Theatre and Communication classes taught by Dr. Eric Trumbull:
Assignments, Handouts, Internet links, etc...

For Theatre Students:

Edwin Wilson and Alvin Goldfarb, Theater: The Lively Art, 5th edition, (McGraw-Hill, 2005). [for SPD 130, Introduction to Theatre]

Edwin Wilson ,The Theater Experience, 9th edition,McGraw-Hill, 2004. [for SPD 141, Theatre Appreciation]

Phyllis Hartnoll, The Theatre: A Concise History, 3rd edition (Thames & Hudson, 1998; reprinted 2003; updated by Enoch Brater) (for SPD 231, History of Theatre I)

**Documents for Theatre Performance students** (Acting One, Acting Two, Theatre Workshop, etc.)

For NVCC Communication Students:

Click the image or here to go to our textbook's web site (for SPD 110)...

NVCC e-mail instructions:

Good Public Speaking Web Sites:

NVCC's "Best Communication Web Sites"

Allyn and Bacon's Public Speaking Web Page.

University of Kansas -- Virtual Presentation Assistant

The Art of Public Speaking -- website for Stephen Lucas's text

Americanrhetoric.com

Presenters Online

Powerpointers.com (a commercial site, but with useful free information)

Public Speaking Tips

Other Links to Public Speaking Websites

Other good Communication Sites:

Small Group Communication (Allyn and Bacon)

InterPersonal Communication (Allyn and Bacon)

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Assignments:

For the Public Speech assignment, click here.

For Group Discussion Assignment, click here (doc) or here (.pdf).
  

Extra Credit Assignments:

For the interview assignment, go to http://www.nvcc.edu/home/etrumbull/classes/intassm.doc

For the Public Speaking report for speech, go to  http://www.nvcc.edu/home/etrumbull/classes/pubsprpt.doc.

For the Theatre Report for Speech, go to http://www.nvcc.edu/home/etrumbull/classes/ThRepSp.doc.

  

Handouts:

For Informative Speech evaluation form, click here.

For Persuasive Speech evaluation form, click here.

For Discussion Roles, click here.

For the evaluation of an Individual in a group, go to http://www.nvcc.edu/home/etrumbull/classes/gdind.txt.

For Consensus guidelines, click here.

For Effective Group guidelines, click here.

For Individuals versus Groups comparison, click here.

For Bennett Beamer (Evaluation Quotient Test), here.

For the Evaluation of a group, go to http://www.nvcc.edu/home/etrumbull/classes/disceval.txt.

For Sample Outline, click here (MS Word) or here (PDF)

Web Activities Form click here or here...

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(Extras & Duplicates...)

Web_Activities_Forms.htm

Web_Activities_Forms.rtf

Criteria for Speech Topic Choice.pps

The_Specific_Purpose_Statement.pps

Outline Format.rtf

Public Speech Assignment 

Criteria for Speech Topic Choice.

Outline Format.rtf

Outline Format.htm

Internet Research activity

Library Research activity

Speech Model.pps

The Three Modes of Rhetoric.pps

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Logical Arrangement of Ideas.pps

Figures of Speech.doc

LOGICAL FALLACIES .doc

 

Evaluation Form-Informative Speech.doc

Evaluation Form-Persuasive Speech.doc

 

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