D. Simon

 NOTE: Order of Units is to  be altered and adjusted to fit group's needs and progress. Speech content is also  adjusted and adapted to be more meaningful.

v  Unit I: Contexts of Communication (Chapter 1)

Ø  What Is Communication?

§   Messages and Meanings

§   How Meaning is Created

§   Nonverbal Messages

§   Know your audience

Ø  Context

§   Understanding Context

§   Types of Context

Ø  Levels of Communication

§   Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Group, Public, Mass

Ø  Delivering Safety Speeches to different generational audiences

v  Unit II: Sending and Receiving (Chapter 2)

Ø  Elements of Communication

§   Sending, Receiving, Context and Noise

Ø  Symbolism

§   Verbal and nonverbal

Ø  Perception

Ø  Mechanics of Speaking

Ø  Delivering speeches and experiencing Noise and methods of speaking through “noise”

v  Unit III: Listening (Chapter 3)

Ø  Reasons for Listening

Ø  Barriers

§   External, Listener, Speaker, Cultural

Ø  Types

§   Active, Informational, Critical

Ø  Delivering speeches demonstrating awareness of listener’s needs

v  Unit IV: Communication Confidence (Chapter 4)

Ø  Self-Awareness

Ø  Self-Awareness and Communication

Ø  Nerves

Ø  Confidence Builders

Ø  Delivering a speech on topics requiring high levels of confidence

v  Unit V: Interpersonal Communication (Chapter 5)

Ø  The Basics

Ø  Interpersonal Skills

Ø  Interpersonal Attitudes

Ø  Negotiation

Ø  Conversation

Ø  Social Rituals

Ø  Interviewing

Ø  Conducting Interviews/ be interviewed

v  Unit VI: Informative Speaking (Chapter 9)

Ø  Types of Informative Speeches

Ø  Planning Informative Speeches

Ø  Anatomy of Informative Speeches

Ø  Delivering an Informative Speech on Senior Project or Tech Expo Project 

v  Unit VII: Persuasion and Rhetoric (Chapter 10)

Ø  Persuasion

Ø  Aristotle’s Pathos, Ethos and Logos

Ø  Organizing Persuasive Speech

Ø  Evaluating Persuasive Speeches

Ø  Delivering persuasive speech

Ø  Developing advertisements using persuasive techniques

NOTE: Depending on progress of students, Unit VI and/or Unit VII might be dropped/ modified.