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