Peregrine · Phone · Notes r2 · mockup · 2026-10-12

Notes: three directions for the graded note

Today the graded note is a bullet list, four grey quiz buttons and a mono stamp, so it reads like a form. Each direction keeps the SAT item intact (the goal, her notes, four choices, one key, and the three shapes THE GOAL, THE POINT, THE PURPOSE). They change what the student does and how the answer comes back.

The content is the drafted notes-veseys-hours (DAY 4, THE GOAL) and notes-water-off (DAY 3, THE POINT). Each direction shows the note open, after a right pick, and after a wrong one. Palette and type are the phone's own: glass ground, Gelasio for her words, Reddit Sans chrome, JetBrains Mono stamps. Amber is used only for the catch mark, as on the rest of the glass.

AWrite it: the note is a draft she finishes

The goal becomes the draft's addressee, pinned at the top ("for the lobby board"). The draft line sits under her notes with a blinking cursor, and the four candidate sentences sit in a tray where the keyboard would be: the Mail r6 compose pattern. Picking a line types it into the draft. Sending it is the call. A right call gets the catch mark under the sentence; a wrong one comes back the way the world would answer it.

8:05
‹NotesDone
DAY 4 · 8:05 P.M.
Vesey's, for the board
FOR THE BOARDVesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
DRAFT · LOBBY BOARD
Which line goes on the board?
AVesey's has been on the corner since 1971 and has always closed at 7 P.M.
BStarting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
CStarting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus that now stops at its corner kept knocking after it closed.
DThis fall the night bus started stopping at the corner by Vesey's.
A1 · open: the tray is the keyboard
8:06
‹NotesDone
DAY 4 · 8:06 P.M.
Vesey's, for the board
FOR THE BOARDVesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
POSTED · LOBBY BOARD
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus that now stops at its corner kept knocking after it closed.
NOTES · THE GOAL✓ CAUGHT
4CSaw it on the board. Finally. I've been one of the knockers.
A2 · right: catch mark, and the building answers
8:06
‹NotesDone
DAY 4 · 8:06 P.M.
Vesey's, for the board
FOR THE BOARDVesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
POSTED · LOBBY BOARD
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
NOTES · THE GOALSENT
4CWhy the change? Somebody's going to ask.

The board needed the hours and the reason. That line has the hours and no reason.

A3 · wrong: the reply asks for what's missing
ForThe student writes the note instead of taking a quiz about it. That is the Digital SAT student's-notes item ("which choice accomplishes the goal") turned into a verb. The goal reads as an addressee, so it stays in view.
AgainstA reply only fits notes with a recipient (THE GOAL). THE POINT and THE PURPOSE notes are for herself, so those shapes need B's cross-out or C's checklist.
Build costMedium-low. The compose tray, typing cursor and send are already built for Mail r6 and can be shared. Each note needs one authored reply per wrong choice (optional; the insight line works without them).

BMark it up: her pen on her notes

The student works the note the way she would: cross out the line that doesn't belong (THE POINT), circle the sentence that does the job (THE GOAL). A pen stroke draws across or around the line. The answer comes back in her handwriting in the margin instead of in a grey insight paragraph.

9:20
‹NotesDone
DAY 3 · 9:20 P.M.
water off tmrw
Before the water goes off: DAY 4, 9 to about 1.
Fill the big pot and the kettle tonight.
Shower before 9.
Dana's sweater is still on the chair.
If it runs long, check the lobby board, not email.
CROSS OUT THE LINE THAT DOESN'T BELONG
one of these isn't about the water…
B1 · open (THE POINT): strike a line
9:21
‹NotesDone
DAY 3 · 9:21 P.M.
water off tmrw
Before the water goes off: DAY 4, 9 to about 1.
Fill the big pot and the kettle tonight.
Shower before 9.
Dana's sweater is still on the chair.
If it runs long, check the lobby board, not email.
sweater → separate list.
everything else is the shutoff.
NOTES · THE POINT · CAUGHT
B2 · right: the stroke stays, margin note
8:06
‹NotesDone
DAY 4 · 8:06 P.M.
Vesey's, for the board
One line for the lobby board: Vesey's is staying open later, and why.
DRAFTS · CIRCLE THE ONE TO POST
Vesey's has been on the corner since 1971 and has always closed at 7 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus that now stops at its corner kept knocking after it closed.
This fall the night bus started stopping at the corner by Vesey's.
hours, but no why. the board needs both.
NOTES · THE GOAL
B3 · wrong (THE GOAL): the circle fades, margin note
ForIt has the strongest sense of her own notebook, and every shape gets a physical verb (strike, circle, underline for THE PURPOSE). The margin note puts the explanation in her voice instead of a grader's.
AgainstThe four candidate sentences have to live in the note as "drafts", which is a little contrived for THE GOAL. It also needs a handwriting face (e.g. Caveat, OFL), the first new type on the phone since Manrope.
Build costMedium-high. Pen-stroke drawing and animation (SwiftUI Path trim), hit areas on each line, a new font, and margin notes rewritten in her hand for every round.

CHer notes app: native polish

Make it read as a real notes app first: centered edit timestamp, folder crumb, the goal as a pinned callout, the bottom toolbar. The choice becomes a checklist she wrote for herself, ticked with Notes' own circle control, so picking an answer is ticking a box. Feedback is an indented line under the tick.

8:05
‹Peregrine⋯
DAY 4 at 8:05 PM
Vesey's, for the board
PINNED · THE JOB
One line for the lobby board: Vesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
Which line goes up?
Vesey's has been on the corner since 1971 and has always closed at 7 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus kept knocking after it closed.
This fall the night bus started stopping at the corner by Vesey's.
C1 · open: the choices are her checklist
8:06
‹Peregrine⋯
DAY 4 at 8:06 PM
Vesey's, for the board
PINNED · THE JOB
One line for the lobby board: Vesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
Which line goes up?
Vesey's has been on the corner since 1971 and has always closed at 7 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus kept knocking after it closed.
This fall the night bus started stopping at the corner by Vesey's.
NOTES · THE GOAL · CAUGHT
C2 · right: ticked, the rest struck
8:06
‹Peregrine⋯
DAY 4 at 8:06 PM
Vesey's, for the board
PINNED · THE JOB
One line for the lobby board: Vesey's is staying open later, and why.
  • On the corner since 1971; always closed at 7.
  • This fall the night bus started stopping at its corner.
  • Riders getting off late kept knocking on the locked door.
  • Starting DAY 6, open until 11 P.M.
Which line goes up?
Vesey's has been on the corner since 1971 and has always closed at 7 P.M.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M.
hours, no reason. the job says why.
Starting DAY 6, Vesey's stays open until 11 P.M., because riders from the night bus kept knocking after it closed.
This fall the night bus started stopping at the corner by Vesey's.
NOTES · THE GOAL
C3 · wrong: the tick unticks, a line under it
ForIt looks most like a real phone's notes app, and the checklist control already exists in the build (notes.check.n). Choosing by ticking is native to the app.
AgainstIt is still a four-option list, only better dressed, so the quiz feel is softened rather than replaced. A wrong pick here could also reveal the key (a choice cannot be ticked twice); the call stays final, as everywhere on the glass.
Build costLow. Layout and copy changes to the existing Notes detail view, the pinned callout, toolbar chrome, and reusing the checklist row as the answer control.

Recommendation

A as the base, with B's cross-out for THE POINT. Writing the line is what the Digital SAT notes item asks for, the goal turns into the person she's writing to, and most of it reuses the Mail r6 compose already in the app. THE POINT notes are lists for herself, so striking the stray line is their natural verb, and it doesn't need the handwriting font: the stroke can be drawn in the glass's body colour. THE PURPOSE notes can use the same tray, with the four paraphrases as the lines she might title the note with.

C's chrome (centered timestamp, folder crumb, toolbar) costs little and should come along with whichever direction you pick.