Use nine labelled blank spaces matching the fields above. Adults can read one label at a time; child can dictate/sign/AAC/direct marks. No diagnosis or personal identifier required. Full selected source stays available. Record helper writing/operation apart from child choice. A simple spoken account of selected fields is complete; no need to fill every box.
- Collect: choose a question and source; enter only actually chosen relevant details, source/status/date-job/rule/perspective/connection/unknown. Unanswered fields remain blank/unknown, not wrong.
- Preview: read the current entries linearly. Mark draft if changing; a new draft supersedes a copied old version without claiming it was erased elsewhere.
- Copy: if wanted, make a paper/transcribed copy and name who wrote which part. A proposed copy is not made until actually copied. If the working draft changes while a helper is copying, check which version was actually copied and keep it labelled as that version. Do not call an older copy the current draft or imply Cancel/Clear removed a retained copy.
- Clear/Cancel: say what would be discarded and ask for a wanted decision. Cancel keeps all work; confirmed clear removes only the chosen working sheet/marks under the adult's normal arrangements, never another retained copy. No compulsory destruction of learner work.
- Leaving/returning: choose a wanted paper copy before leaving. Start a fresh empty working sheet on return; retained copies are deliberately kept records, not automatic bench persistence. Keep no false digital retention promise.
- Six local scenarios: (1) no entries yet: blank, not zero; (2) source detail read and retained, no own conclusion: separate source/own; (3) date/source changed: mark old preview stale and read new version; (4) pending clear then edit: cancel the old decision and retain current work; (5) cancel: keep chosen work and return to making; (6) two entries made, reader reply absent: keep actual creation and unknown result, no invented success.
1. Collection question
2. Item and source name/provider
3. Source type/status
4. Represented date/period and its job
5. Supported detail and source passage/location
6. Chosen sorting question/rule and placement
7. Attributed perspective and speaker
8. Supported connection/conclusion and proposed next/current action
9. Unknown, actual wanted check result if attempted, and helper attribution
Optional temporary digital bench · Ordinary sources.
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