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Your final grade for this course is figured out mathemathically. Add up your score on all assignments, speeches and tests and divide that by the total possible points you could have earned.

Total possible points: 570. Speeches were 100 each, group speech was 20, tests were 50 each. Missing more than 3 classes without a documented excused resulted in you losing half a letter grade (refer to your syllabus).

Test 3 will be on 4/21 if you are in a Tues/Thursday class OR on 4/24 if you are in a MWF class. The study guide is available for download

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Assignment is available for download, along with the outline. This assignment is due the week of March 30th 2009.

Info-speech-assignment

Informational-speech-outline

Leave me a comment on this post to tell me where your group is at. This must be done by 5pm Thursday.

Check in with me by leaving a comment on this post to tell me where you’re at are a group. This MUST be done by 5pm Wednesday.

There have been some significant changes to the course schedule. An update version of the schedule for the rest of the semester is available for download, below.

mwf-updated-2-16-09

Everyone must take 2 surveys. Make sure you take the ones that are for YOUR CLASS, so read the directions below VERY carefully. Question 2 on the first survey will ask your name and gender. Enter your name in order to get credit. I expect everyone to do both surveys (for 5 points added to your lowest grade at the end of the semester). It shouldn’t take you more than 15 minutes total. If you already did these surveys through the e-mail I sent out then you don’t need to do them again.

If you are in my MWF class (section 06) that meets from 11:30-12:30 Click on the 2 links below to complete BOTH surveys. You must do both to get credit.
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If you are in my TR class (section 02) that meets from 9:35am-11am, Click on the 2 links below to complete BOTH surveys. Do both to get credit.
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If you are in my TR class (section 03) that meets from 12:45-2:10pm Click on the 2 links below to complete BOTH surveys. Do both to get full credit.
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Click Here to take survey2

Once again, make sure you do both.
For the MWF class, this needs to be done before 9am on Monday. For the TR class, this needs to be done before 9am on Tuesday.

Sorry about class, thanks for being flexible. For those of you who didn’t get the notice: I do try to e-mail you at your Medaille e-mail.

Here are the notes for Monday. I’ll also be reviewing the website, since there’s some confusion. Notes for MWF class for 2/2/2009

Know the following:

Short answer

1. 3 types of noise, meaning and/or example.
2. SMRC communication model (you will draw and label it!!)
3. Definition of Communication Apprehension
4. Logos, Ethos, Pathos, Mythos (definitions of them)
5. Tell me about 1 of the 6 C’s of language: what it is and how to use it in a speech
6. The 4 stages (steps) for listen—in correct order!
7. The items that belong in your introduction and conclusion (chapter 10, we’ll be doing this in class as well, before you have to take the test).

Multiple Choice: (this means being able to recognize and identify)

1. definitions of: Language, Hearing, general purpose, denotative and connotative meanings, Responsible knowledge
2. Levels of listening
3. 6 C’s of language
4. Causes of communication apprehension
5. Purpose of speech introduction (again, Ch 10, you’ll get the notes soon)
6. Types of speech delivery (ch 13, we’ll do this next class)
7. Nonverbal expectancy theory (Ch 13)
8. Things you should NOT do, nonverbally, in a speech

Extra credit: I won’t tell you all the extra credit questions, but look over your syllabus….also, can you put the basic steps for public speaking in the correct order? (there are 7 steps)

Speech 2 is available for download HERE. It is a word document. Please look it over and bring any questions you have to class.

Don’t forget speech 1 is due Monday (for MWF class) or Tuesday (for TR classes)!!!