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Multi-genre Research Project Day 1 12 th 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 of 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 one’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… Writer’s Purpose: • 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 of your research.

Audience: • You choose the audience that your project speaks to. Depending on the genres and content, it could be an audience of 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.

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

So in writing or literature, what kinds of genres can you think of ? Literary Genres California Department of Education

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

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 or a a book book … there’s no particular order here! Social issues Once you begin to find resources on it, you may then want to narrow your focus to a particular aspect you discover through research.

Find a topic of interest… • A Person - historical figure - an author - character in a book • Historical -Elizabethan England during event or the time of Shakespeare struggle - affirmative action -your reactions to a book • The history you’ve read or reactions - reactions to a book from this class from a world viewpiont

Beowulf Social issues – heroic code vs. other value systems • Individual freedom – establishing identity through family lineage • Religious beliefs – pagan vs. Christian

The Canterbury T ales • deviation from stereotypes • corruption of church • importance of company/socials issues therein of class • actions of free will

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 • dealing with God’s authority and the authority on Earth • Adam and Eve and the fall and good things can come of the fall; obedience to God • 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 on 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 cite must be used in some way in your final draft. • Your resources may be found in a variety of places and in a variety forms. What is a source?

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 offer information sources in multiple forms of media such as…

Sources may be found in several ways … • My advice would be to start in the library, either here at school or in our public library. • 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.