The Explorers' Guild · Case 01Key Use: ExplainELD-SI~18 min

The Beacon on Gull Ridge

Fog is rolling into Salt Lantern Coast. Follow the trail sequence and explain the route before the tide turns. The path branches. What you ask, and what you do with the evidence, changes the ending.

Apprentice Samira Haddad and Captain Lila Okonkwo must reach the unlit beacon on Gull Ridge before dusk. Mapmaker Teo Alvarez hands them a chart with two possible paths around a rockslide, and Samira must listen to the trail report, read the landmark notes, and explain the exact sequence.

Communicative Objective

Students follow multi-step spatial directions and explain an ordered route using sequence and place connectors.

Bench: Spatial Route Navigator

Story Cast in This Case

Samira Haddad

Guild apprentice

Captain Lila Okonkwo

Expedition captain

Teo Alvarez

Mapmaker

Target Academic Vocabulary (6 Terms)

route: the way you travel from one place to another

landmark: a clear object or place that helps you know where you are

sequence: the exact order in which steps happen

ridge: a long narrow hilltop overlooking the coast

detour: a longer path taken when the main way is blocked

compass: an instrument that shows north, south, east, and west

The Beacon on Gull Ridge

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