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Multigenre Research and CompositionBeth Friese and Gretchen HazlinAASL National Conference, October 2011
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A bit about Beth@librarybeth
PhD Candidate, Language and Literacy Education
MEd, Instructional Technology
University of Georgia
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And, a bit about all of you!
A bit about Gretchen
@libraryms
Librarian,
Kilmer Middle School
+Visit Our Wiki
Slides (soon!)
Additional Readings and Resources
Multigenre Texts To Use With Students
Google Form to collect ideas and contact info
Questions (or tweet us)
www.multigenreresearchandcomposition.wikispaces.com
+Take a few minutes to think about research projects you’ve done in your school (and jot a few down).
+What is multigenre research and composition?(First, what is a genre?)
+Many similarities with familiar inquiry process
Developing questions
Locating and evaluating sources
Synthesizing information
Writing (one way or another)
Information ethics
Citations
+Multigenre Research: Why?
Creatively Speaking, Part Two: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind (From Edutopia.org)
Cultivating the researcher’s imagination - research and imagination are not opposites (Tom Romano)
Moving past (or adding to) the traditional research paper
Incorporating different perspectives on a topic
+Choice and imagination in how research is presented
What are interesting, compelling, creative, novel ways to show what I have learned?
The importance of purpose and audience: Who am I trying to communicate those ideas and insights with?
Focusing on the often taken-for-granted “product” of research as an opportunity for choice and agency for young researchers
+AASL Standards for 21st Century Learner
2.1.1 Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical- thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge.
2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings.
2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning.
3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.
4.1.8 Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning.
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Gretchen’s Projects
Multigenre Research Projects and the Middle School Classroom
Traditionalboringresearchproject
7th grade English
Novel study + multigenre
Supporting Grade 7 ELA Standards
Project StructureFive week project, lessons interspersed with research days and novel discussions:• Project intro/modeling• Questioning• Print resources• eResources• Keywords/Searching• Notetaking• Citing Sources
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U.S. Marshalls
Witness Protection Program
Cognitive RehabilitationBicycles
Free Range KidsTrauma
Robert Cormier
Importance of Stuffed Animals
Alcatraz
Prison guards
EntrepreneurshipPrison escapes
MafiaAl Capone
San Francisco
Autism
Genres
Group 1: Print Media
Newspaper/Magazine ArticleObituaryEditorialLetter to the EditorRecipeApplication – job, school, etc.Wanted posterHeadlines/Front pageMission statement
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Group 2: Visual with Words
InvitationAdvertisementTravel brochureGreeting cardCartoonBumper stickerBusiness cards
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Group 3: Visual Display
Picture/photographGraph/chartMapCertificate – award, death, degreeStoryboardPostcardMenuScrapbook pageMagazine cover
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Group 4: Informational
InterviewTimelineDirectionsCampaign speechAssignment sheetResumeEncyclopedia entry
MemoLab reportCalendar agendaMembership cardsWillPolice report
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Group 5: Creative Writing
Diary entrySongPoemShort storyPersonal narrativeConversationPledge
Top Ten ListTravel journalReport cardTelegramPrayers/mediationsEulogyLetter
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Sample Student Projects
The kids struggled with…
…choosing a research questioncc image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/
…found versus created genres
The kids struggled with…
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0117.html
We loved…
… teacher / librarian collaboration -- planning, teaching, research support, assessment
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We loved…
…classroom instruction and research lesson content
We loved…
...opportunities for differentiation
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We loved…
... “museum gallery” project presentation and evaluation (self, peer, teacher)
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We loved…
...that the research unit and the end products were a much more interesting and a lot more fun
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Artifact Adventure Project
U.S. History 1865-Present
Remediation course of struggling learners
Goal = to provide an interesting, choice-laden research experience for students and to use the finished products to educate the rest of the class about a particular topic
Topic Selection
Anything related to U.S. History 1865-present
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Genres
Informational Text
News articleObituaryEditorialLetter to the EditorAdvice columnMagazine articleRecipeWanted posterHeadlines/front page
InterviewTimelineDirectionsCampaign speechResumeEncyclopedia entryLab ReportCalendar/agenda
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VisualsPicture/photographGraph/chartMapCertificate – award, death, degreeStoryboardPostcardMenuScrapbook pageMagazine cover
InvitationAdvertisementTravel brochureGreeting cardCartoonBumper stickerBusiness cardsResponse to artNeighborhood flyers
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Creative Writing
Diary entrySongPoemShort storyPersonal narrativeConversationPledge
Top Ten ListTravel journalReport cardTelegramPrayers/mediationsEulogyLetter
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Sample Student Artifacts
The kids struggled with
…overwhelming choices
…found versus created genres
The kids struggled with…
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…timing of the project
We all struggled with…
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We loved…
…that students who were not normally interested in History were very engaged in their own projects
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We loved…
... flexibility in differentiation – students could work at own pace, add challenges as needed
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Changing it All Up for Next Time
Emphasize research skills continuouslyPractice, practice, practice
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+Beth’s project
College seniors, future elementary and middle school teachers
Topics were aspects of diversity, broadly defined
Personal choice in topics and how research was presented
Full writing process for each genre
Students had to explain / defend / reflect on their choices throughout
+Examples of Research Products
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Diary EntriesPracticing voice, point of view, narrative principles
+ Letters
Conventions of a letter, audience, voice
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+ Poetry
Free verse, “Acrostics” and more
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+Translated Poem
+In order to create a genre effectively, study examples
+ Newspapers, Brochures
Informational Genres
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+ Blogs
Adding links, comments, conversations
+ Digital Genres
Texting, Glogster, Facebook Pages
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+ Calendars, Schedules
Expressions of time, interests
+Before and After
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Wordle, Tagxedo, and other word cloudsDesign Decisions: Text, Font, Organization, Color
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+ Collage
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Added interest with creative containers
Boxes under the bed, luggage, scrapbooks, medicine chests, wishing trees, lunchboxes
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+ Genres you find along the way…
Social stories, forms, translated poetry, medical bracelets, and on and on and on…
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Concrete Poetry
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+Playing to student strengths
+Plagiarism
Create something that has never been created before
Transforming is the key (accompanied by reasoning)
Students explain how they choose their genres and constructed them
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Explaining the process of selecting and creating the genres is part of the product
Putting genres together in innovative ways
Can create these projects along side the familiar research paper
Inject play and creativity into research
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And now back to you…
+Thank you for participating!I’d be happy to hear from you if you incorporate multigenre research elements in your [email protected]@librarybeth @libraryms
