Date

Topic

Activities

HW

Hours in Class

Hours for HW

Feb 27

Class Introduction, Impromptu Speeches

Read about urban legends

3

3

Mar 6

Storytelling: Urban Legends

Learn about Urban Legends, Practice telling your own stories

Prepare your own urban legend of folktale

3

3

Mar 13

Urban Legend Presentations

Present a local urban legend or folktale

Read about Demonstration Speeches

3

3

Mar 20

Demonstration Speeches

Learn about Demonstration Speeches

Choose your speech topic and practice it

3

3

Mar 27

Demonstration Speech Practice

Practice doing a demonstration speech

Prepare your demonstration speech

3

3

April 3

Demonstration Speech Presentations

Deliver your demonstration speech

3

3

April 10

Demonstration Speech Presentations

Deliver your demonstration speech

Prep your LARP role

3

3

April 17

LARP

LARP: Ferry Boat / The Inheritance

Prepare for the midterm exam

3

3

April 24

Midterm Exam

Readings on Informative Speeches

3

3

May 1

Informative Speeches

Learn about doing an Informative Speech

Choose your speech topic

3

3

May 8

Informative Speech Practice

Practice an Informative Speech

Prepare and practice your Informative Speech

3

3

May 15

Informative Speech Presentations

Deliver your Informative Speech

Prepare and practice your Informative Speech

3

3

May 22

Informative Speech Presentations

Deliver your Informative Speech

Prepare for the LARP

3

3

May 29

LARP

Revenge in Penghu

Read an article or view a news event and consider your reply to it

3

3

June 5

Reacting to media

Learn about replying to media: Summarizes it and then replying with your viewpoint

Read an article or view a news event and prepare a reply to it

3

3

June 12

Reacting to media

Practice replying to media

Practice replying to media

3

3

June 19

Impromptu Speaking

Practice speaking on an Impromptu Topic

Prepare for the final exam

3

3

June 26

Final Exam

3