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Speech 60: Communicating With Large Groups

  Spring Schedule 2005 TTH ITV Class  

Speech 60 ITV Course Syllabus Spring 2005

Joe Jibben proposed marriage to Autumn Morland on April 14 during our
Public Speaking 60 class.  Joe and Autumn will be married in the near
future.  You can take this link to a picture of Joe, Autumn, Autumn's family and students from Weaverville.  Congratulations Autumn and Joe!

  

 Online Workbook *please note that you will need Acrobat Reader to view the Online Workbook - if you need to   download the free reader select the following link:  http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Please note that you will have to use internet explorer to use the online
Workbook.

Download your free Quick Time Player for movie clips.
Quick Time 

Website Evaluation/Online Research 

 

 

Public Speaking 60
Spring Schedule 2005 TTH Class

 

Date

January

20  Introduction to Public Speaking 60

Begin reading Chapters 1, 2 & 3 in Essentials of Public Speaking

View Be Prepared to Speak

25

Prepare for Pet Peeve Speeches

Using the online components of our class like the online Workbook
and lecture notes

See page 15 in your Workbook for the Pet Peeve Speech assignment.

 27

Pet Peeve Speeches

Begin reading Chapters 4, 5, 6 & 10 in Essentials of Public Speaking

 

February

1

Pet Peeve Speeches

Select dates for Demonstration Speeches

  3

Discuss Demonstration Speeches

Link to an article about the unethical behavior of historian and university professor Joseph Ellis.

 Listening exercises are due.  See pages 43 & 44 in your Workbook for the listening exercises.

Read Betty Lease's article, "Be All Ears", from the May 26, 2002 Record Searchlight by following the link below.  This article comes to you with the permission of Betty Lease and the Record Searchlight.  Link to Betty's article.

 Confidential Student Profile is due.  See page 41 in your Workbook for the Profile.

 Begin reading Chapters 7, 8, 9, & 11

Link to the Demonstration Speech Schedule for our class.

 

8

Using PowerPoint

Want to introduce yourself to PowerPoint 2000?  Check out Florida
Gulf Coast University's PowerPoint 2000 tutorial.

Student Report for Chapters 1 & 2 is due.
See page eight in your Workbook for the assignment.

            10

How to use visual aids in the ITV environment.

Researching for your speech

Read Where facts don't matter.  You will receive this printed
article from Richard in class today.

         

          15

Select dates for Second Informative Speech
Link to the Second Informative Speech Schedule

 Prepare for Demonstration Speeches

 Begin reading Chapter 13

Student Report Chapter 10 is due.
The assignment is on page nine in your Workbook.

17

Begin Demonstration Speeches

22

Demonstration Speeches

24

Demonstration Speeches

 

March

1

Demonstration Speeches

 Begin reading Chapter 12

  3

Demonstration Speeches

8

Supporting Materials & Organization

Looking for statistics?  Want to know more about statistics?  Link to
this site developed by Robert Niles who is a writer for the Los Angeles
Times.

Looking for specific information for your speech?  Link to the
Library Spot, a free virtual library resource center.

Looking for a quote for your speech?  Link to Galaxy Directories for
quotations and links to other quotation sites.

       10

Midterm over Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 & 11 in Essentials of Public Speaking /lecture/Workbook

Select dates for Final Informative & Persuasive Speeches

Final Informative & Persuasive Speech Schedules

     15

Begin Second Informative Speeches

Begin reading Chapters 14 & 15

 

17

Second Informative Speeches

22

Second Informative Speeches

24

Second Informative Speeches

Begin reading Chapter 16

 

April

 5

Second Informative Speeches

7

Informative and Persuasive Speaking

Researching Your Speeches

12

Final Informative Speeches

14

Final Informative Speeches

19

No Class

21

No Class

26

Final Informative Speeches

28 Final Informative Speeches
 

May

3

Final Informative Speeches

5

Persuasive Speeches  No audience poll is required for this persuasive speech.

Analysis of a persuasive speech

Mary Fisher is an artist, author and lecturer.  Follow the link to the text of her speech,
A Whisper of Aids, given to the Republican National Convention in 1992.

 

 

10

Persuasive Speeches

12

Persuasive Speeches

17 Persuasive Speeches

19

Persuasive Speeches

 26 8:00 - 10:00 am. Final Class Day