"The stories we tell not only explain things to others, they explain them to ourselves". --Donald Norman--
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak". --Epictetus--
Week 1 (1/18)
Introductions, E-mail addresses; Communication exercises
Communication: models, transformation, flow, problem-solving, 5 interactional goals
Impromptu speech
Video excerpts: Bugs Life/While You Were Sleeping/Resevoir Dogs Read: Chapters 1, 2 & Sample presentations (p. 75) Assignment: Speech #1 (written and practiced) - a letter to the editor.
Week 2 (1/25)
Research Skills
Speech presentations #1
Video: Delivering a Speech
Read: Chapters 3, 4
Assignment: Work on speech #2
Week 3 (2/1)
Impromptu speech
MLA Style
Speaking Plans
Read: Chapters 5, 6
Assignment: summarize articles, MLA style; work on speeches
Week 4 (2/8)
Speech presentations #2
Quiz: 5 Interactional Speaking Goals
Library Research
Video Excerpt
Read: Chapters 7, 8, 9
Assignment: Work on speeches
Week 5 (2/15)
Impromptu speech
PowerPoint demonstration
Internet research-impromptu topic; Library Research
Video excerpt
Assignment: Work on speeches
Week 6 (2/22)
Impromptu speech
Speech presentation #3; Rehearsal of speeches for Toastmasters Clubs
MLA style Quiz
Video excerpt
Assignment: Work on 'polishing' speeches for Mid-term!!!!
Week 7 (3/1)
NO CLASS MEETING-WORK AT HOMEAssignment: Work on 'polishing' speeches for Mid-term!!!!
Week 8 (3/8)
MIDTERMS
Speech presentations at Toastmasters Club in Crownpoint, Gallup or Farmington (6-9pm)
Week 9 (3/15)
Speech presentations #4
Impromptu speech-Poetry
Web page design introduced
Video excerpt
Assignment: Work on Storytelling Presentation. Prepare one speech as a Tripod website.
Week 10 (3/22)
Impromptu speeches
Poetry exploration
Video excerpt
Week 11 (3/29)Spring Break
Week 12 (4/5)
Speech presentations #5
Work on Storytelling Presentations
Assignment: Work on poems and storytelling presentations
Week 13 (4/12)
Assignment: Oral delivery of poems and storytelling presentations
Week 14 (4/19)
Storytelling PRESENTATIONS #6 Due and Oral Delivery of Poems - DRESS REHEARSALWeek 15 (4/26)
Rehearsal for Group Presentations at Dine' College or CIT
Week 16 (5/3)
GROUP PRESENTATIONS at Toastmasters Clubs
Discretionary Final Exam (5/10)
Celebration