Oral Communication Assignments

Fall 2020

Arkansas Baptist College

Good Morning Students:

I am sorry for the delay in starting the assignments for Oral Communication. Let me assure you that no student is behind. Each student will be given a fair opportunity to receive a passing grade in this class. Attached you will find a copy of my syllabus. It will include my cell number 501 952-1371 and my school email address major.banks@arkansasbaptist.edu. Whenever you text me please do so between the hours of 10:00am and 8:00pm. Please also text me in complete sentences(do not use text shortcuts) and also add your complete name to the text. Due some issues with Pearson, I will not use it at this time. That make change as the semester progresses.

My plan is to use some type of virtual tool to do your speeches. There will be further explanation on this subject at a later date

Quotes

Please discuss a point in your life where these quotes came into play.

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today”

“Excuses are monuments to nothingness they build bridges that lead to nowhere those who choose to use these tools of incompetent are masters of nothingness”. Author Unknown

“Bury me in the ocean, with my ancestors that jumped from the ships, because they knew death was better than bondage.” Erik Killomonger

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting on us…Joseph Campbell

You must be willing to step outside of your comfort zone in order to be successful…..Author unknown

Good Trouble: John Lewis

Please explain in your own word what the quotes below mean to you. There should be a paragraph on each topic below. That is 5 sentences per quote

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

You must eat the elephant one bite at a time

Slavery was never abolished it was only redesigned

People come into your lives for a reason…a season…or a lifetime. When you figure out which one your life becomes complete.

If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself

The Top 5 Value Speech is designed for you to take a look at your life. Each of you have a set of values that you live by. I would like for you to look closely at your life from a young child to where you are now and see yourself in the future.

Top 5 Value Outline and Speech: Attached to this email you will find a sample outline and speech for this assignment. Please pay close attention to the upper left hand corner, where you will find your name..date and course information. They are single spaced and that is the way you should do yours. Also attached you will find a list of values that can chose from. When looking at the list I recommend that you pick values that are representative of who you are as a person.

The last assignment is called in the Black Church. Attached is a black document. Please fill in the blank spaces.

These are assignments are due September 30, 2020 by 12:00 noon. Please submit to my Arkansas Baptist email address. major.banks@arkansasbaptist.edu. In the subject line of your email please include the following….Your last name….September assignments…either 10:00 or 11:00. Do not include anything else in the subject line of your email. I would like for assignment to be in a separate word document. Then attach each documents to a single email. There will be only email with 5 documents attached.

I do realize that this is a lot of information. Please if you do not understand any parts of the assignments contact me immediately, do not wait until the day before to ask questions. I look forward to working with each of you this semester.

Major Banks, Jr.

Instructor

Oral Communication