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:

  1. What is Rhetoric
  2. Speeches of Literature
  3. Speeches of History
  4. Expository Speeches
  5. Spontaneous Speeches
  6. Special Occasion Speeches

Posts

12/03/18--Class Agenda

*Speeches continue
Collect: 
1. What's Your Message Planning
2. Chunk Outlining
3. C.R.A.A.P Test
4. Speech Transcript submitted to turnitin.com 

11/30/18--Class Agenda

*Continue Speeches
 
Due Monday: 
1. What's Your Message Planning
2. Chunk Outlining
3. C.R.A.A.P. Test
4. Speech transcript due to turnitin.com

11/29/18--Class Agenda

*Speeches start!
 
The following things are due on Monday: 
1. What's your message planning sheet
2. chunk outlining
3. C.R.A.A.P. test
4. speech transcript on turnitin.com. 

11/29/18--Class Agenda

*Read "Afterword" (get copies in class if absent)
*Epilogue questions 
HW: do random acts of kindness 

11/28/18--Class Agenda

*Practice speeches and test visuals
--Speeches begin tomorrow!
HW: be prepared for speeches tomorrow 

11/27/18--Class Agenda

*finish up notes, transcripts, visuals--be prepared to practice tomorrow
**Speeches will be presented on Thursday and Friday of this week!

11/21/18--Class Agenda

*Drafting, timing, and visuals
HW: Have a great Thanksgiving and do some random acts of kindness!

11/20/18--Class Agenda

*Purposeful visuals 
*continue drafting whole speech, time it, plan and create visuals (get handouts in class if absent)
HW: do random acts of kindness 

11/19/18--Class Agenda

*finish up drafting---drafting check for credit
HW: find random acts of kindness to do

11/16/18--Class Agenda

***Sub Day***
*continue drafting speech transcript (should be complete by Tuesday)
*CRAAP test information (need to complete one test for one source/website--to be collected when you give your speech)