Speech Communication 416 Fall
2003
REVISED Classwork Menu
Classwork is worth 25% of your final grade. The bulk of that grade will
be determined by brief written assignments; the rest on in-class
participation. The grading scale for the points part of the classwork
will be based on the
percentage of points earned out of 80 points possible.
But, throughout the semester we have had at least 95 points
available (105 counting bonus outside speech forms) to be
earned.
So if you miss a few points here and there, you can do extra work in
another
category and make up the deficit. Each of these assignments is
designed
to lead to deeper learning from working with the course readings or
applying
questions and concepts to outside of class opportunities.
Web-Posted Study Questions (5 pts. each; at least 50 points possible)
• These will be posted by Thursday night and
would be due the next week either Tuesday or Thursday as
indicated. Most often will ask specific or reflection questions
about the readings; sometimes these will ask for an
outline of a text we are reading.
Other Assignments (as
least 25 pts. possible)
- Paper/Project Topics
(5 pts.)
- Final Paper Draft (5 pts.)
- Detailed Outlines
(using
traditional outline structure and complete sentences, I would expect
that
it would take more than one page) of one of the following speech texts
(5
pts. for one--many of you did that one already on Malcolm X or King;
you can do two additional for extra points):
- John
F. Kennedy, "Houston Ministerial Association," pp. 760-766.
- Ronald
Reagan, "Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals," 1983, pp.
830-837
- Mario
Cuomo, Keynote
Address at the Democratic National Convention, 1984, online at,
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/cuomo1984dnc.htm
- Urvashi
Vaid, "Speech At The March On
Washington," April 25, 1993 online at
http://gos.sbc.edu/w/vaid.html
- George W.
Bush Congressional Address, "Freedom
at War with Fear," Sept. 20, 2001
- Senator Robert Byrd, "Today, I Weep for My
Country," March 19, 2003, on-line at Senatory Byrd's website,
http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_speeches/
- In-class
quizzes; we've had only one; we'll have one more (5 pts. each)
Outside Speech Observation
(20 pts.
first one; 10 points "bonus" possible for extra write ups up to 20 pts.
total)
1. Identify the Speaker, title of address,
location and date of delivery, and write a description of the audience
[size and who
is there and their attitude toward the event if you can determine it.]
2.
Outline the presentation with reasonable detail.
3. Note speakers use of those traditional
Aristotelian appeals
• use of logos [rational appeal,
use of evidence, reasoning, argument]
• use of ethos [credibility
appeals, expertise, character, demonstrations of good will toward the
audience, citation of sources]
• use of pathos [emotional
appeals, use of humor, fear
appeals, effort to rile up the audience in some way toward anger,
sympathy,
compassion...appeals to unity, etc.]
4.
Offer at least one full paragraph assessing the
speakers strengths and weaknesses. You may focus on delivery or
content related issues. Your observations
need to go beyond "they did a good job" to explaining why you think so
[or
don't think so!].
Attendance Issues
As indicated on the
syllabus, more than two absences will affect your final grade.
The penalty will apply to the classwork points section of the final
grade as I deduct 4 points for each recorded absence over two.