Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Speaking

    • Basic Delivery Skills

    • Sample Basic Speech

    • Practice Speeches
  • 2

    Values

    • Description of Tournament Events

    • Hunting Grounds: Values

    • Values Quiz

    • Values Quiz

    • Practice Speeches
  • 3

    Ill, Blame, Significance, and Cure

    • Hunting Grounds: Ill Blame Significance Cure

    • Ill Blame Significance Cure Outline

    • Practice Speeches
  • 4

    Impromptu Practice

    • Extending Impromptu Speeches

    • Practice Speeches (Final Week)
  • 5

    Introduction To Oratory

    • Introduction to Oratory

    • Sample Student Oratory

    • Inartistic Proofs: Evidence

    • Evidence Quiz

    • Oratory Topic Ideas (Submit)

    • Start Researching Your Topic
  • 6

    Practice Oratory 1

    • Sample Oratory

    • Artistic Proofs: Ethos

    • Definite Oratory Topic

    • Research and Begin to Outline Your Oratory
  • 7

    Practice Oratory 2

    • Sample Oratory

    • Artistic Proofs: Pathos

    • Work on Rough Draft
  • 8

    Practice Oratory 3

    • A Copy of Your Rough Draft

    • Work on your Oratory
  • 9

    Practice Oratory 4

    • Oratory Final Draft

    • Finalize Your Oratory and Work on Delivery
  • 10

    Introduction To Debate

    • Introduction to Academic Debate

    • Writing a Brief Part 1

    • Research the Resolution and Write Down Some Arguments
  • 11

    Write Your Brief

    • Write Your Brief
  • 12

    Cross Examination

    • Conducting a Cross Examination

    • Cross Examination Quiz

    • Prepare your Brief
  • 13

    1/2 LD Tournament

    • Get Ready for 1/2 LD Tournament

    • Semester Reflection
  • 14

    Announcements

    • Tournament

    • Homework Record
  • 15

    Activities

    • Student Congress
  • 16

    Homework

    • Write a Bill

    • Write an authorship speech

    • Read SC prepared document

    • Prepare to speak on others bills
  • 17

    Discussion

    • Discuss tournament
  • 18

    Announcements

    • Tournament

    • Homework Record
  • 19

    Activities

    • Student Congress
  • 20

    Homework

    • Intro to EX

    • sample EX speech

    • EX Research Instructions

    • Data Sheets

    • Begin to create data sheet on topic
  • 21

    Announcements

    • Tournament

    • Homework Record
  • 22

    Activities

    • Review Logical Flow

    • Scaffolded Speech
  • 23

    Homework

    • Work on data sheets

    • 2 articles for others to read

    • comment on 2 articles

    • practice speeches (if desired)
  • 24

    Announcements

    • Tournament

    • Homework Record

  • 25

    Activities

    • Review skills students are lacking in this class

    • Scaffolded Speech
  • 26

    Homework

    • Work on data sheets

    • 2 articles for others to read

    • comment on 2 articles

    • practice speeches
  • 27

    Announcements

    • Tournament

    • Homework Record
  • 28

    Videos to organize

    • (Film clip) Basic Speech Outline

    • (Film clip) Sample Basic Speech

    • (Film clip) Values

    • (Film clip) Ill/Blame/Significance/Cure

    • (Film clip) Tips for Extending Impromptu Speeches

    • (Film clip) Understanding and Using Evidence

    • (Film clip) Rules of Academic Debate

    • (Film clip) Overview of the Legislative Process

    • (Film clip) Chaotic Congress

    • (Film clip) Organizing Using Logical Flow

    • (Film clip) Preparation Schedule for Extemporaneous Speaking

    • (Film clip) Writing a Lincoln Douglas Brief Part 1 - The Sections

    • (Film clip) Writing a Lincoln Douglas Brief Part 2 - Making your Argument

    • (Film clip) Introduction to Spar Debate

    • (Film clip) Introduction to Impromptu Speaking

    • (Film clip) Introduction to Student Congress

    • (Film clip) Ethos

    • (Film clip) Pathos

    • (Film clip) Elements of Style Part 1 - Introduction to Metaphore

    • (Film clip) Elements of Style Part 2 - Antithesis, Repetition, and Rhetorical Question

    • (Film clip) Introduction to Oratory

    • (Film clip) Introduction to Extemporaneous Speaking

    • (Film clip) Process of Lincoln Douglas Debate

    • (Film clip) Centrality

    • (Film clip) Cohesiveness

    • (Film clip) Writing Legislation - Resolutions

    • (Film clip) Using a Framework in Extemporaneous Speaking

    • (Film clip) Writing Legislation - Amendments to the Constitution

    • (Film clip) Search Engine Skills for Conducting Research

    • Quiz 1 (Basic Speech Outline Quiz)

    • Quiz 2 (Basic Speech Outline Quiz)