Course Calendar Spring 2007: Week by Week

Here's what's in store for your hungry minds! Week One: January 19th: It's over, move on!!! Week 2: January 26th: Make speeches of introduction, hear lecture on speech anxiety and organization, take quiz on chapters one and two, begin Inconvenient Truth Oral Film Reports. Blog! Read Chpt 3 and 4. Week 3: February 2nd: Groundhog Day! Read 5 and 6, review chpts 3 and 4, hear lecture on ethics and listening, finish film reports, discuss the Gap Red Campaign as it pertains to "audience" from chpt. 5. Blog! Week 4: 2/9: Read Chpts 7 and 8, review chpt 5 and 6, hear lecture on audience analysis and picking the most exciting topics in the known universe for your speeches! Present your one piece of research on the Gap Red campaign and turn in a proper oral/written citation with this source.Blog. Week 5: 2/16 Read Chpt 9, 10 and 19, review 7 and 8, discuss group speeches, choose groups in a fun activity format. Exchange emails with your group and this week, do a group Blog! Week 6: 2/23: Read Chpt 9, 10 and 19, review 7 and 8, discuss group speaking and special occassions, introduction and conclusion exercise in class. Work in groups on Womens' History Month Activity. Blog! Week 7: 3/2: Womens' History Month : Read Chpt 11 and 12, review 9, 10 and 19, Work in groups on speeches, review midterm study guide, Blog! Week 8: 3/9: Mid Term! No homework--Take a break! Week 9: 3/16: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Review midterm, make group speeches, read chpt. 13 and 14. Do speech critique of one other groups speech and post it to the blog. Find a good visual aid and bring it in next week. Blog! Week 10: 3/23 Read chpt 15, discuss informative speaking, review chpt. 13 and 14, do visual aid activity, "show and tell" about your sample visual aid. Also outline informative speech. Blog. Week 11: 3/30 Take a quiz! Do an in class delivery exercise. Send email of your info speech outline to Sandra by 3/28 midnight. Make info speeches on 3/30. No reading over break! Week 12: 4/6 Spring Break--Hit the beach! Week 13: 4/13: Sandra Turns 41 this week: OUCH!!! Discuss persuasion, read chpts. 16 and 17. Select and email Sandra your persuasive topics by 4/19 midnight. Blog! Week 14: 4/20: Persuasive exercise in class, lecture on credibility and appeals to logic and emotion. Get final study guide. Blog! Week 15: 4/27: Persuasive speeches, critique a classmates persuasive speech. Blog. (No reading). Week 16: 5/4: Cinco de Mayo! Discuss cultural diversity. Lecture on After Dinner Speaking, select topic for "dinner" on 5/18, read chpt. 18. Work on study guide in class groups for final. Blog! Week 17: 5/11: Perform your After Dinner Speeches! Last speech--WoW! Week 18: 5/18: Final....Last Class: You Made It!