Daily Schedule
Speech 100 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication
Fall Quarter - 2008
 

Week 1

Readings:  Adler & Rodman, chapters 1 , 2, 3

Monday

Sept. 22

Introductions, syllabus, grading; Communication models

Tuesday

23

Communication competence; impression management

Wednesday

24

Video: Productivity and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 

Thursday

25

Continue with perception: self-concept; reflected appraisal (scavenger hunt paper due 10 pts.)

Friday

26

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

Week 2

Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapter 4

Monday

29

Listening -information, evaluative, empathic

Tuesday

30

Listening continued . . .

Wednesday

Oct 1

Speech preparation/ audience analysis

Thursday

2

Research and development/ evaluating source material
Plagiarism tutorial due:  http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/  (15 points)

Friday

3

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

Week 3

Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapters 10-11

Monday

6

Seminar #1 –Research Databases

Tuesday

7

Organization and outlining

Wednesday

8

Introductions and conclusions

Thursday

9

Exam #1--- Chapters 1,2,3 (please bring a scantron sheet)

Friday

10

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 

Week 4

 Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapters 12

Monday

13

Communication apprehension (a.k.a. stage fright)

Tuesday

14

First informative speech, 2-3 minutes

Wednesday

15

First informative speech, 2-3 minutes

Thursday

16

First informative speech, 2-3minutes

Friday

17

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 No Blackboard for Friday

Week 5

 

Monday

20

Seminar #2 –"Banksy---The Man and His Art" (pp. 371 - 74 in our textbook)

Tuesday

21

Questionnaire construction

Wednesday

22

Questionnaires continued . . .

Thursday

23

Seminar #3 - Questionnaires

Friday

24

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

           

Week 6

Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapter 5

Monday

27

Nonverbal communication (video: the Human Animal by Desmond Morris)
Self-Reflection Paper DUE -  15points

Tuesday

28

Video: A World of Differences: Understanding Cross-Cultural Communication

Wednesday

29

Seminar #4 – “Speeches That Satisfy” -- Jane Tully

Thursday

30

Annotated Bibliography DUE for second speech
Exam #2 (chapters  4, 5, 10, 11) please bring a scantron sheet)

Friday

31

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 

Week 7

Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapter 13

Monday

Nov. 3

 

Tuesday

4

Second informative speech, 4-6 minutes

Wednesday

5

Second informative speech, 4-6 minutes

Thursday

6

Second informative speech, 4-6 minutes

Friday

7

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 

Week 8

 Readings: Adler & Rodman, chapter 14

Monday

10

Second informative speech, 4-6 minutes

Tuesday

11

Veterans' Day Holiday -  Campus is Closed

Wednesday

12

Second informative speech, 4-6 minutes

Thursday

13

Persuasive Speaking—Theory and Practice

Friday

14

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 

Week 9

 

 

Monday

17

Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Annotated Bibliography DUE for third speech

Tuesday

18

Persuasion continued --

Wednesday

19

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/248
Video:  Why We Buy: How Ads Persuade

Thursday

20

Seminar #5 –Undercover Marketing ----------Last Day to Withdraw with a "W"

Friday

21

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

 

 

 

Week 10

 

 

Monday

24

Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Tuesday

25

Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Wednesday

26

Last Day to Withdraw with a "W"
Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Thursday

27

Thanksgiving Holiday -- Campus is closed.

Friday

28

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Week 11

 

 

Monday

Dec 1

Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Tuesday

2

Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Wednesday

3

Persuasive speeches, 5-7 minutes

Thursday

4

Exam # 3, chapters 12, 13, 14

Friday

5

Blackboard Assignment--posted by midnight Friday or before

     
Week 12    

 Monday

 8

 Last Day of Instruction - 1-2 minute - tribute speech (5-10 points bonus)

Tuesday

9

11a.m. speech class meets at 10a.m. for Final Exam---bonus (25 points) chapters 6, 7 (or make-up of missed exam)
 

Wednesday

10

10a.m. speech class meets at 10a.m. for Final Exam---bonus (25 points) chapters  6, 7 (or make-up of missed exam)
 

Thursday

11

 9a.m. speech class meets at 8a.m. for Final Exam -- bonus (25 points) chapters 6, 7 (or make-up of missed exam)

 

 

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