Spring 2018
Prof. Vellone
Web http://faculty.mdc.edu/avellone/index.htm
e-mail adam.vellone@mdc.edu
Office B 140
Office # 305-237-5017
SPC 1017
Text:
Communicate! 15th Edition Verderber/Sellnow/Verderber Must get a code
Course description and objectives. This course is designed to provide a forum
for public discourse and the process by which effective speeches are conceived,
prepared and delivered. This course is
designed to provide students with the fundamentals of speech communications
including: speaking and listening, intrapersonal, interpersonal, verbal, nonverbal,
small group communication, culture, mass, and public speaking in various
cultural contexts
Attendance
Policy:
Regular attendance is essential to your mastery and
understanding of this course. It is,
therefore, required. Attendance will be
counted towards your grade; this includes being tardy and leaving early. Be prepared that if you miss three classes in
a row you will be dropped, Classes that
meet once a week are worth 4 points and classes that meet twice a week are
worth 3 each day and classes that meet three times a week are worth 2. If you are late or leave early you lose all
the
points for that day.
Assignment policy:
I will only accept
assignments in class,
meaning that when I collect them you
must be present. I will not take
them before or after class. Do not put
assignments under my door, in my mailbox or anywhere else. The only place an assignment belongs is in my
hand when I collect it. I will not accept
any late assignment unless you have a medical excuse. Please realize that if you miss class the day
you are to turn in an assignment or take a quiz, or give a speech you will not be allowed to make up that activity
on a subsequent date, unless I have approved your absence (points will be
deducted for late speeches). If you do
miss a class, it is your responsibility to get the information that was covered
from one of your classmates. If you are late or leave early, you may miss
a quiz and or a speech and will not be allowed to make it up. All assignments must be typed. No excuses
If you do not attend class or just quit coming I will not withdraw you
from class it is your responsibility. Students not completing the course for
any reason are required to submit official drop notices to the Registar’s office prior to the deadline date. This is your responsibility. Failure to comply with this procedure will
may result in you receiving a letter grade of “F”.
Class
rules
Please pay proper respect to other students in the class, do
not interrupt students when they are presenting, and tailor your participation
in this class to a nature suitable to its environment. Profanity, discrimination and harassment of
any kind are inexcusable and will not be tolerated.
If you have any questions please refer to your MDC students
rights and responsibilities hand book. Turn off all cell phones when you enter the room. If I see a cell phone out (text messaging,
playing games, talking,) you may be asked to leave. If you are late, do not enter while a
speech is being presented, and if you do be prepared to have points deducted
from your grade. Food, children and
friends are not permitted in class.
Academic Honesty:
MDC expects its students to be honest in all of their course
work and activities. A student’s academic work must be the result of his or her
own thought, research, or self-expression. According to this policy manual,
cheating includes copying assignments from another student, working together
with another student when specifically prohibited from doing so by the
professor, or the giving of work or information to another student to be copied
and/or used as his or her own. According to the academic honesty policy
“penalties may include, but are not limited to, a failing grade for a
particular assignment or a failing grade for a particular course.”
Grading
Grades will be determined on a point system, and all
speeches, assignments, and tests will be given a number grade. Late or
incomplete assignments will not be accepted.
The following is a general description of how your grades are
determined.
Point Scale
A=100-90% B=89-80% C=79-70% D=69-60% F=59%
Assignments
Speech 1 Impromptu 10pts________
Charlie Day paper 10
pts_______
Speech 2 Art speech
Artist practice video
Posting your video is worth 10
pts._____
Your essay review of partner 15
pts._____
Artist speech in class 110 pts _______
Visual Aid
Speech outline Gordon Rule
pass/fail
25pts
_______
Exam chapters 1-6 100
pts_______
Attendance
If you are late or leave early you will lose all your points
on the day
If a class meets two or three times a week it will be worth
two points each class and if it meets once a week it is worth 4 points each
class
Online quizzes 100
pts_______
Final Project
video 78 Pts_________
Online bonus quizzes are worth 15 pts.
How to figure your grade
Total the points you have so far
during the semester then divide it by the total number of points possible for
example
410 ÷ 515=79.6% or if you have only
taken one exam and the impromptu speech 95 ÷ 125= 76%
79.8% 76%
585 )467.00 or
125)95.00
3605 875
4950 750
4635 750
3150 0
3090
Homework
On my web site you are going to find a section labeled homework, underneath you will find that
there are links for chapters. You will
find your Learn Smart homework and Quizzes under this link.
Impromptu speech This
style of speech will help to learn how to think on your feet. This skill is important in the job interview
process. You will reach in a bag, pull
out a topic and talk about it for two minutes
Topics will range from “who is your favorite super hero to if I won a
million dollars, what would I do with it?”
Purchase 3x5 note cards to use for your speeches
We will have one Informative Speech
(110 pts. for presentation)
An informative speech is one that concentrates on
explaining, defining, clarifying and instructing. Your speech will inform the class on a
specific topic. Since this is a Gordon
Rule course your outline must reach a certain quality, and if it doesn’t you will automatically not pass the class, so I would
take this very seriously. You will
create a 3 page, single spaced, full sentence outline, and it must be APA
style. You will be given an example in
class. In the coming weeks I will
provide you a list of possible topics you may choose. You should bring your paper to the writing
lab that is located in the library.
You have one opportunity to turn in each outline so you
better make sure that is written correctly.
If you fail to turn in the paper or it is not written effectively and it
is a failure, you will fail the course because you did not meet the Gordon rule
requirement.
You must use 4 sources and they must be reliable
sources. If you use things like wiki be
prepared to loose points.
You can use newspapers, books, interviews, magazines,
journal articles, television programs, and movies
Once you have written your speech, you practice it until you
know it well enough that you will be able to teach the class about it. You will only have four not cards 3x5 one
side to help you, so choose a topic that interests you and you will be able to
teach the class.
You will not read your speech to me. You will only have four note cards to use for
this speech. If someone tries to read,
you will be asked to sit down and you will receive a zero for this
assignment. You are to teach the class
about a topic you have chosen.
Purchase 3x5 note cards to use for your speeches
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
This
is a Gordon rule course and if a student does not complete all of the writing
requirements at a passing level or does not turn them in, on their due dates,
the student can be held back from completion of this course.
The
instructor reserves the right to make changes and may do so as the term
progresses. Each class is comprised of
unique groups of individuals and may require different approaches. Any changes will be made for the entire
class, not individual purposes.
Please make sure that you get another students name and number so you can ask them what you missed in class.