Symposium prep — multimedia aid design + oral synthesis rehearsal

Quick-share: what visual aid would best SUPPORT your synthesis argument? Slide deck, source-network diagram, annotated key-passage, or data visualization?

• Affirm visual-aid choices
• Connect: the visual must SUPPORT the argument, not decorate

Today we prepare for the SYNTHESIS SYMPOSIUM — the term's culminating oral event. You'll deliver a 3-minute (180-second) synthesis argument with a MULTIMEDIA VISUAL AID + field a 60-second moderated Q&A. The visual MUST SUPPORT, not decorate. 4 options: (A) SLIDE DECK with passage excerpts + source-network diagram. (B) SOURCE-NETWORK DIAGRAM — a single 18x24 poster showing your 3+ sources with relationship arrows (extending MG-2 to your actual sources). (C) ANNOTATED KEY-PASSAGE DISPLAY — a printed passage from one source with your marginal annotations in the 6-color toolkit. (D) DATA VISUALIZATION — a chart or graph extracted from your data sources with your interpretive overlay. SCRIPT TEMPLATE (MG-30): SECTION 1 (15-20 sec) HOOK — an opening line that engages. SECTION 2 (30 sec) CONTEXT + THESIS — name the conversation; state your synthesis claim. SECTION 3 (60-90 sec) SYNTHESIS BODY — walk through 2-3 cross-source connections; point to your visual aid at key moments. Use Tier-2 Set 17 vocabulary aloud (synthesize, articulate, contend, qualify). SECTION 4 (15-20 sec) SO-WHAT — why does this synthesis matter? SECTION 5 (10-15 sec) PROMPT FOR Q&A — invite questions. RHETORICAL DELIVERY: eye contact (60% with audience, 40% with aid); volume + clear pronunciation (SL.8.4); formal English register (SL.8.6). MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATION (SL.8.5): the aid should ENHANCE not REPLACE — don't read your slides aloud; use them as visual anchors.

• Visuals must teach the audience something they couldn't get from the talk alone.

  model DECORATES. The globe is generic; the text restates the topic without showing synthesis. Better: a slide with a graph from Wallace-Wells's data + an annotated quote from Klein showing where she critiques the policy response.

  prompt Critique this aid: a slide with a stock photo of a globe and the text 'Climate Change Is Important.' Does it SUPPORT or DECORATE?
• Hooks open the conversation. Make them substantive, not gimmicky.

  model 'Adichie tells us: the single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is that they are incomplete. Today I want to ask: what happens when we move past the single story?' Notice: uses quoted text; immediately frames the question.

  prompt What's a strong opening hook for a synthesis on incomplete narratives?

• Pair-share: present your draft hook + thesis to a partner (30 seconds). Partner gives 1 strength + 1 growth move.
• Cold Call: name the 5 sections of the script template.

M-8-F-SPK-18-A Chart

MG-29 anchor: 4-option card (A slide deck / B source-network diagram / C annotated key-passage / D data visualization) with criteria per option and 'SUPPORT not DECORATE' rule. Print-ready 11x17.

M-8-F-SPK-18-B Chart

MG-30 anchor: 5-section script template (hook / context+thesis / synthesis body / so-what / Q&A prompt) with timing per section and rhetorical-delivery notes. Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Design your multimedia aid (choose A/B/C/D format). Sketch the layout.

  scaffold MG-29 multimedia-aid criteria card; sample-aid bank from teacher exemplars
• Draft your 3-minute script following MG-30 template. Time yourself.

  scaffold MG-30 script template; timer set to 180 seconds
• Rehearse with a peer using the 5-criterion rubric. Peer gives 1 strength + 1 growth move.

  scaffold 5-criterion delivery rubric card

• Submit your script draft.
• Submit your multimedia aid sketch.
• Submit your peer rehearsal feedback notes.

• Restate: visuals SUPPORT not DECORATE; script follows 5-section template; rehearse + revise
• Preview lesson 19: 3-2-1 self-reflection + final revision

• Refine your multimedia aid. Rehearse your script 3 more times. Time yourself to 180 seconds.