My useful guide · Static paper twin

Invented display record: A round paper badge has a narrow striped rim and a square hole in its centre. A plain round badge beside it has no centre hole. Neither badge has an owner label.

Original game-kit note: The kit picture has a long oval token with three dots, a short oval token with one dot and a square token with three dots. The note names no winning token.

Fictional model guide, paragraph1: The paper creature has two folded feet. A drawn arrow points from each foot to the marked standing place. Paragraph2: Put the drawn feet on the marked places in this paper plan. The writer wants a reader to match the creature to its picture; no balancing trial is reported.

Original pretend repair card: A pouch sketch has a label ZIP PULL beside a loose drawn tab. The written plan says: Find the loose tab in the sketch. Put a question mark beside it. No real pouch repair or cause of damage is described.

Complete original grammar card: One tab shows the title. Two tabs show the titles. Yesterday, one tab showed the title. These are three possible description sentences for three different invented records.

Original toy-story record: Yesterday, Bo carried a flat paper shield. Today, Bo carries a round paper shield in the story. Tomorrow, Bo plans to carry a striped shield. The story supplies no tomorrow result.

Complete original information guide. Paragraph1: The pretend puzzle kit has three card shapes: round, square and triangular. Each card has one large mark. Paragraph2: To choose the drawn round card, first find its curved edge. Then check its large mark. This is a drawing-selection guide, not a report of somebody completing the puzzle.

Original mixed note: The imaginary music kit has a drum card and a bell card. Find the bell picture. Each card has a name under it. Read the name beside the bell picture. No sound or live performance occurs.

Complete original story: Lila wanted visitors to find her paper dragon. She wrote DRAGON over its little box. Then the lamp in the story went out. Lila heard tap, tap from the shelf and pictured the dragon tiptoeing away. Her brother Ren held a spare paper sign and said, “We could put this by the box.” The story ends before anyone checks the shelf.

Complete original tiny verse: Paper feet, paper flap. / Fold a corner, tap, tap, tap. / On our drawn and dotted track, / Make a mark, then wander back. This is an invented rhyme about a paper drawing job, not instructions for children to move around.

Complete original three-page guide. Contents: Kit parts—page1; Choose a card—page2; Put it away—page3. Page1 says: The invented kit has one star card and one moon card. Page2 says: Choose the moon card if you want the moon picture; otherwise choose the star card. Page3 says: In this paper plan, place the chosen card in the drawn storage rectangle. No real storage trial occurs.

Complete original two-page collection booklet. Contents: Label shapes—page1; Questions—page2. Page1: The toy collection sketch uses circle labels for two invented shells and square labels for two invented leaves. Page2: Who made the labels? What did the writer use to choose the shapes? No answers to those questions are supplied.

Two complete original guides to the same pretend kit. New-reader guide: “There are two cards. A star mark names the star card. Pick that one if your drawing needs a star.” Familiar-reader guide: “For a star drawing, choose the star card.” Both guide a paper choice; neither reports a reader result.

Original pretend board guide pair. Maker note: “Mark the empty starting square START. Leave the finishing square without a mark until the group chooses its name.” Player note: “Begin on the square marked START. Ask what the finishing square will be called.” The finishing name has not been chosen.

Complete fictional source-review card, written for this pack: “The Paper Place directory points readers to its Find-a-card catalogue for searching the pretend collection. This tells us the catalogue’s stated purpose. It does not say a particular card is available, that a reader can borrow it, or that a service is open today.” Paper Place is entirely invented.

Original dated paper-play notes. Monday plan: “The pretend display guide will include a map page and a labels page.” Tuesday change note: “The map page is postponed. The note gives no completed labels-page result.” No real dates, weather or school service are represented.

Complete original creature-card draft: “This kit have two paper feet. The feet sits on two dots. Find the red mark to start.” The supplied kit record says it has two paper feet, two standing dots and a start mark identified by a triangle, with no colour specified.

Complete original box-guide draft: “The badge goes in the box, and the lid rests beside it.” Its source record shows a badge drawn inside the box and a lid drawn to the right of the box. The guide writer wants to describe that picture.

Complete original feedback story: A writer’s first guide says “Look on the page with the kit.” A fictional reader says “I’m not sure which page you mean.” The writer drafts “Open Kit parts on page1.” No second reader response is supplied.

Complete original folio pair. First words: “The card has a thing in the middle.” Chosen revision: “The round badge has a square hole in the middle.” Source: the C01 invented badge record. Writer note: “I chose these words to help someone find that drawing.” No independent reader test is recorded.

Complete original fictional record. A camping-kit drawing contains a long rectangular tag with one large triangular mark and a short rectangular tag with two circular marks. The long tag has no name label. Paragraph 1 of its guide says: The kit drawing has two tags. One tag shows a triangle. Two circles mark the short tag. Paragraph 2 says: To find the long tag, look for its long edge and single triangular mark. Yesterday, the drawing showed both tags; tomorrow, its maker plans to add a label. No tomorrow result or real camping trip is supplied.

Complete different original record. A display drawing contains a wide pentagonal badge with a dotted border and one small oval centre window, and a narrow pentagonal badge with a plain border and no window. Neither has an owner name. Guide paragraph 1: One badge carries a centre window. Two badges carry pentagonal outlines. Guide paragraph 2: Find the dotted border, then check the oval window to identify the wide badge. Yesterday, the drawing had both badges. Tomorrow, the maker plans to write a title, with no title result supplied.

Complete original story. Nia drew a tiny station and wanted her paper train to look ready for a grand arrival. She wrote WELCOME over the platform. In the story, the room lamp flickered. Tick, tack, tick came from a pretend clock. Nia imagined the paper train slipping away into the dark. Her cousin Sol said, “What if we draw a warm light above the platform?” The story stops before either child changes the drawing. Tiny verse: Paper train, a painted track. / Tick, tack, bring a traveller back. The clock sounds and travellers belong to the invented story; no real travel or moving paper train is reported.

Complete different original story. Ivo drew a little lighthouse and wanted visitors in his story to notice its window. He placed the drawing on an imagined shelf. At dusk, a paper curtain covered the window. Rustle, rustle whispered through the tale. Ivo pictured a tiny keeper looking for a lamp. His neighbour Tess offered a painted star for the top of the drawing. No star was added before the story ended. Tiny verse: Little tower, folded high. / Rustle, rustle, ask the sky. No real lighthouse operation, keeper or weather is described.

Complete original three-page booklet. Contents: Drawing pieces—page 1; Choose a sail—page 2; Questions—page 3. Page 1: The pretend boat kit has one striped sail card and one plain sail card. Page 2: For a striped boat drawing, choose the striped sail card. For a plain boat drawing, choose the plain sail card. Page 3: Who drew the first boat? What name will its maker choose? No answers are supplied. Two complete guides to the same striped-sail job: New-reader guide: “There are two sail cards. One has stripes. Pick that striped card for a striped boat drawing.” Familiar-reader guide: “For a striped boat, choose the striped sail.” This is a fictional booklet, not a real kit trial or reader-success record.

Complete different original booklet. Contents: Card parts—page 1; Choose a cape mark—page 2; Maker questions—page 3. Page 1: The pretend costume sketch has a cape card with a star and another cape card with a crescent. Page 2: Choose the crescent cape card for a crescent costume drawing. Otherwise choose the star cape card. Page 3: Who named this costume? When might the writer add a title? Those answers are not supplied. New-reader guide: “There are two cape cards. A curved crescent marks one. Pick it for a crescent costume drawing.” Familiar-reader guide: “For a crescent, choose the crescent cape.” Both whole guides share the same chosen job. No costume was made and no reader response is reported.

Complete original supplied record: An invented camera drawing has a square body, one circular front window and two small top marks. The marks have no names. No photograph was taken. First guide paragraph: “This drawing have a front window. It shows a round window on a square body.” Second paragraph: “Find the round part in front.” A writer changes the first sentence to “This drawing has a front window.” Writer note: “I changed the subject–verb match.” No reader has tried either version. The intended reader wants a clue to the front window in the drawing, not instructions for using a real camera.

Complete different original record: A pretend shopfront drawing has a broad rectangular doorway, two narrow side windows and a triangular sign above the door. The sign has no word. No shop visit occurs. First guide paragraph: “Two windows frames the door. A triangular sign sits above it.” Second paragraph: “Find the triangle above the broad doorway.” A writer changes the first sentence to “Two windows frame the door.” Writer note: “I chose a verb that agrees with two windows.” No reader response is supplied. The chosen reader wants to find the unworded sign in this drawing.