Codes: AC9E7LE03, AC9E7LE05, AC9E7LE06, AC9E7LY05. Goal: explain a literal technical use of base and its second literary meaning in a new vignette, using character, setting and event evidence. Prepare: Text E, optional Text F, two-column literal/layered note.
- Invite · 2 min. “A word on a sign can name a part. Can the same word do more in a story?” Accept tentative predictions.
- Read · 5 min. Read the vignette quietly or aloud. Pause after Luca says “It's obvious when you're here.” Ask what a visitor not beside Luca might need.
- Model · 5 min. Quote “Base: the wide paper support touching the table.” Identify literal meaning. Compare the last two sentences: base becomes a beginning for a better question. Name the doorway, crowded arrows and leaning model as setting/details shaping the problem.
- Interpret · 7 min. Three learner routes allow annotation, a small scene map or oral/AAC close reading. Each gives two readings of base, one character change, and a specific phrase. A different supported reading can stand.
- Compare · 4 min. Read Text F's last two lines if useful. Ask whether the margin is literal paper space, a metaphor for a possible alternative, or both. Students can disagree by pointing to words, with no obligation to reveal personal experience.
- Exit · 2 min. “The word base first means ; by the end it also suggests , supported by ___.” Do not score exact emotional reaction.