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WELCOME TO MULTIGENRE MANIA
Shawnette Cruz
1:00-1:50pm
A212
#theplc2015 @theplefs
Be sure to scan your ID at the door!
MULTIGENRE MANIA
Shawnette Cruz M.Ed
English Teacher
WHAT IS A MULTIGENRE PROJECT?
An opportunity for personalized learning
A collection of original pieces from several genres
A mode for student choice
Encouragement for students to take ownership of their
learning
A way to gather information from several sources
A demonstration of knowledge or mastery of content/topic
PROBLEMS WITH TRADITIONAL RESEARCH
Possibility for plagiarism (copy
and paste)
Report is in one voice, typically
formal
Limited opportunity for higher
level thinking
No authentic audience
Assessment of internal knowledge
is difficult
ADVANTAGES OF A MULTIGENRE PROJECT
Student choice
Sense of audience becomes more defined
Student voice and creativity is fostered, i.e.
analysis and synthesis
Student takes ownership-less “cutting and
pasting”
Supports differentiation
More fun for students and teachers to share
HOW THIS ADDRESSES PLE ASPECTS AND STRANDS
Assess-Can be used for Formative/Summative assessments and can assess standard mastery.
Target-Designed to target standard reinforcement or standard assessment. Group-Whole group
instruction can be used when introducing genres, skills, or project components.
Engage-Project components can be differentiated by rigor and/or learning styles and/or
interests. Students will have choice in demonstrating mastery. Students can share, present, or
discuss their project and/or experiences.
Release-Rubrics can be created to direct student work, provide feedback, and/or allow self-
assessment
Culture-Rules, procedures and timelines can be used to establish a culture conducive to
learning.
Blend-Technology can be used to research or create multimedia components. It can also be
used to organize and track student progress.
Environment-Class can be arranged to allow for students to work on similar genres/skill
sets/standards simultaneously.
HERE’S A FEW IDEAS
Math-PI
It’s a Piece of Cake
QUICK COMEDYWrite a humorous limerick that is about or
includes the word Pi. A limerick is a 5-line poem
in which the last word of the 1st, 2nd and 5th line
rhyme and the last word of the 3rd and 4th line
rhyme.
A POEM IN PI
Compose a poem in which each line has the
number of words that correspond with each digit of
Pi. The poem can be about anything you want but
must have at least 10 lines. For example since the
first 7 digits of Pi are 3.141592, then line 1 should
have 3 words, line 2 should have 1 word, line 3
should have 4 words, line 4 should have 1 word,
line 5 should have 5 words, line 6 should have 9
words, line 7 should have 2 words.
CIRCLING STORIES
Compose a story titled “A Day in the Life of a
circular/round object”, i.e. a ball, planet, tree
trunk, tire, steering wheel, a coin, a lollipop,
orange, bowl, etc.
WELL-ROUNDED OR A SQUARE?
What is the difference between a well-rounded
person and a square? In a 3 paragraph, 14
sentence essay, explain how a well-rounded
person differs from a square.
SCRIBE A SONG
Write a song about Pi set to the rhythm of
a familiar song.
PI PROMO
We usually feel the need eat Pie on Pi day.
Why, because they sound alike, as all
homophones do. Show how well you know your
homophones and design a poster promoting a
Pi Day. While you’re at it, use alliteration to tie
and twist our tongues as we tussle through
your tagline.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Declaring Freedom and Independence
DECLARING INDEPENDENCE
Create and Compose your own 4 paragraph Declaration
using the original as
your guide.
You, like the Continental Congress, will claim your
independence against an
overbearing authority in your life.
Be mindful of the different parts of the original D of I. Your
Declaration should include those parts. (Preamble, Natural
Rights, Grievances, and Dissolving of Ties or Resolution)
THE NATION’S SYMBOL Create a Flag which symbolizes your new found
independence and which adequately represents your new
government.
The Flag must resonate with all of the citizens. The
symbols must be appropriate and meaningful.
Be creative: use colors, and at least 2 symbols that will
be understood by those viewing the flag
PLEDGING YOUR DEVOTION
Create a Pledge of Loyalty or Allegiance for
your new Nation.
The Pledge must be meaningful and purposeful
and at least 6 lines.
The words and vocabulary chosen should
adequately represent the struggles and/or goals of
your new nation
The Pledge may be structured in the form of a
song or a poem.
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS?
Why certainly!!
Writing Genres from A-Z
Advice, advertisements, author interviews, autobiographies,
agendas,
applications, awards, almanacs, address books, astrology,
astronomy
Ballads, brochures, birth announcements, birthday cards,
bookmarks, book
jackets, book blurbs, bumper stickers, biographies, business
cards/letters, bills
Cards, calendars, cinquains, carols, concrete poems, cover
letters, cartoons,
comics, coroner’s report, children’s books, cookbooks, contest
entries, current
events, cheers, conversations, certificates, critiques
Diaries, dictionaries, descriptions, death notices, dramatic
writing, dance,
dialogues, directions, digest, doctor reports, divorce records
Essays, eyewitness accounts, editorials, eulogies, epigrams,
epilogues, email,
event calendar, evaluations, election results
Fairy tales, folk tales, free verse, fan letters, friendly letters,
feature articles, fashion reports, food article or blog
Graduation speeches, games, greeting cards, gardening calendars
Haiku, horoscopes, how-to, historical fiction, holiday cards/poems,
hospital reports, horticultural reports
Information, invitations, itineraries, inscriptions, instructions,
interviews, interrogations, inquiries, inquests
Jokes, jingles, job descriptions
Keynote speeches
Lists, letters, laments, lyrics, limericks, licenses,
lab reports, labor reports
Menus, myths, mottos, mysteries, medical reports,
messages, memos, marriage licenses, manuals,
music
Notes, non-fiction, narratives, news articles
Oaths, odes, obituaries, opinions, oral histories,
operas
Plays, pledges, procedures, pamphlets, programs, playbills,
puzzles, prologues, puppet shows, parodies, posters, profiles,
potions, predictions, prescriptions, pathology reports, poems, polls
Quotes, quizzes, questionnaires
Raps, rewrites, reports, reviews, rules, research, romance, radio
broadcast, recipes
Satires, scripts, skits, slogans, sonnets, sestinas, science fiction,
science reports, sports, songs, summaries, spells, surveys,
sympathy
cards, speeches, society news, scores
Tall tales, travelogues, travel, tributes, thank
you notes, testimonials, toasts, telephone calls
Updates, undercover reports, union address
Visual word wall, verse, viewpoints, verdicts,
video scripts, vows
Web sites, weather reports, wedding
announcements
eXplanations, eXams, eXcuses
Yearbooks, year-end reports
Zodiacs, zoo guides
WHAT IS IN AN MGP?
At the basic level, it will include…
An intro letter/dear reader
Table of contents
One research paper
Three genre pieces
An outline/Note cards/notes
WHAT DOES AN MGP EVEN LOOK LIKE?
Excellent question!
Here are several student examples
completed at different schools…
PUNK
ABORTION
MAYA ANGELOU
WITCH TRIALS
CHRIS FARLEY
USS ARIZONA
BEN & JERRY’S
WOODSTOCK
BARBIE
ELLIS ISLAND
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://sarahpoulsenteachingportfolio.wikispaces.com/
Multigenre+Research+Projecthttp://writing.colostate.edu/gallery/multigenre/
introduction.htm
Allen, Camille. 2001. Writing Multigenre Research Papers: Voice, Passion, and Discovery
in Grades 4-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Romano, Tom. 2000. Blending Genre, Altering Style: Writing Multigenre Papers.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook.
Cate, Timothy. 2000. “This Is Cool! Multigenre Research Reports.” The Social Studies.
Novels Written in Multigenre Format
Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
GUESS WHAT?
It’s your time to shine!