01
Copy the relevant wording and identify the source
Label the exercise Garden Note A and record the sentence exactly in the passage field. Keep the wording intact so that later discussion has a stable reference. The sentence states a sequence and an attendance difference; it does not provide a head count or describe every other circumstance. Leave those details absent rather than supplying plausible numbers. If working with a real text, include enough source information to find the passage again. The notebook entry should make a return to the wording easy before an interpretation hardens into a summary.
02
Ask a question that names the missing connection
In the question field, write: “What information would support the idea that Saturday contributed to the attendance change?” This names the issue without treating the suggested explanation as established. A separate interpretation field can record the reader’s provisional thought that the day might have mattered. Keeping the fields apart helps a discussion distinguish the question from a proposed answer. It also makes room for a different reader to ask about another circumstance without having to rewrite the source sentence or pretend it contains more detail than it does.
03
Record what would be useful to consult next
List possible follow-up information as questions, such as whether the group also changed its invitation or whether the earlier session had an unusual attendance pattern. These are requests for context, not facts supplied by the exercise. End the entry with a status such as “open; source gives no further detail.” If more material becomes available, add its reference and date before revising the interpretation. The completed entry preserves the passage, a focused question, a provisional reading and the next information sought, allowing uncertainty to remain useful rather than disappear.