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Session 66

2026-10-02 · 2026-W40 ✓ reviewed

What happened

Placement paper 2 (test #5, typed, non-fiction reading: a 2020s column and an 1868 Cornish memoir on walking to school) sat and marked: 7/40, 0 blank of 4, closed by her at 26 of 120 min (attempt #12). True-statements question 4/4. Summary question 3/8, Level 2 bottom: four paired details from both texts joined by 'but', two emerging inferences, no 'which shows', one factual slip (said Source B gives no age), 19 min. Language question (12) 0: five words, no quotation, 2 min. Comparing-viewpoints question (16) 0: one sentence restating the question, 2 min — this shape has never been taught. Seven spelling slips in about 75 typed words (lollypop, whatching, farwell, attaked, diffrent, atatoods, then for than). No teaching ran; the hyena structure paragraph from session 47 is still open.

Planned next

FIRST: finish the hyena structure paragraph — the opening sentence that names the moment (the ending) and where it sits, before the quote; then what that ending does to the reader (session 47, still open). Starter, no notes: the three steps for explaining one word (5th ask); define anti-climax; spell writer, because, different, attitude — each given with a memory aid. THEN the lighthouse paper re-work as teaching, one question per lesson (subject note 'Placement paper 1 re-work'): lesson 1 her storm answer — one word through what it suggests and what the reader feels, then a second quotation with no mention of steps. The non-fiction paper (test 5) is placed: true statements 4/4; summary 3/8 — its next step is 'which shows…' after each pair; the 12-mark language and 16-mark comparing questions are untaught baselines at 0 and are not re-set on fresh text before each shape is taught. Fairground branch and ~6 Oct timed description stand.

What this session changed

TopicNameChangeEvidence recorded
V1.1Not started → Not startedTest #5, 2 Oct, unseen, no teaching: 4/4 unaided (A, B, E, F), exactly four chosen, 3 min against a 5 min guide.
V2.1Not started → Not startedTest #5 summary: 3 of 4 paired details stay on the journey (11 min vs 2.5 miles; watched from window vs left at gate; lollipop person vs animals); the fourth pair is the child's age.
V2.3Not started → Not startedTest #5 summary 3/8, Level 2 bottom, unaided and untaught: both sources used, four paired details joined by 'but'; one factual slip (says Source B gives no age).
V2.4Not started → Not startedTest #5 summary: 0 stated inferences ('which shows/suggests') across four pairs; two emerging ones only ('whatching over the child', 'attaked by the animals').
V3.1Not started → Not startedTest #5 language question 0/12: 'better then the way to school' — five words, 0 quotations, 0 comments on a word, 2 min against a 12 min guide. Attempted, not blank.
V4.1Not started → Not startedTest #5 comparing question 0/16: one sentence restating the question ('the kids had diffrent atatoods'), children's attitudes not the writers', 0 references, 2 min against an 18 min guide. Shape never taught.
V5.1Not started → Not startedTest #5: three details taken accurately from the 1868 source (2.5 miles, mother at the gate, the animals); 'in my eighth year' not read as the child's age (1 miss).
R2.1Developing → DevelopingTest #5, 2 Oct: on an unseen source with no cue the language answer had 0 quotations and none of the three steps; second paper running (30 Sep: one quotation, literal comment, no chain).