Multi-Genre+Projects

=The Multi Genre Project:=

For your final project you will be working with your book club groups to create a "multi genre project." You will be collaborating and using what you have read, what you have learned from each other, and what you have seen with the portfolio presentations in order to create this project.
 * DUE by 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 9, 2011 **

 ﻿ ﻿ Mulitgenre projects are research projects that are presented and include a portfolio of artifacts representing various aspects of your information research. The portfolio might include original sheet music, eulogy, a wedding invitation, a list of trivia facts and quotations, journal entries, a student-designed poster (wanted poster, playbill, concert, movie, etc.), or student-created newspaper tabloid front page. A variety of artifacts selected and created which best reflect the theme or character chosen and range from a few to more than a dozen. There are no restrictions and your opportunities are endless! Find your motivation through choice and variety!
 * What is a multigenre project?**


 * What can I use as an artifact?**

// Invitation (wedding, shower, birthday) // // Newspaper article: obituary // // Newspaper/magazine article: feature story // // Newspaper article: column // // Newspaper article: personal or want ad // // Newspaper article: news story // // Newspaper/magazine article: interview // // Newspaper (tabloid) cover // // Newspaper review of movie, book, concert, etc. // // List (achievements, events, names, supplies, etc.) // // Narrative story // // Play // // Poem // // Sheet music // // Personal letter or note // // Formal letter // // Letter to editor // // Memo // // Journal/diary entry // // Descriptive paragraph // // Television/radio announcer // // Definition // // Poster (wanted poster, playbill, concert, movie, etc.) // // Conversation/dialogue // // Dual thoughts (inner dialogue) // // Stream of consciousness // // Photo caption (sometimes with photo) // // Eulogy // // Doctor’s report // // Birth certificate // // Recipe // // Receipt // // Envelope // // Trivia facts // // Quotes // // Greeting card // // School essay // // Game book cover // // Map // Moulton, M.R. (1999) Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy


 * Project requirements? **


 * Each group will be given a "wikispace" page where you will post your project. Include the book **title** and **author**, along with **pictures** to accent your page. Creativity and design counts! You have a lot of information to put on your page, so have a plan!

// This is your "novel"/"project" propoganda poster.. sell your projects, sell your book. Think: if I were a high school student and I found this website how would it sell me the book?? //


 * Projects must include a summary of the text (informational; hit the **key** points), an explanation of why students should read/study this text (persuasive; think: why do we still have this text as part of our curriculum after all this time?), and one critical approach to the text (literary analysis; ex. a feminist criticism of the degradation of women in Things Fall Apart). Each explanation should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences.

// This goes on your wikispace webpage. //


 * You will upload your entire "project" to your wikispace for other students to access and assess! You must also upload your individual literary portfolios completed on your own. Do this by uploading digital documents from home, using a digital camera to take a photopgaph, or a camcorder/flipvideo to record. Cameras and video cameras can be rented from the school media center, arrangements just need to be made with Ms. Cafarelli ahead of time!!

// your multigenre project will be a part of the webpage, posted in ADDITION to the literary portfolios. NO they are NOT the same thing! You have the individual, which took multiple directions, and now you have the collaboration-- all going in the same direction! // // Think: you are a fashion house putting on a fashion show. Each of you is a designer creating his or her own look. HOWEVER, they go down the runway as a collection so they must be COHESIVE. You also "pick your line up" ..gather your artifacts and decide who will open the show, who is in the middle, and who will close. //


 * Use discussion board to swap ideas, communicate, and share information. Found a useful website? Share it! Not sure if your citation is correct MLA style? Post it and ask for your peers to check it out!

// See the ladies doing Into Thin Air period 1 if you want an excellent example. groups with absent members should post your "topic" so everyone knows which idea they're artifacts should be centered around. //


 * How do I create the "multi genre" part? How is it different than what I've already done? **

**Step One:** The difference here is the //collaborative// part. Your portfolios were also specific to a particular part of the novel and analysis. Here, you really have to prove you've read and understood the text to get **deep** into core concepts, symbols, motifs, themes, characters, eras, etc...etc...

**STOP**! Scroll to bottom and check out examples of projects, works cited, and research logs.

**Step Two:** Choose a topic. It could be a person, event, era, novel, character, theme or the like **related to your novel**. You should all agree on this topc, it can be directly or indirectly related, but it must have //some// connection to the text! Everyone will be finding artifacts that center around that topic.

For example: Into Thin Air. Topic: climbing Mt. Everest. Suggested Artifacts: doctors report of injury/illness; plane tickets to; itineraries; diary entry; death certificate; check/statement for costs

**Step Three:** You will have discussion forums for your group so you can communicate during the process. You can also send items to each other through the discussion board.

**Step Four:** While you are researching, maintain a learning log . This should include all of your research notes and should document your bibliographic sources. Creating an electronic log using Word will make submitting the project to me easier. All you have to do is list bibliographic information as you research (web address, book title, etc) and a short 1-2 sentence note about the source. This will help **your group, too!** By maintaining the log you can ensure that you use the best possible sources, and no one in your group repeats! Save your log somewhere that everyone can access it!

**Step Five:** To present your research, display your new knowledge in digital format – it could be a word document, powerpoint, prezi, Google docs, etc. Relevant, connected facts, as well as creativity, are essential. Remember you will be creating artifacts that reflect the knowledge you have learned through your research.

//Example:// //for a report on American soldiers during World War I, you might include the following”// //- letters to the soldier from his mother // //- a brief synopsis of a specific battle of W.W.I // //- a newspaper article from that time period // //- an American propaganda poster, promoting the armed forces // //- a conversation between two soldiers // //- a map that illustrates the various war fronts of W.W.I // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">- a eulogy for a soldier //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Step Six:** Each group must have a minimum of 3 artifacts per person in their group! This is really a number requirement, so smaller groups don't have to be punished and larger ones don't have it easier! All this means is that if your group has 5 people, your project will have 15 artifacts.


 * Step Seven:** Create and decorate your wikipage. Claim an unclaimed page, and start creating! Make sure you post title, author, summaries, YOUR lit portfolios, your multigenre project, learning log, works cited.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Step Eight:** a **formal** bibliography must be turned in with the webpage.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Step Nine:** **end notes** must be included to provide a rationale for choosing each genre selected for your scrapbook. For example, explain why a map was an appropriate genre for presenting a particular aspect of the information that was researched. These rationales should be short paragraphs.


 * Seem Daunting? Feeling Overwhelmed? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Relax.** Do not panic! I've even done one- and it wasn't so bad! I did it alone, and you are working with an entire group! Divy up tasks and work together. <span style="color: #ff0035; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">You have 2 in class days and then all projects must be uploaded to your wikispace page by __ DUE by 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 9, 2011 __ click for example of multigenre project ppt click for example of research log and works cited
 * Created by Ms. Cafarelli, Spring 2010 on //The Great Gatsby//**

**CHECKLIST FOR MULTI-GENRE RESEARCH PROJECT**
 * Wiki page layout including summary, persuasion, and analysis || 40 pts. ||
 * Product contains at least 6 different genres depicting various aspects of your research subject, including your research notes. There **must be 3 artifacts per person,** the smallest group has 2 people. || 50 pts ||
 * Sources (at least 4) used, are appropriate, relevant to subject || 5 pts ||
 * Works Cited shown in correct MLA format || 15 pts ||
 * Endnotes provided for each genre, describing the rationale and materials used for its selection, writing a paragraph for each || 15 pts ||
 * Professional writing standards (appropriate for 11th grade honors) || 5 pts ||
 * Learning log submitted || 20 pts ||
 * **Total** || 150 pts ||

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 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Examples of other multi-genre projects created by FCPS teachers: **
 * Ms. Merrbach- Enlgish; Oakdale Middle School **
 * multi-genre project on the story Casey at the Bat **

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 * Ms. Stoy- Spanish Teacher **
 * multi-genre project on The Golden Goblet **

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 * Ms. Lucas- English/Business; Urbana High School **
 * multi-genre project on South Africa **

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 * Mr. Longenberger - Science Teacher **
 * multi-genre project on Neils Bohr **