Welcome to speech. The purpose and objective of speech class is to create and enhance public speaking skills, including small settings, such as the classroom or interviews to larger settings, such as competitions.

Materials needed for class:
1” 3 ring notebook
Paper
Pen-Black
Pencil with eraser

1st Nine Weeks:
Informative Speech (2)
Demonstrative Speech (2)-with visual aide
Building a good speech
Attention grabbers
Memorization of Prose and Poetry
Vocabulary-L-J
Speech terms
Outlining for a speech
SPAM- Determining Situation, Purpose, Audience, and Method
One-Act Play
Personal Reading Time-Bring a book of your choosing to class each day

2nd Nine Weeks:
Persuasive Speech (2)-With visual aides
Terms to know
L-J Vocabulary
Advertisement at Persuasion
Researching for a topic
Reading a short story with expression
Public Forum and Public Policy Speaking
One-Act Play
Personal Reading Time-Bring a book of your choosing to class each day

Semester Exam-this includes L-J vocabulary and a speech

3rd Nine Weeks:
Lincoln-Douglass Debates (2)
Research
Case writing
Terms to know
L-J Vocabulary
One-Act Play
Personal Reading Time-Bring a book of your choosing to class each day

4th Nine Weeks:

Impromptu Speech (2)
Entertainment Speech (2)
Informative Speech (1)
Demonstrative Speech (1)
Persuasive Speech (1)]
Entertainment Speech (1)
L-J Vocabulary
One-Act Play
Personal Reading Time-Bring a book of your choosing to class each day
Terms to Know

Semester Exam-This is comprehensive over the year and includes L-J and a speech

Grading:
Each speech is 100 points
Daily Work 10-25 points
Tests 100 points and count twice
Quizzes 15-30 points
Homework 10- 25 points

Makeup work must be complete within two days of return to school. It is up to the student to come to me to get makeup work. If it is not made up, it will result in a zero for that grade. If a student knows they will be out prior to the absence, they must get work before absence and turn it in before absence.

Any student caught cheating, including plagiarizing, will receive a 0 and a detention.

Any student not completing his/her homework will be given a work detention as there is plenty of class time to do homework.

I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding year. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school at (402) 645-3326, at my home (402) 806-6876, or via email at
[email protected]

Sincerely,

 

Mrs. Cordry

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