Showcase Rehearsal — Full Run-Through with Voice, Pace, Eye Contact, Visual Aid

Teacher demonstrates a 30-second sample run-through with all 4 MG-17 elements visible (voice, pace, eye contact, visual aid).

• Demonstrate
• Children name what they observed
• Affirm 4-element identification

Today you rehearse the FULL Showcase. 3 parts. PART 1 LITERARY-ESSAY SUMMARY (3-4 minutes): briefly introduce text + author + your thesis-about-text; give one short summary of each body claim with one quote; close with synthesis. Do NOT read your essay verbatim — present it. PART 2 POEM READING (1-2 minutes): read your original poem aloud. Slow. Pause at line breaks. Eye contact at key images. PART 3 TWO QUESTION RESPONSES (1-2 minutes): take 2 visitor questions. Answer specifically using Tier-2 Set 12 vocabulary. Rules: voice clear and audible (project to back); pace ~140 wpm; sweep eye contact; reference visual aid (evidence panel + tri-fold display) at least 2x; use Set-12 word once. Today: full run-through with partner. Partner records using MG-17 4-element feedback sheet.

• Notice: paused, gestured, projected. Voice + pace + eye contact + visual aid all in 30 seconds.

  model Standing, looking at audience, hand on display board, voice projecting, pace slow: 'In Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, the writer uses moments of physical labor to show that resilience is adaptation, not survival. (Pause. Gesture to evidence panel.) Three moments carry this idea ___.'

  prompt Teacher demonstrates one 30-second sample with all 4 elements.

• Name the 3 parts of the Showcase run-through.
• Why do you NOT read your essay verbatim?
• What is the role of the visual aid?

M-5-S-SPK-21-A Chart

11x17 chart: 3-part run-through structure (essay summary 3-4 min / poem reading 1-2 min / question responses 1-2 min) with 4-element feedback sheet (voice / pace / eye contact / visual aid) shown alongside. Each element has YES/PARTLY/NO checkbox + specific-feedback line. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

• Partner A runs through full Showcase (5-7 min: 3-4 min essay summary + 1-2 min poem + 1-2 min question responses). Partner B records using MG-17 feedback sheet.

  scaffold MG-17; rehearsal-feedback sheet; timer; tri-fold display board
• Swap. Partner B runs through; Partner A records.

  scaffold MG-17; rehearsal-feedback sheet
• Pair-debrief: each gives partner 1 strength and 1 specific improvement for tomorrow.

  scaffold Compliment+improvement card

M-5-S-SPK-21-B Illustration

Reference image of two children at a workshop table: one standing with tri-fold display board behind, hand gesturing to evidence panel, looking out at partner; other partner seated with MG-17 feedback sheet and timer visible. Print-ready 11x17.

MG-17 Chart

Public-speaking anchor: 4-element card. ELEMENT 1 (blue) — VOICE: 'Clear, audible, varies in volume for emphasis. Project to the back of the room.' ELEMENT 2 (yellow) — PACE: 'Slow enough for listeners to follow. Aim for ~140 words per minute. Pause before key phrases.' ELEMENT 3 (orange) — EYE CONTACT: 'Look up from the paper. Sweep the audience. Hold eye contact briefly at each key sentence.' ELEMENT 4 (green) — VISUAL AID: 'A chart, quote, or evidence panel that supports — not replaces — the words.' Below: 'PRESENTING is not READING. Practice three times before showcase day.' Print-ready 11x17.

• Show partner's MG-17 feedback on YOUR run-through (4 elements assessed).
• Name 1 improvement you'll work on for tomorrow's Showcase.
• Move status-tile to REHEARSE-final.

• Star the element you feel strongest in.
• Predict: tomorrow is the Showcase!

• At home tonight, rehearse one more time. Time yourself. Bring response: 'I felt most confident at ___ and want to improve ___.'