{
  "week": 12,
  "day": "Tuesday",
  "topic": "Inside a Castle",
  "subtitle": "Parts of a Castle and the Path to Knighthood",
  "icon": "🏰",
  "pages": [
    {
      "title": "🏰 Inside a Castle",
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "reading",
          "title": "Reading Time",
          "icon": "📖",
          "paragraphs": [
            "Let's walk through a castle! First we cross the <strong>drawbridge</strong>, a wooden bridge that can lift up over the moat. Then we pass through the <strong>gatehouse</strong>, where guards keep watch. In the middle stands the <strong>keep</strong> — the tallest, strongest tower, where the lord's family lives.",
            "Inside the walls there is a busy courtyard with a kitchen, stables for horses, and a blacksmith making tools and swords.",
            "How did someone become a knight? A boy started as a <strong>page</strong> at age seven, learning manners and riding. Around fourteen, he became a <strong>squire</strong> and helped a real knight with his armor and horse. If he worked hard, he was made a knight in a special ceremony!"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "questions",
          "title": "Reading Questions",
          "icon": "✏️",
          "questions": [
            {"text": "What is the keep?", "lines": "single"},
            {"text": "What does a drawbridge do?", "lines": "single"},
            {"text": "What were the two steps before becoming a knight?", "lines": "single"},
            {"text": "Which job in the castle courtyard would you want? Why?", "lines": "triple"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "vocab_grid",
          "title": "Vocabulary Grid",
          "icon": "📝",
          "instruction": "Write what each word means in your own words.",
          "words": ["drawbridge", "gatehouse", "keep", "page", "squire", "courtyard"]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "sort_table",
          "title": "Page, Squire, or Knight?",
          "icon": "📊",
          "instruction": "Read each sentence. Write P (page), S (squire), or K (knight).",
          "header": ["Sentence", "P, S, or K?"],
          "rows": [
            ["I am seven years old and learning manners.", ""],
            ["I ride into battle wearing armor.", ""],
            ["I help a knight put on his armor.", ""],
            ["I just started learning to ride a horse.", ""],
            ["I care for a knight's horse and sword.", ""],
            ["I protect the castle and its people.", ""]
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "true_false",
          "title": "True or False",
          "icon": "✏️",
          "instruction": "Write T for true or F for false in each circle.",
          "items": [
            "The drawbridge could lift up over the moat.",
            "The keep was the weakest part of the castle.",
            "A page started training at about age seven.",
            "A squire helped a knight with his armor and horse.",
            "Castles had kitchens and stables inside the walls.",
            "Boys became knights without any training."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "draw_grid",
          "title": "Draw the Path to Knighthood",
          "icon": "🎨",
          "instruction": "Draw three pictures: a page learning manners, a squire helping a knight, and a brave knight on his horse.",
          "boxes": 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "fill_blank",
          "title": "Fill in the Blanks",
          "icon": "✏️",
          "wordbank": ["keep", "drawbridge", "page", "squire", "gatehouse", "blacksmith"],
          "items": [
            "The ______________ lifts up so enemies cannot cross the moat.",
            "Guards keep watch at the ______________.",
            "The ______________ is the tallest, strongest tower.",
            "A boy started training as a ______________ at age seven.",
            "A ______________ helped a knight with his armor.",
            "The ______________ made tools and swords in the courtyard."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "think",
          "title": "Think About It",
          "icon": "🧠",
          "questions": [
            {"text": "A page trained for about seven years before becoming a squire. What is something you are practicing that takes a long time to learn?", "lines": "triple"},
            {"text": "Why do you think the keep was built in the middle of the castle?", "lines": "single"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "review_table",
          "title": "Review",
          "icon": "📊",
          "header": ["I learned...", "Circle one"],
          "rows": [
            ["The parts of a castle", "YES &nbsp; / &nbsp; NOT YET"],
            ["What pages and squires did", "YES &nbsp; / &nbsp; NOT YET"],
            ["How a boy became a knight", "YES &nbsp; / &nbsp; NOT YET"]
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}