CMST 220 C
TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
SPRING 2011
Directions: Please do NOT submit this schedule with any assigned projects. You should keep it
with you to consult for reading assignments, deadlines, due dates, and other course information.
NOTE: This schedule may be changed by your instructor with notice.
UNIT 1: GETTING STARTED
Week 1: March 29-April 1
READING:
Chapter 1 + pages 214-217 & 555-556
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #1
TOPICS:
 Introduction to CMST 220
 The Communication Process
 Common Speech Goals/Purposes
 Specialized Speeches: Preparing Speeches of Introduction
 Interviewing & Questioning
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #1; SPEECH #1 PARTNER INTERVIEWS
WEEK 2: April 4-8
READING:
Chapters 2, 3, & 4
ACTIVITIES:
Impromptu Activity & Listening Quiz
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #2
TOPICS:
 Speaker Traits and Responsibilities
 Identifying Rhetorical and Cultural Styles of Speaking
 Setting Personal Public Speaking Goals
 Listener Responsibilities
 Active & Critical Listening
 Impromptu & Basic Speech Preparation
DUE DATE:
DUE DATE:
April 4, SPEECH #1: SPEECH OF INTRODUCTION
April 7, SPEECH #1: IMPROMPTU SPEECH ACTIVITY/
LISTENING/QUIZ
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #2
WEEK 3: April 11-15
READING:
Chapters 13 & 5
ACTIVITIES:
Audience Analysis & Adaptation Activities
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #3 + Outline
TOPICS:
 Speech Anxiety
 Effective Delivery Techniques
 Preparing Oral Interpretations
 Audience Analysis & Adaptation
DUE DATE:
April 14, SPEECH #2: ORAL INTERPRETATION
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #3
UNIT 2: BASIC STEPS TO EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING
WEEK 4: April 18-22
READING:
Chapters 6, 7, & 8
ACTIVITY:
Library Orientation & Worksheet
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #3 Checklist (Bring to class daily.)
TOPICS:
 Topic Choice & Topic Focus
 Developing Speech Purposes and Thesis
 Library Orientation: Researching Speeches
 Research & Source Citations
 Supporting Materials
DUE DATE:
April 21, LIBRARY ORIENTATION
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #4; SPEECH #3 RESEARCH
WEEK 5: April 25-29
READING:
Chapters 15, 9, & 11
ACTIVITY (ONLINE): Outline Peer Review
TOPICS:
 Speaking to Inform
 Idea Division/Developing Main Ideas
 Patterns of Organization
 Outlining
 Preparing Introductions and Conclusions
 Visual Aids
DUE DATE:
April 28, Speech #3 OUTLINE DRAFT POSTED ON
MOODLE
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #5; PEER REVIEW OF OUTLINE DRAFTS
UNIT 3: PRESENTING FORMAL SPEECHES
WEEK 6: May 2-6
ASSIGNMENT:
READING:
ACTIVITY:
DUE DATE:
WRITTEN SPEAKER ANALYSIS PROJECT
Chapters 10 & 14
In-class Speaker Analysis
May 2-5, SPEECH #3: INFORMATIVE SPEECH/OUTLINE
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #6
Week 7: May 9-13
READING:
Chapters 12, 16, & 17
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #5 + outline
ACTIVITY:
CQ Researcher Mini-Debates
TOPICS:
 Speaking to Persuade
 Persuasive Speaking & Appeals
 Reasoning and Two-sided Messages with Refutation
 Fallacies of Reasoning
 Language, Word Choice, & Transitions
 Beginning research for Speech #5
DUE DATE:
May 12, MINI-DEBATES ACTIVITY
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #7; SPEECH #5 RESEARCH
Week 8: May 16-20
READING:
Chapter 19
ASSIGNMENT:
Speech #4: (Group Project)
TOPICS:
 Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
 Working in Groups
 Assessing Communication Competence
FRIDAY ONLINE: READING QUIZ #8; ONLINE GROUP WORK
Week 9: May 23-May 27
DUE DATES:
May 24-25, SPEECH #5: GROUP PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
THURS. & FRI. ONLINE:
SPEECH #5 RESEARCH, AUDIENCE SURVEYS, &
SPEAKER ANALYSIS
Week 10: May 31-June1
MAY 30:
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
MAY 31:
LINDA’S GONE—ONLINE PEER REVIEW or IN-CLASS PRACTICE
GROUPS
DUE DATE:
June 1 & 2, SPEECH #5 PERSUASIVE SPEECH/OUTLINE
FRIDAY ONLINE: SPEAKER ANALYSIS PROJECT
Week 11: June 6-10
DUE DATE:
11:30a.m.1:30 p.m.
WED., June 8, SPEECH #5 PERSUASIVE SPEECH/
OUTLINE
WRITTEN SPEAKER ANALYSIS PROJECT