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

2/26/20--Class Agenda

*Continue "The Great Debaters" 
Consider: What lessons do we learn from the film about the importance of finding and using your voice effectively? 

2/25/20--Class Agenda

*finish presidential debate assignment--discuss and collect 
*Start film "The Great Debaters"

2/24/20--Class Agenda

*Present Biases 
*Finish biases portion of presidential debate assignment 

2/19/20--Class Agenda

*Fallacies and Biases--assign and research and prepare for presenting tomorrow 

2/18/20--Class Agenda

*Read and annotate "12 Things Debate can Teach You" and answer questions with discussion
*Think of debate topics