Multi Genre Research Paper

Multi-Genre Research Project  Due: Tuesday, March 25^th

Multi= many

Genre= a category or type of artistic work determined by tone, content and technique (novel, poem, short story, biography, essay, speech, article, diary, letter, obituary, manuscript, song, etc). 

Research= a way to increase knowledge, confirm facts, solve new problems

Project= a collaboratively designed set of tasks.

Assignment: Your assignment is to create a multi-genre research project on a person, event, movement or topic connected to Krakauer’s, Into the Wild.

How to prepare for the project while you read:

For each Chapter:

1.     Identify the Genre of work(s)inserted at the start.

2.     Explain how it is connected to Krakauer’s, Into the Wild.

3.     Create your own original work that you may use in your research project.

Steps to creating the project:

1.     Generate ideas that provide a focus for your topic (person, event, movement, concept, etc.) as it relates Krakauer’s, Into the Wild.  Quickwrite an exploration of your thinking on the topic and identify areas that require further insight—this quickwrite could be used to focus your research.

2.     Think-pair-share your findings to help you consider your ideas, narrow your focus, and generate a research question. Next, draft a working thesis that answers your focus question and that can be used as a guiding factor to guide your research and multi-genre research project.

3.     Conduct research (7-8 primary and secondary sources) to explore all aspects of your thesis. Use resources such as easybib.com to assist with documenting your sources correctly in an annotated bibliography.

4.     Consider which ideas from your research you will include in your paper, and choose an appropriate genre to creatively express the connection between your research and your interpretation. Remember, you will need a minimum of 3-6 different genres in your collection.

5.     Reflect on research and ideas and brainstorm a list of creative ways to connect the genres via a metaphor or motif (e.g., chapters, seasons, time, movie script, song lyrics, recipes, months of the year, colors in a rainbow, cartoons, visual art images, statistics, expository text, sports rules, etc.). Select an appropriate metaphor and consider how it connects to your thesis, research, genres, and ideas.

6.     Assemble your writing pieces in a coherent order using the transitions (e.g., metaphor or motif) you select to guide your reader from one genre to the next.

You must Pick 3 from this box Genres that require Research Newspaper article Obituary Editorial Letter to the Editor Advice Column Magazine article Blog entries Interview Timeline of events and with images and descriptions News Broadcast Commercial Other (must be pre-approved):	You may choose to add more visual genres to your project (optional) Invitation Brochure Cartoon Comic Strip Graphic Novel Postcards Wanted Poster Scrapbook Botanical survey Other (must be pre-approved):
You may wish to have Additional Writing genres (Optional) Poem Short Story Diary entries Eyewitness account A dramatic script Character FB page Series of tweets Series of text messages to and from Chris and family or friend Other (must be pre-approved):	Options on how this work will be presented.  Creative ways to Present iMovie mixbook.com Glogster.com Multiple Vines Prezi.com Pixton.com Timetoast.com Animoto.com tagxedo.com pinterest.com Other (must be pre-approved):