An optional free 5–15-minute encounter; stop or return another time. No homework return, earlier lesson, print, purchase, device or personal disclosure. A familiar adult may read these exact words and record only the learner's chosen words. Quiet thinking, sign/AAC and literal dictation are welcome; adult invention is not learner composition. All objects/events below may stay imagined.
Setup: say/read “The empty jar was waiting on the shelf. Jo put a note inside instead of a flower.” Use scrap or conversation; jar is imagined, no real container needed. Child chooses note's words or what happens next. Adult prompt: “Which part made you choose that?” Notice a child-created consequence linked to the seed, not handwriting. Optional next: try a second ending with a different purpose and keep one.