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Staff — Two Texts about a Paper BoatYear 2 English · T2 W11–12 · Teacher · Teacher / C first staff · Text version

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Text 1 — The Boat with a Bookmark Nell made a paper boat for a toy harbour. “It needs a passenger,” Nell said. Bo put a bookmark picture inside. “This passenger wants to read,” Bo said. The boat tipped on the drawn harbour line, so Nell set it on a flat drawn island. They ended by drawing a reading chair there.

Text 2 — Our Pretend Harbour Display This invented display has one paper boat, one bookmark picture and a flat drawn island. The bookmark picture is in the boat. The boat is on the island. The list names boat, bookmark picture, island. This describes the arrangement; it is not a water test or a making procedure.

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Both whole texts are supplied. The picture shows a boat on a flat drawn island and a bookmark picture in the boat, with exact item labels. No real water, extra passenger, recommendation or own comparison appears.

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Prompt: What is each text for? Who might want each? Give a clue from each.

Criterion: Distinguishes story enjoyment/imagination and display information with specific clues and plausible audiences. No single prescribed age/audience.

Possible staff account: Text1 entertains a story reader with events; Text2 tells a visitor the display's objects and positions.

Different next offer: N17

C-first-2

Prompt: Name one topic detail both texts share.

Criterion: Compatible shared boat/bookmark/island detail; no demand that both record a sequence or literal passenger.

Possible staff account: Both have a bookmark picture in a boat.

Different next offer: N18

C-first-3

Prompt: Explain a difference in organisation or wording and how it fits the job.

Criterion: Specific event/dialogue/problem/ending versus inventory/position/list linked to purposes; length alone insufficient.

Possible staff account: The story follows what Nell and Bo do and say; the information groups what the display contains and where it is.

Different next offer: N19

C-first-4

Prompt: Make a small own story or information version and say its job.

Criterion: Own topic-connected text with chosen purpose and suitable feature; invention not relabelled as actual supplied display evidence.

Possible staff account: Paper Harbour: a boat sits on a drawn island. My information card tells a visitor the arrangement.

Different next offer: N20

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