Schedule

Weekly Course Schedule (May be subject to change at Professor’s discretion.)

Date	Class activities	Assignments due	Assignments for next class
Week 1	Roll call; Introductions		Study Syllabus; Read appendix (1st speech)
Week 2	Go over syllabus; assign Success Speech		Ch. 1 (why it matters) & 2 (ethics); Prepare Success Speech outline and practice
Wk. 3	Ethics, delivery, and being confident		Ch. 3 (confidence), 4 (listening) & 14 (delivery); Prepare Success Speech outline and practice
Wk. 4	Success Speech presentations	Success Speech outlines due; Peer Evaluations due	Ch. 6 (topic and purpose) & 7 (research)
Week 5	Doing research; citing; assign Informative Speech		Research topic; Ch. 8 (forms of support) & 16 (informative speaking); Prepare Informative Speech outline
Week 6	Feedback on Success Speeches; Structure and organization	Informative Speech outlines due	Ch. 9 (intro), 10 (body) & 11 (conclusion)
Week 7	Outlines returned; Informative Speech Group Workshops		Ch. 12 (outlines) & 13 (language); practice
Week 8	Informative Speech Presentations	Outlines due; Peer Evaluations due	Revise outlines; practice Informative Speech! Ch. 15 (visual aids)
Week 9	Informative Speech Presentations	Outlines due; Peer Evaluations due	Ch. 17 (persuasive speaking)
Week 10	Ethics; Assign Persuasive Speech		Research topic; prepare outline for Persuasive Speech; practice
Week 11	Informative Speech Feedback; Motivated Sequence		Prepare outline for Persuasive Speech; Practice
Week 13	Persuasive Speech presentations	Persuasive Speech outline due; Peer Evaluations due	Practice!
Week 14	Persuasive speech presentations	Persuasive Speech outline due; Peer Evaluations due	Practice!
Week 15	Persuasive speech presentations	Persuasive Speech outline due; Peer Evaluations due