Choose a visual’s role

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Excerpt A: Plan: name the frame and hinge, then explain how folding lets the panels move. Excerpt B: Need: show where and how the folded strip connects the panels. Excerpt C: Problem: the diagram alone contains essential information that cannot be understood by listeners who cannot see it. Excerpt D: At the transition from mechanism to results, the speaker rushes and listeners miss the limit.
• Primary check: Excerpt A: Plan: recommend longer trials, then give reasons and counts supporting that proposal. Excerpt B: Need: compare the recorded bend counts of models A and B. Excerpt C: Problem: text is tiny gray type on a pale gray background. Excerpt D: The speaker faces the wall and speaks too quietly to be heard in the back row.

Learn the idea

Visuals should clarify a specific point. A parts/motion diagram, measured table, source reference or process sequence serves a different information need.

Use the listener’s stated need and choose a readable aid with appropriate labels, not merely decoration.

Original worked input: Original excerpt B: Need: show where and how the folded strip connects the panels. The task is to choose a visual’s role. The answer is “show mechanism”. Evidence: Need: show where and how the folded strip connects the panels. Reasoning: show mechanism is supported because movement and connection need a labeled mechanism drawing. A source locator is not a measurement chart.

1. Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
2. Use the listener’s stated need and choose a readable aid with appropriate labels, not merely decoration.
3. Check the worked solution: show mechanism. Evidence: Need: show where and how the folded strip connects the panels. Reasoning: show mechanism is supported because movement and connection need a labeled mechanism drawing. A source locator is not a measurement chart.
4. Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Changed-input task: Original excerpt B: Need: cite the page and section behind the reported count. Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: Need: cite the page and section behind the reported count. Reasoning: locate a source is supported because IDs and page/section fields locate the evidence. A source locator is not a measurement chart. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.

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