# Plain invitations, one at a time

Adult reads one line, offers a pause and accepts any established response. Child decides; no printed line is a decodable-text test. Do not rehearse held O/P with models.

- “What could this ordinary prop be in your story?”
- “Who are you in the story?”
- “Where does your imagined moment happen?”
- “What is one little thing your character does?”
- “Would you like to play it, direct me, draw, or pass?”
- “Could one quiet clue help your idea?”
- “What else could the same prop become?”
- “Would you keep that clue or choose another?”
- “What might happen next? Waiting is possible.”
- “Would you like to keep this just for you?”

Teacher separates intention from source/actual audience reading, and real enactment from a drawing/plan. One purposeful gesture is enough; source limits belong in concise teacher notes, not a long child audit routine.