Duration: about 30–35 minutes. Grade 2–3 ESL. Continuation of the Star Cradle, using the revised Rune-Relic framework.
Hidden target: connect two complete action clauses with and; retain subject/action/object order, descriptive placement, and spatial relationships. Ten meaningful trials earn one fragment each. Repeating a solved trial never earns another fragment.
Flow: 4 minutes discovery (1–5), 6 minutes familiar chains (6–9), 7 minutes joining and repair (10–13), 8 minutes expansion and independent transfer (14–18), 5 minutes guide reveal, storytelling and reward (19–21).
Use the recovered Old Star Tongue cards or demonstrate a mark through gesture. Do not introduce school labels while the child plays. Let the learner move rune stones, watch the world response, adjust, then tell the meaning. Read-aloud and Chinese support do not reduce the learning goal. Chinese wording is instructional support, not an official translation.
Observe: Does the learner build both complete paths? Place the linking mark between them? Transfer to the moon/lantern scene without a model? Keep Bright before Lantern and Inside/Across before their place? Observe oral meaning as well as placement. Success after a hint is supported performance, not independent mastery.
Bridge after demonstration: “You joined two things that happened. In English, and can join two complete ideas. You were already using that pattern.” Each clause still needs its own subject and action. The short relic chains suppress predictable articles; the revealed English supplies natural articles and inflected verbs. Do not teach the abbreviated rune gloss as a fully grammatical English sentence.
Reward: Beginning choices are story charms only. Award one real Star Baby/Pop Mart figurine only after ten points AND completion of scenes 1–20. The onscreen reward creature is original story art, not branded product artwork. The app records eligibility; the teacher supplies the real reward. All progress is in memory for this session; export notes before closing or restarting.
Controls: Advance appears after each scene action. Back revisits a scene without removing earned fragments. Arrow keys navigate. Tap a chain stone to lift it; Lift all clears the chain. Cast the path checks meaning. Use English/中文, Hear, Luma’s clue, and the recovered guide. Teacher observes the final spoken/gestured story before selecting “Our story is shared.”
Symbol lock: Mei, Abby, Carry, Leap, Lantern, Bridge, Across, Inside, Gate, Bright, Moon and Shine use the original Lesson 13–14 no-translation card pixels. And uses the recovered Lesson 16 joining rune. No new fictional sound words or glyphs are introduced. Older guide family names map to Name Relics, Motion Sigils, Glow Runes, Pathstone Sigils and Link Chains. Exact source checksums are in the symbol manifest.
Art: One standalone illustration per scene, no image-generation text used as a playable glyph. Full artwork displays with contain sizing. Dynamic lantern/path/socket light and reversible knot feedback are rendered separately beneath the illustration.
Offline: Open the standalone HTML directly. No network is needed for images, interactions or guides. Browser speech availability depends on installed voices. No microphone scoring is used.