# N26 · A recipe collection with an unanswered ingredient question

**A small start:** Tell a sourced account with one known action and one honest unknown.

## Complete supplied source

Original fiction. One keeper’s account says a recipe card was copied into a pretend collection in2009. A source label was attached in2020. In2021 the keeper wrote “Which ingredient did the original writer mean?” No answer is given. A reader looked at the card, with no reply or comprehension note. No ingredient list, tasting or cooking instructions are supplied.

## Choose your way

Tell it, sign, use AAC, point to the words, make broad marks or direct a helper. Two reachable paper spaces are enough if wanted. Start with one clue, keep it private, rest, pass or stop. A helper can read dates or source names neutrally and write the child’s exact chosen words; record any supplied idea separately. These are choices, not fixed learning styles or diagnostic labels.

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**Teacher invitation:** Use a spoken collection tour or broad source/action/open-question spaces. Read dates on request. Let the learner make a coherent connection rather than require every sentence or a fixed length.

**One worked possibility, after an own attempt or if wanted:** “The keeper’s account says a recipe card was copied in2009. Its source label was attached in2020. The keeper wrote an ingredient question in2021, but the answer is unknown. A reader looked; their understanding is not recorded.” A shorter supported narrative can preserve the meaningful connection.

**What stays unknown:** Ingredient identity, reply, reader understanding and the original writing date are unknown.

**Next teaching:** Offer an invented note naming a different recipe’s ingredient. Ask whether it answers this card’s question; a similar topic does not establish that the sources describe the same recipe.

**Keep a useful trace if needed:** chosen source/question, exact child meaning, actual helper reading/writing/moving/operation, content help and one useful next step. Missing or unoffered evidence is not a failure; a fictional action is not the child’s performance. There is no length, handwriting, speed or public-sharing requirement.

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