# Day 44 · Give related ideas a home

## Useful job

Make a two-part note for a pretend repair table.

## Purpose

Group related information into simple paragraphs and give the reader a clear route through a small report.

## Ready to enter

Use C07’s supplied job and response. A title and two short groups are enough; a long report is not required.

## Kit

C07/C08, sentence strips or a blank folded page.

## Find two jobs · 5–8 minutes

Read C07. Separate what the pretend helper needs to know about the tear from what they need to know about the chosen decoration. Ask which ideas belong together.

## Model grouping · 8–12 minutes

Build a title ‘Paper kite repair’. Model one short paragraph about the tear and another about the decoration choice. Explain a paragraph as a group of related ideas, rather than any fixed number of sentences. Show a heading or a return link as a route for the reader, not as decoration.

## Try a different domain · 10–15 minutes

Read C08’s food-play café card. Group opening-job information separately from a customer’s supplied preference. No real food handling or allergy advice is offered. Move strips before writing and explain one grouping decision.

## Make a reader-ready page · 12–20 minutes

Children choose the repair or pretend café source and produce a title plus two related groups. A partner follows the page: what is this about, and where would they look for the preference? Children can change a heading or move one sentence after the test.

## Finish · 5 minutes

Keep the first arrangement and a revised arrangement if the child chooses to preserve them. Ask which move helped the reader. Paragraph quality is judged from related ideas, not a two-paragraph quota applied to every later text.

## Choose a way to take part

### Fold and sort

Use a folded scrap page as two labelled spaces. Move whole idea strips, then choose where to begin a new paragraph.

### Read together and dictate

An adult reads both source groups. The child names what belongs together and dictates the message; record organising evidence separately from writing mechanics.

### Write and navigate

Draft the title and grouped paragraphs. Use a contents-style two-item route only if it helps this reader, then test whether the label reaches the intended group.

## What to notice

Look for a meaningful title, related grouping and a reason for a move. Do not mistake a neat layout or an adult scribed paragraph for independent composition.

## Curriculum focus

AC9E3LA03, AC9E3LA04, AC9E3LA05, AC9E3LY06

## Home offer

Make two labelled groups for a pretend job, such as a costume repair and the chosen colour. A child can arrange strips on the table without making a finished page.

## Longer make

Build a two-panel repair-table display that folds flat. One panel explains the problem; the other records the supplied choice and the proposed next action.

## Timing and scope

Times are unpiloted offers. Shorten or split while keeping the language job; no required prior fortnight mastery or guaranteed outcome.