Choose how strong your words sound · a small project

Read the complete source: C05 · Invitation or requirement · C06 · Feeling and thinking

Choose how strong your words sound · a small project

Small job

Make a movable speech-bubble strip for a play rehearsal, with one invitation and one clear instruction kept distinct.

Make and try

1. Read or hear both complete matched sources. Choose one of their readers, character views or practical jobs.

2. Make a movable speech-bubble strip for a play rehearsal, with one invitation and one clear instruction kept distinct.

3. Make a small first version using the day's child direction: ‘Try the words aloud or silently. What changes? Choose words that fit the job.’

4. Try it with a willing reader, or use the supplied reader question/answer. Record which was used. Nobody has to interview or perform publicly.

5. Choose one useful change or explain one part you keep. Put the source note and any adult help beside the work.

Another option

Use the other complete matched source for a second version after introducing it; compare reader fit rather than page count.

Time

20–40 minutes across sittings, unpiloted; ordinary teaching and feedback, not a scored assignment.

What this can show

Notice whether a child relates a specific word to force and the reader’s purpose. Accept justified differences; do not grade personality or one supposed ‘correct’ emotional reaction.