Oral Rhetoric
Assignment Calendar
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
9/25/19--Class Agenda
*Choose speech from literature or film and begin practicing---presenting starts Tuesday
Generic Presidential Ad
9/24/19--Class Agenda
*Finish Body Language chapter presentations
*Watch OJ Simpson interview--look for body language clues as to how he is feeling. Did he do it, or is it really hypothetical?
9/23/19--Class Agenda
*Body Language chapter presentations
9/19/19--Class Agenda
*Work on Body Language chapter presentations---present on Monday
9/18/19--Class Agenda
*Body Language chapter sign-ups
*Work on preparing chapter presentations
9/16/19--Class Agenda
*revise, edit, and proofread essay--submit to turnitin.com by midnight tonight.
HW: submit essay to turnitin.com
9/13/19--Class Agenda
*Work on conclusion paragraph
**Full draft of essay due when you get to class on Monday
9/12/19--Class Agenda
*Work on body paragraphs--body paragraphs need to be done by the start of the period tomorrow