Communication 305: Public Speaking
Instructor: G.R. Claveria

Week One Objective: Elements of Communication and Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric

_________________        Quiz #1: Two Truths and One Lie

_________________        Best Liar Specific Critique (100 Weekly Communication Feedback Points)

_________________        Syllabus / Course Overview

_________________        Lecture on: The Elements of Communication and Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric

_________________       Creative Character Creation :
                           This allows the student to express creativity and allows the teacher to see how the student's mind works and to evaluate the creative potential of the class.


Aristotle: Rhetoric is the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion.

Elements of Communication
1) Intrapersonal Communication
2) Interpersonal Communication
3) Mediated Communication
4) Small Group Communication (Page 394)
5) Public Speaking
6) Mass Communication
7) Rhetoric defined by Aristotle
8) Ethos (Pages 353 - 357)
9) Pathos (Pages 370 - 373)
10) Logos

Homework: Read Chapter 9 + Creative 8 Collage of Character + 1 Page Typed Speech with FOCUS on Introduction / Conclusion




Week Two Objective: The "MEDIUMS" are the MESSAGES

_________________        Quiz #2: Elements of Communication and Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric (100 Points)

_________________        Creative 8 Collage of Character

_________________        Lecture on: The "MEDIUMS" are the MESSAGES

_________________       The Haunted Night Club Experiment TEAMS / Chapter 8 - Organizing the Body

_________________       KGA #1: Public Speaking Informative Product Presentation
                           1 Page PowerPoint Responsibilities Outline (250 Points)
                            Promotional Flier (150 Points)
                            Gathering Material / Typed List of Contributions (150 Points)
                            Dress Up as Character
                            Study "Elements of Communication" Quiz #3


Adolf Hitler: The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than any other force.

Elements of Communication
1)  Message (Page 18)
2) Medium
3) Oral
4) Print
5) Radio
6) Television
7) Film
8) World Wide Web
9) McLuhan's "The Medium is the Message"
10) Visual Aids (Chapter 13)

Homework: Read Chapter 9 + Creative 8 Collage of Character + 1 Page Typed Speech with FOCUS on Introduction / Conclusion






Week Three Objective: Propaganda

_________________        Quiz #3: The"MEDIUMS" are the MESSAGES (100 Points)

_________________        Presentation on: Rhetoric / Substance

_________________        Lecture on: Propaganda

_________________       Joseph Goebbel's Principals of Propaganda

______  Propaganda Handout

______  Web-Site Creation - Propaganda & Public Focus (Main Page with 3Images + Biography Page)

______  :30 Second Radio Jingle (Typed) _ :30 Second Skit Commercial (Typed)


George W. Bush: See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. (05/24/05)

Elements of Communication
1)  Propaganda
2) Branding
3) Product Placement
4) Subliminal Ads
5) Commercial versus Infomercial
6) Goebbel's Principals of Propaganda
7) Message Design: Style / Organization (Text Book)

Homework: Informative Product Presentation / Optional Weekend Product "The Haunted Night Club Experiment"





Week Four Objective: Informative Speech Proposal /  ShockFilmFest Weekend

_________________        Quiz #4 Propaganda (100 Points)

_________________        Informative Presentation on: Informative Product / The Haunted Night Club Experiment

______    Lecture on: Joseph Goebbel's Principal of Propaganda

_________________        Products and Propaganda in a PowerPoint (Research Public Manipulation)

_________________        The Haunted Night Club Experiment Preparation

______   Jospeh Goebbel's Principal of Propaganda Worksheet



G.R. Claveria: A student may turn in a homework assignment with no actual knowledge of the work turned in. This in turn shows that the student has something tangible (the GUN) to turn in, but lacks the knowledge (BULLETS) to actually hit the target they aim for. It's like having the prestigious Black Belt in martial arts without the training.  It like having a boss who has nothing at all but the title!

Elements of Communication
1)  Joseph Goebbel's Principal's of Propaganda

Homework: History of Propaganda Informative Presentation / Optional "Haunted Night Club Experiment" + Red Media Informational / Informative Film Reviews


Week Five Objective: Allusion versus Illusion

_________________        Quiz #5: Goebbel's Propaganda  (100 Points)

_________________        Lecture on: Allusion and Illusion (References to Gandhi, King and Krishnamurti) and Satan

_________________        Teaching KGA #2- Informative Speech on the Intersection of Your "Passion"and "Skill".

_________________        Mid-Term - Informative Speech on Text Book Chapter
               Select a Chapter that Interest You


J. Krishnamurti: Most of us live in a state of inner conflict which produces outer turmoil and confusion; many escape from conflict into illusion.

Elements of Communication
1)  Allusions
2)  Illusions
3)  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
4)  Martin Luther King Jr.
5)  Jiddu Krishnamurti

Homework: Teaching KGA #2: Passion/Skill and Chapter Informative Speech






Week Six Objective: Arete and Claveria's Unloaded Gun Theory

_________________        Quiz #6: Allusion versus Illusion  (100 Points)

_________________        Lecture on: Arete and Claveria's Unloaded Gun Theory

_________________        Speeches

_________________        "Public Speaking Critique" Form for Each and Every Student (200 Points)


Michale Jordan: I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.


Elements of Communication
1)  Arete
2)  Claveria's Unloaded Gun Theory


Homework: Create a "Failure Resume" / Failure Portfolio PowerPoint Visual Aid) / Written Failure Speech




Week Seven Objective: Images

_________________        Quiz #7: Arete and Claveria's Unloaded Gun Theory (100 Points)

______   "Failure" Presentations / Textbook Speeches Make Up

_________________        Lecture on: Jean Paul Sartre's "Bad Faith" / Self Deception (Positive or Negative?) / Truth

_________________        Final KGA #3: "The Controversial Persuasive Speech" (That You Do Not Believe In) / Debate



Bruce Lee: Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail


Elements of Communication
1)  Your Created Image versus Your Actual Self
2)  Jean Paul Sartre's "Bad Faith"
3)  Self Deception (Positive or Negative?)
4)  Truth


Homework: Final KGA #3: The Controversial Persuasive Speech / Debate









Week Eight Objective: The Controversial Persuasive Speeches / Debate





Week Nine Objective: The Final Examination