Pick your reader. Make a useful message. Ask what is clear and what needs work.
Before you begin
The complete matched C source travels with this offer; an adult can read it. It is ordinary taught material, not an unseen case.
First adult words
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Show a tiny report to one willing person or use a supplied reader question. Make one change that helps; if the first version works, explain what you kept.
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Read the matched fictional source together. Ask which reader or character the child wants to help. Use the child direction: ‘Pick your reader. Make a useful message. Ask what is clear and what needs work.’
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Offer scrap paper, objects, pointing, speech/sign or exact dictation. Stop after one useful small piece; no class workbook or internet is required.
Later adult words
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Invite the child to show one part and explain it using the source. If useful, ask the supplied reader question or reread the relevant source detail.
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Notice audience fit, source-faithful supporting detail and a reasoned edit/retention. Do not claim two saved versions demonstrate independent drafting or actual delivery on their own.
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If you supply a word, answer, model or pen work, say so in a note. Keep the piece private unless you and the child choose a permitted reader. This offer is not an independent assessment by itself.
Optional extra
Return to the second matched ordinary source C18 for the same day's purpose, introducing its full source first. Do not quietly switch to a different day or held case.
Time
5–15 minutes suggested, unpiloted; stop, shorten or resume.