labels: **32** readable at the end, **8** not readable. Its poster headline says “Weatherproof labels for every garden!” The indoor, one-day test gives no evidence about rain, sun, long-term performance or every garden. A careful proposal would seek an approved, relevant test before making a durability claim. No real garden, climate or Country/Place knowledge is represented.

**Reading rule:** Source A/B/D share one organisation's underlying trial; C is two selected fictional views; E/F/G are separate mini-cases. A number in a fictional source may be accurately copied *from that source* while still lacking real-world verification. Use words such as **records**, **says**, **suggests**, **unknown**, and **if** according to the strength of evidence. Keep reading access mode visible: independent reading and reasoning after an adult read-aloud are different observations.

All original sources, names, data and wording © NeuroForgeIO Pty Ltd 2026, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit, link and indicate changes. No endorsement by any real club, agency or person is implied.