FALL 2009– SPE 113 & SPES 115 – Prof. Winson

CLASS SCHEDULE

SPES 115.50 (3827) - Mon/Wed  - Room N1301 - 8:15am - 9:30am

SPE 113.07 (1375) - Mon - T330 /Wed - T221 - 11:05am - 12:20pmam - Room 222T

SKILL Units indicated in the schedule below are Extra Credit. To receive the extra credit hand-in this work by the end of the week it is assigned.
Key Terms for Communications Dept. Final

 

CLASS 1–August 31

·         Overview of the course.

o    Audience responsibility.

o    Speaker Responsibility

o    Using BlackBoard

o    Assignments, Textbook and Materials

·         CLASS DISCUSSION— What skills do we need to develop to become effective college speakers?

  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 2ND CLASS – 1st Extra Credit Try-out Quiz – found via a link in the online syllabus  - THIS QUIZ WILL ONLY ACCEPTED NEXT CLASS. Read Chapter 1 Speaking in Public.

 

Class 2 - Sept. 2

  • Student introductions[FS1] 
  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 3RD CLASS –Read and bring in copy of the syllabus. Read Chapter 3 Listening

CLASS 3  - Sept. 9

·         Final Exam Try-out Test

·         Go over 1st Try-out quiz

·         Group presentation of sections of the syllabus.

·         ASSIGNMENT FOR 4th CLASS –Read Chapter 4 "Selecting a topic and purpose"

 

CLASS 4 - Sept. 14

·         Discuss terminology – "Finding your Speech Purpose and Focus"

  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 5th CLASS –Read Chapter 6 "Gathering materials" and Chapter 8 "Organizing the body of the speech"

 

CLASS 5 - Sept. 16 - SKILL UNIT– EXTRA CREDIT - Outlining Exercise 1 is DUE by Sept. 23

·         MEET IN COMPUTER LAB - DISCUSS BlackBoard. And make sure that all students are signed on to their BlackBoard course.

·         Prepare for PowerPoint Speech (Required Speech) -- choose a favorite website from Webbies website.

·         Each group will critique an assigned student speech from online video CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF VIDEO STUDENT SPEECHES

    • Summarize the speech
    • Consider the content of the speech
    • Analyze the speech organization
    • Analyze the delivery of the speaker.

·         Discuss presenting quoted materials and using attributions (citations).

 

CLASS 6 - Sept. 21

·         Discuss Outlining and Extemporaneous Delivery

·         Discuss terminology – Organizing the Body of the Speech

o    Main points;

o    Sub points;

o    Sub sub points

o    Spatial order

o    Causal order

o    Problem-solution order

o    Topical order

·         Each group will critique a brief student speech from video. See above for Class #5 (Five minutes per group [FS3]  )

·         Outlining-- How is the New York Times organized? Optional topic

  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 7th CLASS –Read Chapter 11 Supporting your speech [9 Supporting Your Speeech 171-189.]

 

CLASS 7 – Sept. 23 - SKILL UNIT- EXTRA CREDIT - Outlining Excercise 2 is DUE Sept. 29

·         Discuss the SKILL UNIT exercises # 1 and 2.

·         Discuss terminology –

·         Supporting materials

    • Examples
      • Brief
      • Extended
      • Hypothetical
    • Statistics
      • Mean
      • Median
      • Mode
    • Testimony
      • Expert
      • Peer
  • EXPLAIN PRESENTATION--PowerPoint Speech[FS4] .
  • PowerPoint Tutorial – How to create simple PowerPoint slides.
  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 8th CLASS –Read Chapter 12 Organizing your speech [10 Organizing Your Speech 199-217.] and Chapter 23 Using presentation software [17 Using Presentation Software 347-356.].

 

CLASS 8– Sept. 29 - SKILLS UNITS- EXTRA CREDIT - PowerPoint Mechanics is DUE by Oct. 7

·         MEET IN COMPUTER LAB to work on PowerPoint presentation. Meet with Listening Partners to exchange websites.

·         Discuss Terminology – Connectives

o    Transitions

o    Internal preview

o    Internal Summary

o    Signposts

·         DISCUSS - PowerPoint Mechanics Skills Unit

 

CLASSES 9 and 10 and 11 Sept. 30; Oct. 5; Oct. 7 -

·         PRESENTATION--PowerPoint Speech 

  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 11th CLASS –Read Chapter 24 Informative Speaking [18 Speaking to Inform 365-83.] and Chapter 13 Develping an introduction [11 Introducing Your Speech 221-33.] and Chapter 14 Developing a conclusion [12 Concluding Your Speech 235-41.].

 

CLASS 12 – Oct. 14

·         EXPLAIN PRESENTATION--Information Presentation.

·         Discuss Terminology – Beginning and Ending the Speech

o    Attention Getter

o    Preview Statement

o    Creating Credibility

o    Establishing goodwill

o    Crescendo ending

o    Dissolve ending

·         IN-CLASS WORK - Be prepared to go over Draft Outline for Information Speech (Include: Specific Purpose Statement; Thesis Statement; two or three Main Points; two or three sub points for each Main Point).

 

CLASS 13 – Oct. 19

·         Midterm test on Terminology

·         Go over student outlines

·         Optional work – IN CLASS PRACTICE - One minute Drill - Introductions to the Info Speech.

 

CLASS 14– Oct. 21

·         MEET IN COMPUTER LAB on class #14 - work on Information Speech.

·         WORK DUE at end of class: Preliminary Information Speech outline (include Specific Purpose Statement; Thesis sentence; First Main Pt. with sub pts. and sub sub pts.; list of sources).

 

CLASS 15 à18 – Oct. 26; Oct. 28; Nov. 2

·         PRESENTATION -- Information Speeches

  • ASSIGNMENT FOR 17th CLASS –Read Chapter 25 Persuasive speaking [19 Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking 385-403.] and Chapter 26 Using persuasive strategies [20 Using Persuasive Strategies 405-36.]

 

CLASS 19– Nov. 4

·         EXPLAIN PRESENTATION--Persuasive Presentation.

·         Discuss Terminology –Persuasive Speech Terms

    • Target audience
    • Question of fact speech
    • Question of value speech
    • Question of policy speech
    • Monroe’s motivated sequence speech
    • Need
    • Plan
    • Practicality
    • Problem – solution order
    • Problem – cause – solution order
    • Comparative advantages order
  • Decide on issue and thesis (proposition) for the Persuasive Presentation.

 

CLASS 20– Nov. 11

·         Discuss Terminology –

Methods of Persuasion

·         Evidence

·         Logos

·         Reasoning

·         Reasoning from specific instances

·         Reasoning from principle

·         Causal Reasoning

·         Analogical Reasoning

 

Faulty Reasoning

·         Hasty generalization

·         False cause

·         Invalid analogy fallacy

·         Red herring

·         Ad hominem

·         Either-or fallacy

·         Bandwagon

·      Slippery slope

 

Class #21 – Nov. 16

·         All Terminology Test

·         GROUP WORK--Work on Persuasive Presentation

 

Class #22 – Nov. 18

·         MEET IN COMPUTER LAB -  to work on Persuasive Speech

·         HAND-IN--Preliminary outline Class #22==> INCLUDE main pts. and sub-pts. and sub sub pts. for Persuasive Speech.

 

CLASS 23 and 24 – Nov. 23 & Nov. 25

·         Persuasive Speech OUTLINE meetings with your professor

 

CLASS 25 - 28 – Nov. 30' Dec. 2; Dec. 7; Dec. 9

·        Persuasive Speeches

Communications Dept. EXAM - See Registrar Schedule for Non-Departmental Exams

 

STUDY GUIDE FOR KEY TERMS FOR Communications Dept. EXAM

General Purpose

Specific Purpose

Central Idea (Thesis)

 

Supporting materials

Examples

Brief

Extended

Hypothetical

Statistics

mean

median

mode

Testimony

Expert

Peer

 

Organizing the Body of the Speech

Main points

Sub points

Sub sub points

Spatial order

Causal order

Problem-solution order

Topical order

 

Connectives

Transition

Internal preview

Internal Summary

Signposts

 

Beginning and Ending the Speech

Attention Getter

Preview Statement

Creating Credibility

Establishing goodwill

Crescendo ending

Dissolve ending

 

Using Language (we did not cover this chapter)

Denotative and connotative meaning

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Mixed metaphor

Rhythm

Parallelism

Repetition

 

Informative Speech terms

Speech about objects

Speech about processes

Speech about events

Speech about concepts

Jargon

Personalizing an idea

 

Persuasive Speech Terms

Target audience

Question of fact speech

Question of value speech

Question of policy speech

Monroe’s motivated sequence speech

Need

Plan

Practicality

Problem – solution order

Problem – cause – solution order

Comparative advantages order

Methods of Persuasion

 

Faulty Reasoning

 

 [FS1]Each student will present an informal presentation of no more than one to two minute. The speech will cover the following organization:

(1) Introducing yourself and major. (2) Tell the class your favorite – book, film, television  show, or music. (3) Briefly explain why this choice was made. (4) Use an example from your choice.

 [FS2]

See assignment in the Syllabus under group presentations.

 [FS3]

See assignment in the Syllabus under group presentations.

 

 [FS4]

This information is also included in the Syllabus under PowerPoint Presentation. Each Student shares a favorite website found via the Webbies website. Do the following:

I.              Discuss in general what the website is about; who created it; what sorts of  ideas and materials does it contain.

II.             Using a PP slide do the following: Show audience the homepage of the site. Use a scrolling arrow to point out features of the home page. Then, using a second PowerPoint slide do the following: Show audience an interesgting webpage from the site. Focus in on one part of the page by enlarging it.

III.            Explain to the class why  you think this website is important or why they should take a look at it.