This is a college course, so no late work will be accepted for those students who are taking the class for college credit.
Testing Schedule
- Chapter 1: Why Study Persuasion? TUESDAY, JANUARY 17
- Chapter 2: What Constitutes Persuasion? MONDAY, JANUARY 23
- Chapter 9: Structuring and Ordering Persuasive Messages TUESDAY, JANUARY 31
- Chapter 4: Credibility FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
- Chapter 5: Communicator Characteristics and Persuasibility WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
- Chapter 7: Language and Persuasion MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
- Chapter 8: Nonverbal Influence THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
- Chapter 11: Compliance Gaining FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
- Chapter 15: Esoteric Forms of Persuasion WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29
- Chapter 16: The Ethics of Persuasion MONDAY, MARCH 5
- Final WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
- Commentary Speech: outline - MONDAY, JANUARY 9, rough draft - FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, final - MONDAY, JANUARY 23
- Monday, January 23: Phillip B., Connor N., Brittany H.(all shifted to TUESDAY)
- Tuesday, January 24: Mairani G., Tanya F., Kevin Brumfield, Maria M., Sadie G., Alfred Y., Colton S., Austin E.
- Thursday, January 26: Kevin Brosnan, Lewis L., Noah S., Ashley A., Tyler B., Sean T., Mitchell A., Michael P., Katie E., Adelina, Chelsea, Eduard
- Public Forum Debate:
- Resolved: North Korea poses a more serious threat to United States national security than Iran.
- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6: Maria/Colton vs. Noah/Lewis
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7: Mairani/Brittany vs. Kevin/Tyler
- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9: Sean/Sadie vs. Michael/Phillip
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10: Adelina/Tanya vs. Kevin/Connor
- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14: Alfred/Austin vs. Ben/Eduard
- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15: Katie/Mitchell vs. Chelsea/Whitney
- Parliamentary Debate: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 (sign up during the week of February 21)
- FEBRUARY 27:
- Topic: This house would allow police to use entrapment.
- FOR: Adelina/Tanya, Whitney/Chelsea
- AGAINST: Noah/Lewis, Kevin/Eddie
- FEBRUARY 28:
- Topic: This house would support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict
- FOR: Alfred/Austin, Brittany/Mairani
- AGAINST: Kevin/Sean, Tyler/Sadie
- FEBRUARY 29:
- Topic: This house believes that all nation-states have a right to nuclear weapons
- FOR: Colton/Maria, Erik/Evan
- AGAINST: Connor/Phillip, Michael/Katie
- Oratory (Persuasive Research Speech): outline - MARCH 1, rough draft - MARCH 5, final -FRIDAY, MARCH 9 (sign up during the week of February 27)
February 13: Chapter 7 Test. Discussion of congressional parliamentary debate vs. worlds-style parliamentary debate.
February 14: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
February 15: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
February 16: Chapter 8 Test.
Week 6
February 6: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
February 7: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
February 8: Chapter 5 Test and discussion.
February 9: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
February 10: Debate (see above for teams). You must fill out a Public Forum Debate Ballot for each debate that you watch in order to receive credit for the day.
Week 5
January 31: Chapter 9 Test. Finish Commentary Speeches. Discussion of ordering persuasive messages.
February 1: work time for Public Forum Debate
February 2: work time for Public Forum Debate
February 3: Chapter 4 Test. work time for Public Forum Debate.
Week 4
January 23: Test on Chapter Two. Commentary speeches.
January 24: Commentary speeches.
January 26: Commentary speeches.
Week 3
January 17: Chapter One Test. Discussion of college credit option.
January 18: discussion of MLA citation. Check out: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
January 19: Vote for the topics you prefer. We watched a public forum debate from National Forensic League National Tournament in 2007: link to the video here (be sure to watch Public Forum debate). Handout: Guide to public forum debate
January 20: public forum topics announced (see above). work time for the commentary speech and public forum debate.
Week 2
January 9: Work time and review of outlines. Remember, no late work will be allowed if you're receiving college credit. Your rough draft is due on FRIDAY.
January 10: work time for the commentary speech - checked out textbooks and reviewed the testing schedule and speech and debate schedule (see above)
January 11: work time for the commentary speech
January 12: work time for the commentary speech
January 13: rough draft due! peer editing and time to read for Tuesdays's test on Chapter 1
Week 1
January 3: Introduction to the course, in class discussion of persuasion. Notes. No homework.
January 4: Discussion of persuasive speaking, including picking appropriate topics for your audience, selecting a hook, and developing main points. In class group work (graded): Brainstorm three topics (one political/economic, one sports/entertainment, one of your choice) and develop a hook and three main points.
January 5: time for research for the commentary speech. Handout on the requirements for the speech: Commentary Speech
January 6: time for research for the commentary speech. Topic due by the end of class.
