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Multi-genre Research Project

Day 1

12th Grade English Literature

• How will understanding and applying what I

have learned to different genres help me understand literature better?

• How will knowing how to find and apply

information in a variety of formats help me later in life?

Standard 3 The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

The student who is information literate manages information skillfully and effectively in a variety of contexts. That student organizes and integrates information from a range

• f sources and formats in order to apply it to decision making,

problem solving, critical thinking, and creative expression. The student communicates information and ideas for a variety of purposes, both scholarly and creative; to a range of audiences, both in school and beyond; and in print, nonprint, and electronic formats.

Standard 3 The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

This Standard promotes the design and execution of authentic products that involve critical and creative thinking and that reflect real world situations. The indicators under this Standard therefore deviate from the traditional definition of use. Rather than suggesting that students simply insert researched information into a perfunctory product, the indicators emphasize the thinking processes involved when students use information to draw conclusions and develop new understandings.

Indicators

• Indicator 1. Organizes information for

practical application

• Indicator 2. Integrates new information into
• ne’s own knowledge
• Indicator 3. Applies information in critical

thinking and problem solving

• Indicator 4. Produces and communicates

information and ideas in appropriate formats

This is what you will be doing…

• Your job is to inform a body of readers about a

specific topic using research to back up your writing.

• Your project may be strictly informational in tone,

you may create an argumentative thesis and persuade your readers, or you can take on a more entertaining project.

• Just make sure that your project is full of the

important and useful information that comes out

• f your research.

Writer’s Purpose:

Audience:

• You choose the audience that your project speaks to.

Depending on the genres and content, it could be an audience

• f a certain time period, a certain age level, or simply a

contemporary audience. Keep this in mind while you write. (It may help to address this issue in your Research Logs).

• As it is a class assignment, your peers and teacher will be viewing your
• project. You also have the option of publishing your project in

various ways such as school publications, or a website set up for this class’ projects, or submitting it to a student journal if you wish. Journals may be found in the project Wiki.

“[Multi-genre papers] recognize that there are many ways to see the world, many ways to show others what we see.”

• -Tom Romano, teacher, author, and

“founder” of the multi-genre paper

So what is a genre?

A genre is (according to Webster’s) ….

One of many categories, based on form, style, or subject matter, into which artistic works of all kinds can be divided. For example, the detective novel is a genre of fiction. Impressionism is an genre of painting, Grunge is a genre of Alternative music.

Alternative Rap Political Rap Left-Field Hip Hop Old-School Rap West Coast Rap Dirty Rap Gangsta Rap Latin Rap New Jack Swing Foreign Rap Bass Music G-Funk Hardcore Rap East Coast Rap Southern Rap Underground Rap Christian Rap Boom Bap Dirty South British Rap Turntablism Pop-Rap Comedy Rap GO-GO Golden Age Jazz Rap Midwest Rap

Genres of Rap

So in writing or literature, what kinds of genres can you think of ?

Literary Genres

California Department of Education

Group 1: Print Media  Newspaper Article  Obituary  Editorial  Letter to the Editor  Advice Column  Magazine Article Group 2: Visual with Words  Poster  Invitation  Ad  Travel Brochure  Greeting Card  Cartoon Group 3: Visual Display  Picture/Photograph  Graph  Map  Certificate  Recipe  Collage Group 4:Informational  Interview  Survey  Trivia Game  Timeline  Directions  Idea Web  Podcast Group 5: Creative Writing  Skit  Song  Poem  Short Story  Personal Narrative  Conversation Group 6: Structured  Essay  Report  Book Review  Letter  Speech  Descriptive Paragraph

So, let’s look at some student created multigenre projects…

This learning process includes:

• finding a topic of interest
• doing research
• taking notes
• using the writing process to produce

multiple drafts

• writing a bibliography
• Deciding on and producing a presentation

Pic Pick k a a ge gene neral al to topic pic or

• r a

a book book… there’s no particular order here!

Once you begin to find resources on it, you may then want to narrow your focus to a particular aspect you discover through research.

Social issues

Find a topic of interest…

• A Person
• historical figure
• an author
• affirmative action
• Elizabethan England during

the time of Shakespeare

• Historical

event or struggle

• character in a book
• your reactions to a book

you’ve read

• The history
• r reactions

from this class

• reactions to a book

from a world viewpiont

• Religious beliefs – pagan
• vs. Christian

Beowulf

Social issues – heroic code vs. other value systems

• Individual freedom –

establishing identity through family lineage

• deviation from

stereotypes

• corruption of

church

• importance of

company/socials issues therein of class

• actions of free will

The Canterbury T ales

The T empest

• how those affiliated with

church and how Church dealt with slavery and authority

• justice according to Christianity

after Protestant/Catholic Reformation

• those with authority directly

affect those without

• does individual freedom exist

within class system and slavery in The Tempest

Paradise Lost

• Adam and Eve and

the fall and good things can come of the fall; obedience to God

• dealing with God’s authority

and the authority on Earth

• divine preordination versus

free will; does it exist?

Hopefully you should already have a few topics in mind before going into the library. Some topics might not work out depending

• n the resources you can find.

Some guidelines:

• If you’re stuck for topic ideas: talk with

friends and family, surf the net, browse through the library, anything to get your mind working and ideas flowing.

Asking for directions…

Research criteria…

• Must cite at least 7

sources in your final paper.

• The 7 sources that you

What is a source?

• Your resources may be found in a variety of

places and in a variety forms. cite must be used in some way in your final draft.

A source is…

• Any person (like an interview), or

writing through which you information has been obtained.

Try to use at least one PRYMARY and SECONDARY sources…

• Primary sources are created at the time

period you are researching. They include letters, newspaper articles, diary entries, etc.

• Secondary sources are sources created after

the fact that reflect on the event or time

• period. They often analyze the primary

sources.

Complete the KWL with your group.

Directions: As a group, in the space provided, use the dry erase markers to answer each question. Each person in the group should contribute a thought.

[What

t do you know about doing a multigenre igenre project? ect? [What do you wa want to know about doing this project ect? [What have you learned about doing a multigenre project?

The Crucible

A better Crucible Rap…

Complete the KWL with your group.

Directions: As a group, in the space provided, use the dry erase markers to answer each question. Each person in the group should contribute a thought.

[What

t do you know about doing a multigenre igenre project? ect? [What do you wa want to know about doing this project ect? [What have you learned about doing a multigenre project?

Day 2

Minimalism

Where are your strengths?

by finding your book, topic of interest, and resources!

So where can sources be found?

Sources can be found in the library in most all forms.

Old School (Libraries) – offered mainly

books, magazines, microfiche, or newspapers as sources.

You had to use index cards instead of databases and computers .

Media Centers –

which are called so because they

• ffer information

sources in multiple forms of media such as…

• My advice would be to start in the library,

either here at school or in our public library.

Sources may be found in several ways …

• You may begin by searching the media

center catalog.

In addition to the resources you might find in the media center you may also chose to use Galileo.

In addition, you might choose to visit the unit wiki.

Book or Story Area of Interest

Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Genre 1 Genre 2 Genre 3 Genre 4 Genre 5 Resource 6 Resource 8 Resource 7 Resource 5 Resource 4

Day 3

Scrapbooking, College, & Assemblage

Go to the unit wiki to find many examples

• f these techniques.

Day 4

Expressions of self…

MovieMaker

Day 5

Podcast – The History of Computers

Now… go to work!