Public Speaking COM 101-2, Fall 2012, MW 15:00-16:15 Professor Connelly
Schedule
Week 1
3 Sept: Self-introductions; ‘Getting to know you’ games; Course syllabus / objectives; Handouts: #1, 10 Tips for Public Speaking; #2, Know Your Audience; Ethos, Pathos, Logos: The Three Musketeers of Public Speaking. Class to Read: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ethos-pathos-logos/
5 Sept: Introducing a classmate; Peer review and critique; Rowan Atkinson, Father of the Bride
Week 2
10 Sept: What makes a great speech? Brainstorming; Basic rules of great speechmaking; Speech1: Informative Speech (Due Week 3); appropriate tone: Paul Keating, funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993 (6 minutes + transcript)
Handouts #3, Mary Beard / The Guardian; #4, Jay Heinrichs, Give a Great Speech; Informative Speech Guidelines
12 Sept: JK Rowling, Harvard Commencement, 2009 (23 minutes); critique and review of speech, class discussion
Week 3: SPEECH 1: Informative
17 Sept Jan: Students: Informative Speeches
19 Sept: Students: Informative Speeches
Week 4
24 Sept: Critique and Class Discussion of Speech 1; There goes the Fear: How to Combat Stage Fright. SPEECH 2: Pro and Con (Due Week 5)
Handouts #5, Joann McAbe (PDF); Pro and Con Speech Guidelines
26 Sept: Non-verbal communication; Improv Games.
Week 5: SPEECH 2: Pro and Con
1 Oct: Students: Pro and Con
3 Oct: Students: Pro and Con
Week 6:
8 Oct: Critique and Class Discussion of SPEECH 2; Common Fallacies of Reasoning
10 Oct: Common Fallacies of Reasoning; Mid-term exam guidelines.
Handouts: #6, Common Fallacies of Reasoning; Speech 3: Mid-Term Exam Guidelines
Week 7: SPEECH 3: Mid-Term Exam
15 Oct: Students: Impromptu Speech, 5 minutes, in class
17 Oct: Students: Impromptu Speech, 5 minutes, in class
Students to critique a famous speech of their choice, taken from http://www.emersonkent.com/famous_speeches_in_history.htm, due Week 8
Week 8:
22 Oct: Students: Famous Speech
24 Oct: Students: Famous Speech
SPEECH 4: Interview Speech Guidelines (Due Week 9)
Week 9: SPEECH 4: Interview
29 Oct: Students: Interview Speech
31 Oct: Students: Interview Speech
Week 10:
5 Nov: Obama, ‘Philadelphia Speech’, Review and Critique; SPEECH 5: Persuasive Speech Guidelines (due Week 12)
7 Nov: Pathos: Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference vs Enoch Powell, Rivers of Blood
Week 11:
12 Nov: Martin Luther King, ‘I have a dream’ (1968); Robert F Kennedy, ‘On the Assassination of Martin Luther King’
14 Nov:
Week 12: SPEECH 5: Persuasive
19 Nov: Students: Persuasive Speech
21 Nov: Students: Persuasive Speech
Week 13:
26 Nov: Review and Critique of SPEECH 5, class discussion
28 Nov: Discuss: Guidelines for SPEECH 6, Final Exam Speech, Commemorative / Laudatory
Week 14: Finals: SPEECH 6: Commemorative / Laudatory
5 Dec: Students: Commemorative / Laudatory Speech
TBA: Students: Commemorative / Laudatory Speech
GRADING:
SPEECH 1, 2, 4, 5: 15% ea.
SPEECH 3, Midterm extempore: 10%
SPEECH 6: 20%
Class activities and attendance: 10%