10/30/18--Class Agenda
*Last day to practice!!
*Work on introductions
Oral Rhetoric
Course Description
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This one-semester course (can take it twice for credit) is designed to help students improve their speaking skills, their writing skills, and their understanding of literature. Students will analyze the structure and content of effective speeches, will write and present speeches using techniques studied, and will learn to listen with critical attention. They will study and analyze literary works, interpret them orally, and write critically about them.
Course units include:
- What is Rhetoric
- Speeches of Literature
- Speeches of History
- Expository Speeches
- Spontaneous Speeches
- Special Occasion Speeches
Posts
10/29/18--Class Agenda
*Fine-tune speeches--present on Wednesday
HW: practice, practice, practice
10/26/18--Class Agenda
*PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
HW: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
10/25/18--Class Agenda
*Practice speeches
10/24/18--Class Agenda
*work on silent signals with partner for presentation
10/23/18--Class Agenda
*Practice speeches--be ready for Friday
10/22/18--Class Agenda
*Practice speeches--be ready for Friday
10/19/18--Class Agenda
*Work on perfecting speech---have some significant progress for Monday
10/18/18--Class Agenda
*Memorize and fine tune speech
10/17/18--Class Agenda
*Work on memorizing and perfecting speech
10/16/18--Class Agenda
*Work on Speech--be prepared to deliver on Friday
10/15/18--Class Agenda
*Memorize speech for Friday
10/12/18--Class Agenda
*Memorization Tips
*Work on memorizing and making voice, and body language decisions
HW: work on speech--delivery starts 10/22
10/11/18--Class Agenda
*Speech prep