1. Know the goal. Read the lesson card. Use its time guide and split a long lesson into shorter sessions before starting a timed task.
2. Understand the example. Read the explanation and worked examples. Point to the words that create the effect.
3. Make your own attempt. Try the marker task or drill before opening its explanation. Compare the reason as well as the answer; more than one response may work.
4. Apply and revise. Complete the writing task, use the feedback to choose one change, then try the skill in a fresh sentence or passage. Keep your original separately.

Use Next and Back to move through the lesson, or the Steps menu to revisit a section. Core and optional tasks are identified in the lesson. A completed activity records practice; it is not a guarantee of mastery.

1. Lesson 6: Choose a fitting verb — Explain what the verb adds about movement or looking. Keep an ordinary verb when extra detail is unnecessary.
2. Lesson 12: Build usable examples — Write an original example for a word or phrase and explain its meaning in that context.
3. Lesson 18: Match the reader — Adapt a phrase for a different audience while keeping the intended meaning.
4. Lesson 20: Retrieve, use and review — Use an expression without copying the model, then check its meaning and natural phrasing in your new sentence.

Ask the child to explain one example and one choice in their own work. If they get stuck, reread the instruction together or return to the worked example. Let the child supply the wording. Record any help used in a timed task so later comparisons remain meaningful.

Feedback on open writing is guidance to check against the actual text. Keep a well-supported alternative when it serves the task; do not change a correct sentence only to match a model.