18 PART ONE⎯SUGGESTED COURSE OUTLINES FOR THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Methods of Persuasion
Focus class discussion on selected exercises and Using
Public Speaking in Your Career, text pp. 342–343 and 334.
Use additional exercise 3 on p. 260 of this manual as a
classroom activity. Show “Changing Lives Through the
Literacy Network” from the DVD of student speeches that
accompanies this edition of The Art of Public Speaking. For
commentary on the speech, see textbook pp. 338–340 and
pp. 254–257 of this manual.
Analysis of Persuasive Speeches
Have students prepare brief analyses of the assigned speech
or speeches. Good candidates for analysis include “The
Living–Wage Solution” and “Phony Pharmaceuticals.” See
pp. 134–136 and 235–237 of this manual for analyses of
these speeches.
Selections from
“Speeches for
Analysis and
Discussion,”
pp. A5–A9
Listening to Speeches
Focus class discussion on exercise 2, text p. 59. (The
Listening Self–Evaluation Worksheet is available on p. 52 of
this manual, or you can assign it from the assignments
available on Connect.) Choose from additional exercises on
pp. 80–82 of this manual for classroom activities.
Commemorative Speaking
Assign commemorative speeches (p. 33 of this manual).
Focus class discussion on exercise 4, text p. 355. Show “Ida
B. Wells,” “Make a Wish,” or “Elie Wiesel” from the DVD
of student speeches that accompanies this edition of The Art
of Public Speaking. See pp. 267–268, 268–270, and 270–
271 of this manual for commentary on these speeches.
Chapter 18,
especially
pp. 350–353