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Class Syllabus SPEECH COURSE OF STUDY
1. We will read and discuss the following chapters
in this order:
1, 2, 3, 16, 4, 5, 6, 18, 7, 8, 17, 14, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 19,
For each chapter, you
will be expected to write definitions of the terms listed at the beginning of each chapter. Keep these in a notebook or folder
so that you will be able to refer to them at any time.
2. Here is my grading scale:
100-94% : A
93-84%
: B
83-70% : C
69% and below: Incomplete
Tests, quizzes, speeches that fall below 70% will be
retaken or re-given. Ask yourself this question: “If you don’t have time to do it well, how will you have time
to do it over”?
2. Your grade will be a combination of:
class discussion and participation
:10%
assignments such as vocabulary : 20%
test and quiz grades: 25%
speeches : 45%
I want to address attendance as it relates to this class. I expect
you to be here. If you have three unexcused absences, I will ask that you be dropped from the class. Also, visiting
college reps during speech class is done only on the following conditions:
- you are a senior
- you have all work turned in
- speeches are not scheduled on that day
3. Some general hints
about speeches in this class:
You will always know ahead of time the day that you will be expected
to give a speech. When that day comes, be prepared. If you are not ready that day, your grade will be very bad!, as bad as
it can get! so the Scout motto “Be Prepared” really applies in this class.
Absolutely
EVERY person who gives a speech in this class will suffer from at least some nervousness. If he or she says differently, they
are fibbing! A case of nerves varies from person to person - from feeling edgy or high to profuse sweating, being on the verge
of tears or vomiting. It would be nice if you can manage not to cry or vomit, but if you do, we’ll manage. And usually
this nervousness subsides as you have more practice in speechmaking. So... if you feel nervous, you’re not alone. And
you will receive LOTS of sympathy from your classmates.
4. Plan on bringing note cards and using them to help prepare
your formal speeches.
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