Multi-genre Research Project Sierra Vista High School Grade 11 Introduction: Welcome to the multi-genre research project. You re probably wondering: What is a multi-genre research project? Well, rather than a single, extended piece of writing about a single perspective on a topic (traditional research paper), a multi-genre research project is a collection of pieces a cohesive series of written pieces in a variety of genres that look at different angles on the same question, topic, or theme. A multi-genre project is personal, creative, and can t be copied from some other source. It involves you, the writer, making conscious decisions about what information or ideas are important, and how it should be presented to the reader. The purpose of this project is to develop your research skills, strengthen your writing skills, review how to document sources, explore writing in different genres, and examine your ideas about heroes and heroism. At the end of this project, you will have a product of your learning and research that will show both critical thinking and creativity. Traditional Research Paper single, extended prose piece begins with a thesis cohesion imposed from the start writer remains dispassionate about subject approaches topic from a single perspective follows conventions of formal prose writing usually consists of only text usually done as a solitary individual assignment handed in to teacher Multi-genre Research Paper sometimes viewed as drudgery by students cohesive series of pieces in variety of genres begins with an interest cohesion developed along the way helps researcher recover lost voices writer personally engaged; opinions encouraged takes many angles on topic broadens the range of acceptable writing styles artwork, graphics, design and packaging accompany text involves much small-group work, peer response, and sharing performed in readers theatre celebration often becomes students favorite and proudest achievement
Multi-genre research project What types of genres can you use? Your multi-genre project will contain a variety of genres that are informative, literary/creative, and functional. You will have a lot of choice about what to include. But BEWARE this should not be a haphazard collage of disjointed stuff; you must connect the genres and what they represent with a central, significant theme or idea (thesis). Your creative efforts must be informed by solid research, including research about the genres themselves. Letter of Intent Genre: Narrative Song or Monologue Genre: Diary Entries Genre: Advertisement Genre:Letter to Fan Genre: Interview Reflective Endnotes Annotated Bibliography Write a formal letter to your teacher stating the figure you chose, why you chose them and what you hope to learn. Write original song lyrics that reflect the life and times of your chosen figure. Give your song a meaningful title, theme, and include elements of songwriting including narrative verses, chorus and rhyme. Include a brief paragraph introducing the ideas in the song. Example page 363 Write a multi-paragraph diary entry. Example page 364 Create something that reflects the time period, setting, beliefs. Example page 367 You will write a letter responding to a letter you received from a fan. Example page 370. You will write questions and answers for a formal interview. Minimum 10 questions and answers. Example pages 372-73 See Example pages 374-75 See Example page 376 What is an Annotated Bibliography? An annotated bibliography with a writer s notes on the validity, credibility, and usefulness of sources discovered and used. It typically includes the following: A brief description/summary of the work cited Comments about the work s usefulness or quality Comments about any special features of the work, if necessary or relevant (graphs, charts, appendices, etc.)
Multi-genre research project Requirements: 5 genres (Total words: 1500 minimum) Connectors between each piece to create unity (pictures, graphs, diagrams, song lyrics, quotations, interesting facts, section titles, fables, stories, etc.) o MLA format of 5 resources (reliable, relevant) Title page/cover page o Title (not label) o Your name o Date (due date) o Teacher & course names Table of contents Reflective Endnotes o Explanation of/reasoning for each piece and discussion of resources used (both cited in text and/or for inspiration)on Endnotes o All elements will be submitted to Google Classroom 0 There will be a separate due date for each assigned genre Deadlines: We will be working on this project for approximately six weeks. There will be a number of minideadlines imposed throughout the project to help keep you on track. You will be provided with a checklist of those deadlines.
Deadlines: We will be working on this project for approximately six weeks. There will be a number of minideadlines imposed throughout the project to help keep you on track. Figures for Multi-Genre Research Project Trailblazers Henry Hudson John Smith John Muir Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Sacagawea Kit Carson Neil Armstrong John Wesley Powell Rebels & resisters Thomas Paine John Brown Frederick Douglass Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois Sitting Bull Elizabeth Cady Stanton Malcolm X First Women Pocahontas Eleanor Roosevelt Hillary Clinton Martha Washington Helen Keller Sojourner Truth Jane Addams Edith Wharton Bette Davis Oprah Winfrey Artists Frank Lloyd Wright Andy Warhol Frederick Law Olmsted
James Abbott MacNeill Whistler Jackson Pollock John James Audubon Georgia O Keeffe Thomas Eakins Thomas Nast Ansel Adams Pop icons Mark Twain Elvis Presley Madonna Bob Dylan Michael Jackson Charlie Chaplin Frank Sinatra Louis Armstrong Mary Pickford Empire-builders
Andrew Carnegie Henry Ford John D. Rockefeller J.P. Morgan Walt Disney Thomas Alva Edison William Randolph Hearst Howard Hughes Bill Gates Cornelius Vanderbilt Steve Jobs Athletes Babe Ruth Muhammad Ali Jackie Robinson James Naismith Ty Cobb Jim Thorpe Billie Jean King