Eh1053 Fall 2003 Monday/Wednesday/Friday Patricia Clark
Office Hours MF 11-12 and by appointment office phone ext. 243
pclark@unity.edu home phone 948-5610
Required Text: The Art of Public Speaking 7th ed by Stephen Lucas
On Reserve: American Rhetoric
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At the completion of this course you should be able to write and deliver well-organized informative and persuasive speeches, which include a central idea, support, introduction and conclusion.
You should also be able to identify your specific purpose and target audience, and recognize the advantages and disadvantages of various types of visual aids and delivery styles.
You should be able to listen to diverse presentations and identify the techniques utilized by the speaker.
Hats should NOT be worn when you are giving your speeches.
It is important that you attend class as often as possible as you are being graded on your class participation.
Short quizzes may occur at any time so you should read the textbook chapters listed below for each class.
You are responsible for getting assignments completed on time. If you are late in giving a speech or handing in a critique without an acceptable excuse, your grade will be lowered one letter grade for each day that the speech is late.
If you know you will not be able to speak on a given day, you may trade assigned days with another speaker and notify the instructor before class. It is your responsibility to insure that someone speaks at that time.
The Unity College Honor Code requires that students be honest in all academic work. Be familiar with the Honor Code as stated in the Student Handbook and college catalog under Academic Integrity.
Grades will be averaged as follows:
10% for each speech 1-4 40%
Final Speech 15%
5% for each exam 10%
Quizzes and speaker summaries 10%
5% for each critique 10%
Class participation 15%
100%
DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE READING ASSIGNMENT
Class begins,
Communication and Listening
(C. 1-3) Sept. 1-3
Choosing Topics,
Audience Analysis and
Informative Speaking (c.
4,5,14) Sept.
5-12
Informative Speech (3-5 mins.) Sept.
15-17
First Exam Sept.
19
Putting the Speech
Together and Using
Visual Aids (6,7,8,9,10,13) Sept.
22-Oct. 1
Informative
Speech (5-7 mins.) Oct.
3-8
Second Exam Oct.
10
Fall Break Oct.
13
Language, Delivery, and
Persuasion (C. 15,16, 11, 12) Oct. 15-24
Persuasive
Speech (3-5 mins.) Oct.
27-29
Video and Special
Occasion Speaking ( C. 17) Oct. 31
Persuasive
Speech (5-7 mins.) Nov.
3-7
Communication in Small
Groups (C. 18) Nov.
10
First Critique Due Nov.
12
Video, Impromptu and
Special Occasion Speaking Nov.
14
Small Group Problem
Solving Nov.
17-21
Magazines Nov.
24
Second Critique Due Nov.
24
Final Speeches Dec.
1- 10
Evaluations and ALL
Work Due Dec.
12