Monday, 6/24[edit]
Orientation[edit]
Intro Speeches[edit]
- Preparation
- Familiarize yourself with the course syllabus
- Read the intro speech assignment description
- Read the definition of rhetoric
- Activities
- Discuss course goals, assignments, and policies
- Discuss how a rhetorical approach to public speaking provides us with a set of transferable skills
- Everyone will perform an introductory speech
- Q&A about the course and instructor
Wednesday, 6/26[edit]
Intro to Impromptu[edit]
Invention and Arrangement (Main Points and Support)[edit]
- Preparation
- Read the impromptu speech assignment description
- Watch sample student impromptu speech
- Watch how to effectively outline and flow a speech
- Watch a deliberately flawed sample impromptu speech
- Watch the same speech with basic improvements
- Review example outline of an impromptu speech
- Activities
- Discuss the assignment details and its rationale
- I will perform an impromptu speech
- View a number of impromptu speeches, outlining and flowing them in small groups
- Brainstorm potential topics in small groups and examine their merits and shortcomings
- Discuss the importance of main points and support
- Brainstorm potential main points and support as a class, then small groups, and finally in pairs
Friday, 6/28[edit]
