COMM M01 – Introduction to Speech Fall 2011

COMM M01 – Introduction to Speech
Fall 2011
Instructor:
Neal Stewart
[email protected]
378-1400 ext. 1683
Dept. Chair:
Performing Arts Div.
Office Hours: PA 118
MW 1:30-3:00p, Th 1:30-3:30p
(also by appointment)
http://sunny.moorparkcollege.edu/~stewartn/
John Loprieno
Phone: 378-1469
Patricia Ewins(Dean) Phone: 378-1408
Office: PA 142
Office: PA 141
“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. This means to
the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
- Jerry Seinfeld
Public speaking anxiety is a very real phenomenon, but one of the best remedies is to feel comfortable in the
setting. Therefore, I will try to help you all become communities of people, not just collections of individuals.
We’ll be getting to know each other, and we might as well enjoy it. I take my role as an instructor seriously,
and I’m committed to helping all of you learn and get the most out of your experience in this class. My job is
not to tell you what to think, but instead to give you the tools to clearly express thoughts and opinions that are
your own. I realize that class time will not always be enough for everyone to learn everything, so I make myself
as available as possible. If you have questions or concerns about this class, please talk to me about them
sooner than later.
Required Texts:
DK Guide to Public Speaking: Workbook for Public Speaking – Moorpark
College by Lisa A. Ford-Brown
Course Objectives:
1. Demonstrate the ability to organize informative, persuasive and impromptu, speeches.
2. Demonstrate effective research skills utilizing both traditional and electronic sources
3. Demonstrate a basic comprehension of audience adaptation skills
4. Demonstrate techniques of effective extemporaneous and impromptu delivery styles
5. Demonstrate critical listening and feedback skills.
6. Demonstrate the ability to critique speeches.
Late Work:
Late work will NOT be accepted. All assignments, outlines, worksheets, extra credit, etc. are due in class on the
specified date.
Academic Integrity
It is expected that students neither give nor receive unauthorized aid on their academic work. This includes, but
is not limited to, cheating, stealing, and plagiarism. Moorpark College, the Communication Studies
Department, and the instructor take academic integrity very seriously, and we expect you to do your own work
for all assignments (including all speeches and written work). Students caught violating academic integrity
will receive no credit for that assignment. If you ever have any questions about what violates academic
integrity and what does not, please ask the instructor.
Advice for Succeeding In This Class:
Advice 1: Participate in class. There will be plenty of opportunities to answer questions, make comments, work
in small groups, etc., so take advantage of them. Adding your voice to a class discussion will help clarify
confusing concepts. Even if the concepts seem perfectly clear already, participation will help solidify them in
your memory.
Advice 2: Use good study habits. Success in this class involves more than showing up and taking good notes
(although that is important, too). Be prepared coming into class by completing the assigned readings and / or
analyses. Help yourself remember the material by reviewing your notes and materials early and often
Advice 3: Be respectful. We are not just a gathering of strangers but a classroom community; even if we were
strangers, respect would still be important. This includes refraining from obviously disrespectful behaviors,
such as talking while others are talking. It also includes avoiding behaviors that may unintentionally
communicate disrespect, such as being late, falling asleep, doing work for another class, or using a cell
phone or laptop. Acts of disrespect may be addressed with a warning, removal from the classroom, or more
serious consequences, at the instructor’s discretion.
Speech Topics:
I am a strong opponent of censorship, and I never want to tell you that you cannot speak on a given topic.
However, one of the most important concepts we learn in this class is rhetorical sensitivity, and for good and
proper reasons I expect all of your speeches to adhere to this concept. That being said:
1. Think carefully before you select a controversial topic (religion, abortion, the death penalty, gun control,
smoking, gay marriage, etc). Make sure that what you want to say genuinely contributes to a thoughtful
discussion on the issue rather than being deliberately inflammatory.
2. Do not choose topics that advocate illegal or unethical behavior. The First Amendment does not protect
this kind of speech, so this isn’t really a censorship issue.
3. If you confess to a crime in class I will be obligated to report it. Don’t put either one of us in that sort of
position.
4. Visual aids are allowed and encouraged with a few exceptions: no weapons, no nudity, no
drugs/alcohol, and no live animals.
Attendance Policy:
1. The way this class is set up does not allow time for free days. We’re on a tight schedule, and your
dedicated attendance and participation in class are vital to keeping us on that schedule.
2. Being absent more than one-ninth of the semester class will be grounds for dismissal from the class.
NOTE: I also expect you to be on time for class. Every two tardies will count as one absence. (1-10
minutes late = tardy, 10+ minutes = absence)
3. You must be present on your assigned speech days. If you are not, you should contact the instructor
ASAP to discuss a possible make-up date. Only ONE such make-up may be allowed, and the make-up
speech will be assessed an automatic 20% grade reduction.
4. You must ALSO be present on all speech days, even if you personally are not speaking. It is
important to speak in front of an audience, and that can’t happen if we all decide to ditch on speech
days. Unexcused absences on speech days will lower your grade for that speech ten percent for each
missed day.
Assignments and Grades:
(Assignments and handouts will be available on my faculty website:
http://sunny.moorparkcollege.edu/~stewartn/ )
Major Speeches**: Students must complete all three Major Speeches (Informative, Persuasive, Impromptu) to
pass the class with a “C” or better, regardless of the points earned.
Informative
Persuasive
Impromptu
subtotal
______ / 200
______ / 250
______ / 150
______ / 600
subtotal
______ / 50
______ / 50
______ / 50
______ / 150
Total
______ / 750pts
Presentations:
“Interview”
“Artifact”
“Delivery”
Extra Credit:
75 pts
______
Extra credit comes from attendance / participation in two outside-of-class events: the Forensics Showcase
(Wednesday, November 30, ~7PM) and the Speech Intramural Tournament (Friday, December 9, ~2:306PM).
Grade Scale:
A
90-100%
C
70-79%
F
0-59%
B
80-89%
D
60-69%
Campus Wide Info
ACCESS:
Students with disabilities, whether physical, learning, or psychological, who believe that they may need
accommodations in this class, are encouraged to contact ACCESS as soon as possible to ensure that such
accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Authorization, based on verification of disability, is
required before any accommodation can be made. The phone number for ACCESS is 378-1461 and they are
located on the ground floor of the LMC Building.
Drop Policy:
Should you make the decision to drop this class, be sure that you take steps to actually drop the class. This can
be done online or by going over to the Administration Building. It is not the instructor’s job to drop students
from the roster, so do not count on it.
No Smoking Policy: In the interest of the health and welfare of students, employees, and the public, other than
in the parking lots, smoking is not permitted anywhere on the Moorpark college campus.
Prerequisites: If you are using this course as a prerequisite for another future course and you do not pass this
course with a C or better, when grades are posted, you will be dropped from the course requiring this
prerequisite class even though you may have been allowed to register in it pending successful completion of this
course.
Tentative Schedule – Comm 01
MW 8:30 (70012)
Fall 2011
Aug 22
Aug 24
Comm 01
Mon
Wed
Aug 29
Mon
Aug 31
Wed
Sept 5
Sept 7
Sept 12
Sept 14
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Sept 19
Sept 21
Mon
Wed
Sept 26
Sept 28
Oct 3
Oct 5
Oct 10
Oct 12
Oct 17
Oct 19
Oct 24
Oct 26
Oct 31
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Nov 2
Nov 7
Nov 9
Nov 14
Nov 16
Nov 21
Nov 23
Nov 28
Nov 30
Dec 5
Dec 7
Dec 12
Dec 14
Dec 21
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Wed
In-Class
Assignments Due
Intro to class
What is public speaking? (assign
Interview)
“Interview” Presentations (assign
Artifact)
Basic Structure (Intros & Conclusions, p. 195-213
4-S Method)
NO CLASS – Labor Day
“Artifact” Presentations
“Artifact” Presentations
Outlining; Informative
p. 137-163, 186-193;
Interesting Article
Informative
p. 333-345, 348-353
Topic Approvals for Informative
Thesis, 3 MPs, & outside
source
Research and Evidence
(p. 69-107) p. 109-135
Library Day
Delivery
“Delivery” Presentations
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
Informative Speech Debrief
Persuasion
Persuasion
p. 372-387, 392-412
Topic Approvals
Thesis, 3 MPs, & outside
source
Library Day
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #4
Final Outline & Eval form
NO CLASS – NCA Conference
TBA
Freedom of Speech
Impromptu
p. 415-418
Impromptu
Example Chart
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #1
Evaluation Form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #2
Evaluation Form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #3
Evaluation Form
FINAL EXAM PERIOD: 8AMMake up Speeches
10AM
Tentative Schedule – Comm 01
TTh 10:00 (70819)
Fall 2011
Aug 23
Aug 25
Comm 01
Tues
Thurs
Aug 30
Tues
Sept 1
Thurs
Sept 6
Sept 8
Sept 13
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Sept 15
Sept 20
Thurs
Tues
Sept 22
Sept 27
Sept 29
Oct 4
Oct 6
Oct 11
Oct 13
Oct 18
Oct 20
Oct 25
Oct 27
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Nov 1
Nov 3
Nov 8
Nov 10
Nov 15
Nov 17
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29
Dec 1
Dec 6
Dec 8
Dec 13
Dec 15
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
In-Class
Assignments Due
Intro to class
What is public speaking? (assign
Interview)
“Interview” Presentations (assign
Artifact)
Basic Structure (Intros & Conclusions, p. 195-213
4-S Method)
“Artifact” Presentations
“Artifact” Presentations
Outlining; Informative
p. 137-163, 186-193;
Interesting Article
Informative
p. 333-345, 348-353
Topic Approvals for Informative
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Research & Evidence
(p. 69-107) p. 109-135
Library Day
Delivery
“Delivery” Presentations
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
Informative Speech Debrief
Persuasion
Persuasion
p. 372-387, 392-412
Topic Approvals for Persuasion
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Persuasion
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #4
Final Outline & Eval form
NO CLASS – NCA Conference
Freedom of Speech
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Holiday
Impromptu
p. 415-418
Impromptu
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #1
Eval form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #2
Eval form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #3
Eval form
FINAL EXAM PERIOD 10:15Make up Speeches
12:15
Tentative Schedule – Comm 01
TTh 11:30 (70949)
Fall 2011
Aug 23
Aug 25
Comm 01
Tues
Thurs
Aug 30
Tues
Sept 1
Thurs
Sept 6
Sept 8
Sept 13
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Sept 15
Sept 20
Thurs
Tues
Sept 22
Sept 27
Sept 29
Oct 4
Oct 6
Oct 11
Oct 13
Oct 18
Oct 20
Oct 25
Oct 27
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Nov 1
Nov 3
Nov 8
Nov 10
Nov 15
Nov 17
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29
Dec 1
Dec 6
Dec 8
Dec 13
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
Thurs
Tues
In-Class
Assignments Due
Intro to class
What is public speaking? (assign
Interview)
“Interview” Presentations (assign
Artifact)
Basic Structure (Intros & Conclusions, p. 195-213
4-S Method)
“Artifact” Presentations
“Artifact” Presentations
Outlining; Informative
p. 137-163, 186-193;
Interesting Article
Informative
p. 333-345, 348-353
Topic Approvals for Informative
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Research & Evidence
(p. 69-107) p. 109-135
Library Day
Delivery
“Delivery” Presentations
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
Informative Speech Debrief
Persuasion
Persuasion
p. 372-387, 392-412
Topic Approvals for Persuasion
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Persuasion
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #4
Final Outline & Eval form
NO CLASS – NCA Conference
Freedom of Speech
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Holiday
Impromptu
p. 415-418
Impromptu
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #1
Eval form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #2
Eval form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #3
Eval form
Dec 15
Thurs
FINAL EXAM PERIOD 12:30-2:30
Make up Speeches
Tentative Schedule – Comm 01
MW 11:00 (71111)
Fall 2011
Sept 12
Sept 14
Sept 19
Comm 01
Mon
Wed
Mon
Sept 21
Wed
Sept 26
Sept 28
Mon
Wed
Oct 3
Oct 5
Mon
Wed
Oct 10
Oct 12
Oct 17
Oct 19
Oct 24
Oct 26
Oct 31
Nov 2
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Nov 7
Nov 9
Nov 14
Nov 16
Nov 21
Nov 23
Nov 28
Nov 30
Dec 5
Dec 7
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
Mon
Wed
In-Class
Assignments Due
Intro to class; (assign Interview)
What is public speaking?
Interview Presentations (assign
Artifact)
Basic Structure (Intros & Conclusions, p. 195-213
4-S Method)
“Artifact” Presentations
Outlining; Informative
p. 137-163, 186-193;
Interesting Article
Informative
Topic Approvals for Informative
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Research and Evidence
(p. 69-107) p. 109-135
Delivery
“Delivery” Presentations; Library Day
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
INFORMATIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
Persuasion
p. 372-387, 392-412
Persuasion
Topic Approvals
Thesis, 3 Main Points, &
outside source
Freedom of Speech
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #1
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #2
Final Outline & Eval form
PERSUASIVE SPEECH DAY #3
Final Outline & Eval form
NO CLASS – NCA Conference
TBA
Impromptu
p. 415-418
Impromptu
Example Chart
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #1
Eval Form
IMPROMPTU SPEECH DAY #2
Eval Form