Assignment Prompts & Rubrics

Speech 1-Cultural Recognition/Intro Speech

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Speech 2-Informative Speech

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Speech 3-Persuasive Speech

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Speech 4-Toast Speech

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Peer-Evaluation Letter

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Lecture Slides & Handouts

Unit 1: Cultural Recognition/Intro Speech

1. Lecture Slides: Vocal & Physical Delivery

2. Lecture Slides: Strategies to Reduce Nerves

3. Lecture Slides: Speech 1 Assignment

4. Lecture Slides: Speech Introductions & Conclusions

Lecture Notes: Speech Introductions & Conclusions

Handouts/Activities: Sample Speech Introduction & Conclusion

5. Lecture Slides: Outlining

Handouts/Activities: Outlining Overview

Sample Speech Outline--Cubs Fan

Fix This Outline

Practice with Mind Mapping

Unit 2: Informative Speech

1. Lecture Slides: Speech 2 Assignment

2. Lecture Slides: Selecting a Topic & a Purpose

Handouts/Activities: Thesis Statement Creation Process & Examples

3. Lecture Slides: Attention-Keeping Strategies & Maintaining Interest

Lecture Notes: Maintaining Interest/Informative Style

Handouts/Activities: 9 Attention-Keeping Strategies

4. Lecture Slides: Supporting Materials & Oral Source Citation

Handouts/Activities: Generating Oral Source Citations from Text Sources

5. Lecture Slides: Creating a Works Cited Page

Handouts/Activities: Practice with MLA & Ethical Paraphrasing

Unit 3: Persuasive Speech

1. Lecture Slides: Speech 3 Assignment

Handouts/Activities: Claims of Fact, Value & Policy

2. Lecture Slides: Monroe's Motivated Sequence

Handouts/Activities: Monroe's Motivated Sequence Overview

Scrambled Monroe's Outline

3. Lecture Slides: Persuasive Proofs: Ethos, Pathos & Logos

Lecture Notes: Ethos, Pathos & Logos

4. Lecture Slides: Using Language to Create Pathos

Unit 4: Toast Speech

1. Lecture Slides: Speech 4 Assignment

Sample Video Lectures for COM101 Online

Vocal and Physical Delivery

Speech Introductions and Conclusions

How to Deliver Oral Citations in your Speech