Multigenre Project

Semester II AVID Project

What is “Multigenre”?

• Multi = many

• Genre = Types of Writing– Story, article, poem, obituary, birth certificate,

textbook section, diary, email messages…– Business letter, memo, interview, recipe,

advertisement, comic strip, map, script, etc.

• Multigenre = Presenting information about a topic in different forms of writing.

Why do a Multigenre project?

• Practice research• End with your BEST• Review 4 Principles

of AVID– Writing

– Inquiry

– Collaboration

– Reading

What are the Requirements?

• Select one topic• Work alone or with 1-2

students• Develop 1 theme• Write 7 genre pieces• Read/Write/Revise• Package the goods• Present in Reader’s

Theater• Evaluate and Reflect

How do I Select a Topic?

• Complete Topic Talk exercise in class• YOU Decide

– Historical Events/People– Musicians– Artists– Sports– Actors/Writers– Any Topic of Interest

• Legos• The Simpsons• Punk Music

What are the Parts of the Project?

• Topic Selection/Topic Talk• Research: FQI Notes/Worksheets • Process Learning Logs• Draft Day (peer evaluations)• End Notes• Works Cited• Reader’s Theater Planning • Reader’s Theater Presentation• Final Checklist/Reflective Evaluation

How am I Graded?

• One Step at a Time!– Process and Product

• Is the project informative?

• Rate the writing• Rate the genres

represented• Is plagiarism avoided?• Does the packaging pull it

all together?• Rate the presentation?

What have others done?

• Topic was Cuban author

• All poems rolled like cigars

• Packaged in cigar box• Introduction inside lid

explains choices and theme.

What else?

• Sports poetry topic• Poems hung from the

net• Platform holds

introduction

Any more?

• Life and death poetry• All poems inside

tombstone • Poems cased in

individual graves• Reflection written on

inside lid as in heaven.

Is there one more example?

• Theme is caged love poetry

• Student created birds for each poem and explanation

• Packaged in cage• Book gives

introduction and theme.

One more…

• Sonnets• Student created

scrolls for each poem• Burned the edges of

the pages to create illusion of age

• Set in a heart basket • Top scroll is intro

What do I do now?

• Think about who’s in your group.• Think about topic ideas• One step at a time• Follow the checklist• Don’t fall behind!• Ask Questions• WRITE A SUMMARY/REFLECTION FOR

YOUR NOTES NOW.