COM 1010-941 Course Calendar, Fall 2014
Wayne State University
Wheat Building – WSU Room
CRN 16391 1:10 – 2:35 Tuesday & Thursday
Yvonne L. Winston, Instructor
Date
Chapters due/Class plan
Assignments Assignments
due
to discuss
Thursday,
8/28
 Welcome to COM 1010!
 Syllabus & calendar
 Textbook
Tuesday,
9/2
 Ch. 1: Communication: Essential Human Behavior
Thursday,
9/4
Tuesday,
9/9
 Ch. 2: Perceiving the Self and Others
Thursday,
9/11
Tuesday,
9/16
Thursday,
9/18
 Narrative Speech
 Ch. 4: Verbal Communication
 Ch. 5: Nonverbal Communication
Goal-setting
paper
Tuesday,
9/23
 Ch. 6: Listening
 Ch. 14: Delivering Presentations
Thursday,
9/25
 Chapter 12: Preparing and Researching Presentations
 Chapter 15: Informative Speaking
Tuesday,
9/30
 Chapter 13: Organizing, Writing, and Outlining Presentations
Quiz 2
(Chapters 4,
5, 6, and 14)
ReSearch
Quiz (due via
Blackboard)
Quiz 3
(Chapters 12,
13, and 15)
Informative
speech topic
Thursday,
10/2
Tuesday,
10/7
 In-class informative speech workday
Thursday,
10/9
 Informative Speech
 Ch. 3: Communication and Culture
* Narrative
Speech
* Goalsetting
paper
* Re:Search
Quiz
Quiz 1
(Chapters 1,
2, and 3)
 Narrative Speech
 In-class informative speech workday
Audience
analysis #1
(Informative
Speech)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
* Informative
speech
* Audience
Analysis #1
* Peer
Evaluation (for
Informative
speech)
Tuesday,
10/14
 Informative Speech
Thursday,
10/16
 Informative Speech
Tuesday,
10/21
 Informative Speech
Thursday,
10/23
 Chapter 16: Persuasive Speaking
 Chapter 9: Communicating in Groups
Tuesday,
10/28
 Chapter 10: Leadership and Decision Making in Groups
 Chapter 8: Managing Conflict in Relationships
Thursday,
10/30
Tuesday,
11/4
Thursday,
11/6
Tuesday,
11/11
Thursday,
11/13
 Group Speech work day
Tuesday,
11/18
 Persuasive Speech
speech
*Peer eval (if
presenting
speech)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
presenting
speech)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
presenting
speech)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
presenting
speech)
* Persuasive
speech
* Audience
Analysis #2
* Peer
Evaluation (for
Persuasive
speech)
* Group
speech
* Selfreflection
paper
Quiz 4
(Chapters 8,
9, 10, and
16)
Persuasive
Speech topic
 Group Speech
 Group Speech
 In-class Persuasive Speech work day
 In-class Persuasive Speech work day
Audience
analysis #2
(Persuasive
Speech)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
Thursday,
11/20
 Persuasive Speech
Tuesday,
11/25
 Persuasive Speech
Tuesday,
12/2
 Persuasive Speech
Thursday,
12/4
Thursday,
12/11
 Final exam review
 Class evaluation
*ONLINE FINAL EXAM: due Midnight, Thursday, December 11
speech
*Peer eval (if
speaking on
this day)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
speaking on
this day)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
speaking on
this day)
Outline and
reference list
if presenting
speech
*Peer eval (if
speaking on
this day)
*Selfreflection