Public Speaking (Summer 2019)/Week 1

Intro Speeches

 * Preparation:
 * 1) Familiarize yourself with the course syllabus
 * 2) Read the intro speech assignment description
 * 3) Read the definition of rhetoric
 * Activities:
 * 1) Discuss course goals, assignments, and policies
 * 2) Discuss how a rhetorical approach to public speaking provides us with a set of transferable skills
 * 3) Everyone will perform an introductory speech
 * 4) Q&A about the course and instructor

Invention and Arrangement (Main Points and Support)

 * Preparation:
 * 1) Read the impromptu speech assignment description
 * 2) Watch sample student impromptu speech
 * 3) Watch how to effectively outline and flow a speech
 * 4) Watch a deliberately flawed sample impromptu speech
 * 5) Watch the same speech with basic improvements
 * 6) Review example outline of an impromptu speech
 * Activities:
 * 1) Discuss the assignment details and its rationale
 * 2) I will perform an impromptu speech
 * 3) View a number of impromptu speeches, outlining and flowing them in small groups
 * 4) Brainstorm potential topics in small groups and examine their merits and shortcomings
 * 5) Discuss the importance of main points and support
 * 6) Brainstorm potential main points and support as a class, then small groups, and finally in pairs