Course Resources Page

This page is designed to complement the functions provided by Canvas, our course's online management system. Canvas is where you will go for nearly everything you will need to succeed in this course, from accessing the syllabus and other course handouts, to uploading your work and communicating with colleagues. This site, our course CRP, is for additional or ancillary items, such as examples of past student work, resources on researching for and formatting academic papers, and the like.

If you have difficulty finding a particular resource, use the "Find" function in your web browser ("Command" or "Control"+ "F"). If a link here is inactive or out of date, please make a comment on the "Ask Pablo" forum in Bb (you can earn up to 2 points XC for the latter).

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Important/Primary Handouts:

These can all be found on the "Home" and "Syllabus" pages in our Canvas shell (Canvas is the online course management system we use at Miramar College)

Miscellaneous Materials and Handouts:

Advice from Past COMS 103 Students

Reading Journals

A Primer on Note-Taking

Cornell Notes Template (MS Word doc)

Cornell Notes Template (pdf)

Written Papers Comments Legend (to help you understand the marks on your paper)

Faulty Logic: common fallacies and an activity (helping you better identify faulty logic and use logical reasoning)

Extra Credit Paper

Other Extra Credit Opportunities

Speech Topics (examples of past student speech topics for all of the major speeches)

Great Speeches:

American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches

The History Channel's Favorite Speeches

Ted Talks (generally strong speeches about everything)

Assignment Help and Examples from Past Students:

Note: Be sure to follow this semester's directions as your assignments may be different from these samples. These are just to provide guidance as you write your papers.

Citing Your Sources (and Avoiding Plagiarism)

Miscellaneous Content (Helpful for a Variety of Speeches)

Sharing Content with Google Drive/Docs

Once you have/create an account, create a folder that you will give your whole group access to. To do that, you can share a link to your Google Drive folder or provide access to that folder by adding your group members' email addresses.

Topic Selection

TED Talks: TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

Wikipedia Portals (scroll through and click through the links that interest you)

Nonprofit Organizations in San Diego

Charity Evaluation Sites (that might give you ideas as well as an assessment of your group):

http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx

https://www.charitynavigator.org/

https://www.myphilanthropedia.org/

Speech Organization & Outlining Exercises

Speech Organization Overview: A tool to help you plan and organize your speech and speech outline

Organizing and Subordinating Activity (completed in class)

Outlining 101 (a sample of a basic outline, with two organizational patterns and subordination of ideas)

Slideshows

A Comprehensive Introduction and Overview of Microsoft PowerPoint

Tips for Presenting Slideshows in Class

Slideshow Presentation Notes Sample (note: these notes are only an excerpt from a complete persuasive speech slideshow--they are only to give you an idea of what your own slides and notes might look like)

Attention Getters

Here are two self-directed activity web-sites you might find helpful in creating your attention getters (remember, the content from class and the book should be deemed more accurate or valuable than content you find on these sites):

Lawson's Lessons: Attention Getters

wikiHow to Write an Attention Getter

Tips from the people who host Ted Talks: "How do great presentations start?"

Audience Analysis Paper Samples:

Audience Analysis 1

Audience Analysis 2

Audience Analysis 3

Audience Analysis 4

Group Informative Speech (including outline details)

Research Guides for the Informative Speech

This Research Guide was created by the Miramar Librarians to help with research for the Informative Speech (explore the tabs on left, especially "Find Articles"): https://sdmiramar.libguides.com/c.php?g=692527&p=7243698

Materials

Group Informative Speech Main Idea Skeleton Example/Template (MS Word)

Group Informative Speech Main Idea Skeleton Example/Template (as a PDF, not an editable format)

Informative Outline Template (MS Word)

Informative Outline Template (as a PDF, not an editable format)

Informative Speech Graphic Organizers (to help you organize your ideas)

How to Make Slideshow Notes in PowerPoint

Outline Examples

Group Informative Outline Example #1 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #1 (a Community Problem Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #2 (a Community Problem Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #3 (a straight Informative Speech, not connected to a community problem)

Informative Outline Example #4 (a straight Informative Speech, not connected to a community problem)

Speech/Delivery Examples

Group Informative Speech Example #1 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Group Informative Speech Example #2 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Process/How To Speech

Materials

Graphic Organizers (to help you organize your ideas)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 1, Continuum/Timeline (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 2, Flow Chart (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 3, Chain of Events (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Outline Template (MS Word)

Process/How To Speech Outline Template (as a PDF, not an editable format)

Outline Examples

Process/How To Speech Outline Example #1

Process/How To Speech Outline Example #2

Speech/Delivery Examples

Process Speech Example #1

Impromptu Speech

Sample Impromptu Speech Topics

Persuasive Speech

More Information About the Problem (Cause) Solution Speech Pattern

Problem (Cause) Solution Speech Pattern Overview

Problem-Solution Speech [Topics, Outline, Examples]

Note: please follow our class instructions for the outline, not those discussed in the "Problem-Solution Outline" section.

Topic Selection

Wikipedia Portals (scroll through and click through the links that interest you)

ProCon.org

CQ Researcher (this link will take you to the log in page via the Miramar Library)

Materials

Persuasive Speech Outline Template (editable: in MS Word)

Persuasive Speech Outline Template (noneditable: in PDF format)

Persuasive Speech Graphic Organizers

Persuasive Speech Organizer 1, Persuasion (click link and scroll down)

Persuasive Speech Organizer 2, Cause and Effects (click link and scroll down)

Persuasive Speech Organizer 3, Plusses and Minuses (click link and scroll down)

Outline Examples

Persuasive Outline Example #1

Persuasive Outline Example #2

Persuasive Outline Example #3

Speech/Delivery Examples

Persuasive Speech Example #1

Persuasive Speech Example #2

Persuasive Speech Example #3

Persuasive Speech Example #4

Persuasive Speech Example #5

Slideshow Examples

Persuasive Slideshow #1 (in PDF format)

Course Resources Page

Table of Contents

Important/Primary Handouts:

Miscellaneous Materials and Handouts:

Reading Journals

Written Papers Comments Legend (to help you understand the marks on your paper)

Faulty Logic: common fallacies and an activity (helping you better identify faulty logic and use logical reasoning)

Speech Topics (examples of past student speech topics for all of the major speeches)

Great Speeches:

Ted Talks (generally strong speeches about everything)

Assignment Help and Examples from Past Students:

Note: Be sure to follow this semester's directions as your assignments may be different from these samples. These are just to provide guidance as you write your papers.

Citing Your Sources (and Avoiding Plagiarism)

Miscellaneous Content (Helpful for a Variety of Speeches)

Once you have/create an account, create a folder that you will give your whole group access to. To do that, you can share a link to your Google Drive folder or provide access to that folder by adding your group members' email addresses.

Topic Selection

Wikipedia Portals (scroll through and click through the links that interest you)

Charity Evaluation Sites (that might give you ideas as well as an assessment of your group):

Speech Organization & Outlining Exercises

Speech Organization Overview: A tool to help you plan and organize your speech and speech outline

Organizing and Subordinating Activity (completed in class)

Outlining 101 (a sample of a basic outline, with two organizational patterns and subordination of ideas)

Slideshows

Slideshow Presentation Notes Sample (note: these notes are only an excerpt from a complete persuasive speech slideshow--they are only to give you an idea of what your own slides and notes might look like)

Attention Getters

Here are two self-directed activity web-sites you might find helpful in creating your attention getters (remember, the content from class and the book should be deemed more accurate or valuable than content you find on these sites):

Tips from the people who host Ted Talks: "How do great presentations start?"

Audience Analysis Paper Samples:

Group Informative Speech (including outline details)

Research Guides for the Informative Speech

This Research Guide was created by the Miramar Librarians to help with research for the Informative Speech (explore the tabs on left, especially "Find Articles"): https://sdmiramar.libguides.com/c.php?g=692527&p=7243698

Materials

Group Informative Speech Main Idea Skeleton Example/Template (MS Word)

Informative Outline Template (MS Word)

Informative Outline Template (as a PDF, not an editable format)

Informative Speech Graphic Organizers (to help you organize your ideas)

Outline Examples

Group Informative Outline Example #1 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #1 (a Community Problem Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #2 (a Community Problem Informative Speech)

Informative Outline Example #3 (a straight Informative Speech, not connected to a community problem)

Informative Outline Example #4 (a straight Informative Speech, not connected to a community problem)

Speech/Delivery Examples

Group Informative Speech Example #1 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Group Informative Speech Example #2 (a Community Problem Group Informative Speech)

Process/How To Speech

Materials

Graphic Organizers (to help you organize your ideas)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 1, Continuum/Timeline (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 2, Flow Chart (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Organizer 3, Chain of Events (click link and scroll down)

Process/How To Speech Outline Template (MS Word)

Process/How To Speech Outline Template (as a PDF, not an editable format)

Outline Examples

Speech/Delivery Examples

Impromptu Speech

Persuasive Speech

More Information About the Problem (Cause) Solution Speech Pattern

Note: please follow our class instructions for the outline, not those discussed in the "Problem-Solution Outline" section.

Topic Selection

Materials

Persuasive Speech Outline Template (editable: in MS Word)

Persuasive Speech Outline Template (noneditable: in PDF format)

Persuasive Speech Graphic Organizers

Persuasive Speech Organizer 1, Persuasion (click link and scroll down)

Persuasive Speech Organizer 2, Cause and Effects (click link and scroll down)

Persuasive Speech Organizer 3, Plusses and Minuses (click link and scroll down)

Outline Examples

Speech/Delivery Examples

Slideshow Examples Persuasive Slideshow #1 (in PDF format)

Slideshow Examples

Slideshow Examples

Persuasive Slideshow #1 (in PDF format)