MULTI-GENRE RESEARCH PROJECTS!

1. MULTI-GENRE RESEARCH PROJECTS! YEAH!

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3. MULTI=MANY+ GENRE= A KIND OF LITERARY WORK+ RESEARCH= INVESTIGATION+ PROJECT=AN ENDEAVOR MEANT TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC GOALS =An endeavor to investigate many kinds of literary works.

4. FICTION: IMAGINARY • NON-FICTION: FACTUAL • THIS MGRP WILL COMBINE BOTH TWO MAJOR GENRES

5. Prose • Drama • Poetry • Examples? TYPES OF FICTION

6. FICTION CAN BE DIVIDED BY LAYOUT AND STYLE: Picture books Novellas Short Stories • Examples? LAYOUT & STYLE

7. OR BY CONTENT AND THEME Adventure stories Science fiction/fantasy Mystery Horror Romance Realistic fiction Historical fiction Examples? CONTENT AND THEME

8. Genre categories aren’t always clear-cut. You can have a crime/mystery story set in the future (science fiction) or in the past (historical fiction). MIX & MATCH

9. Because they’re awesome WHY MGRPs?

10. 1- Take your time reading through your project 2- In your journal, write the date (7/17) and title “MPRG OBSERVATIONS.” Then, write down 10 observations about your MGRP. MGRP ANALYSISSTEP 1 (15 min)

11. Find the other members in the class with the same number (3 people/group) • Share your observations, each person should add whatever they don’t have to their list of 10. (The more notes you have, the better off you will be for the 3rd step.) STEP 2 (25 min)

12. Find the other members of the class with different numbers (1-5). -I.e. If you’re 1, find a 2, 3, 4 and 5 Tell the other four people in your group about your MGRP and show it to them. Under your list from your previous group, draw a line and write 7 similarities between the 5 different projects…. STEP 3 (30 min)

13. What observations did your groups make about your projects?

14. 7-6-5

15. Ads Announcements Autobiographies Awards Baseball cards Bedtime stories Billboards Biographies Book jackets Book reviews Book Trailers Brochures Bulletins Bumper stickers Calendars Collage Campaign speeches Captions Cartoons Certificates Character sketches Children’s books Comic strips Contracts Conversations Concert Tickets Cooking Critiques Crossword puzzles Course syllabi Cut-up poetry Dialogue Dedications Definitions Diaries Diplomas Directions Directories Double voice poems Editorials Epitaphs Email Encyclopedia entries Essays Eulogies Fables Family trees Flip books Flyer Game rules Glimmers Graffiti Good news/bad news Grocery lists Headlines How-to speeches Impromptu speeches Information Table Interviews Job applications Journals Laboratory notes Letters Lists Lyrics Magazines Maps Memos Memoirs Menus Mind Maps Mission statements Movie Flyer Mysteries Myths Newscasts Newsletters Newspapers Novella Obituaries Observational notes Pamphlets Parodies Plays Poems Posters Postcards Prayers Propaganda sheets Product descriptions Puppet shows Puzzles Questionnaires Questions Quizzes Quotations Real estate notices Recipes Remedies Requests Requisitions Research pieces Resumes Reviews Riddles Sales pitches Schedules Scrap Book Slogans Songs Speeches Stamps Stickers Tables of contents TV commercials Telegrams Tickets Time lines Tombstones Tributes Video Clips Vignette Web pages Webs Word searches Wills

16. What is expected of you?

17. Cut-up Poetry

18. “” Dialogue

19. 3threat@hotletter.com: hey lilqt@gletter.com: whatever 3threat@hotletter.com: whatever lilqt@gletter.com: bye 3threat@hotletter.com: bye Is this how people usually talk or chat on IM? What do we know about these two?Do we care about them at all?What if this was a ten page conversation—would you keep reading?

20. 3threat@hotletter.com: hey baby, you there? lilqt@gletter.com: you want to talk about things here?! wow. you r classier than I thought! 3threat@hotletter.com: look, stop. i’m sorry. how many times do I have to say it I AM SORRY! lilqt@gletter.com: no you’re not! you just got caught, like that Rihanna song. so just stop. it’s so over. 3threat@hotletter.com: i know i can’t change your mind. i know you. and i know it looks bad but that girl must have slipped that number in my pocket without me knowing. i did NOT ask for it, and i wouldn’t ever have even known about it if you hadn’t snooped in my stuff. lilqt@gletter.com: so now i not only DON’T believe you, but i think you are ungrateful for calling me a snoop because 3threat@hotletter.com: hello? lilqt@gletter.com: sorry, thought i heard a noise downstairs…as i was saying…because stupid you forgot to empty your pockets before your girl DID YOUR LAUNDRY FOR YOU!!!! HOW ABOUT A THANK YOU?! 3threat@hotletter.com: i’m sorry again, you’re right, i can’t say anything how i mean it, baby. lilqt@gletter.com: don’t you keep calling me baGI;UJHBVq;bg ;’;’ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 3threat@hotletter.com: huh? lilqt@gletter.com is signed off 3threat@hotletter.com: baby? Is this how people usually talk or chat on IM? What do we know about these two? Do we care about them at all? What if this was a ten page conversation—would you keep reading?

21. What does dialogue MEAN?

22. DIALOGUE: a conversation between two or more characters. The exact words they speak are put between quotation marks.

23. “Writing Really Good Dialogue”

24. Does it: • move the story forward? • increase tension? • define characters and their relationships with one another?

25. "What's the capital of Spain?" Jerry asked, pausing over his crossword puzzle. Susan looked up from her book and rolled her eyes. "Madrid, duh." "Why are you so sarcastic all the time?” Jerry slammed his pencil on table. He looked like he was going to cry. “I don't think I can take much more of this." Shows the relationship between characters

26. The phone rang, and Jerry picked it up. "Hello?" There was a moment of silence on the other end. "Is this Jerry Simmons?" a male voice asked. "Yeah. Who is this?" The man paused. Jerry could hear him take a deep breath. "Jerry, my name is Dave. I’m your brother” "If this is a prank, it isn’t funny,” Jerry said. “My family died a long time ago." “Not your whole family,” Dave said. Jerry hung up the phone. Moves the story forward

27. "Dave!" Jerry shouted. "We've got to get away from here! The building's gonna blow!" "We've got to go back!" Dave screamed. "Why?" Dave pointed at the roof. "Susan's still up there!" Increases the tension

28. "Hey, dude. How are you?" Isobel said. "I'm really good. Thanks for asking. And you?" Gabe said. "Good, thanks," Isobel said. Gabe replied, “Glad to hear it!” Punctuating Dialogue

29. “No, James, I’m not giving you any money because I know what you’re going to do with it,” said Alfred. • “C’mon, Alfred, I just need some food!” said James.

30. “Dude, totally!” In your own dialogue, you might think about the ways an accent, some slang, or funny quirks of speech can really work to enhance and define your characters. A character that says "Shiver me timbers!" all the time is certainly a different person than a character that says "Dude, totally!"

31. acknowledged • admitted • agreed • answered • argued • asked • barked • begged • bellowed • blustered • bragged • complained • confessed • cried • demanded • denied • giggled • hinted • hissed • howled • interrupted • laughed • lied • mumbled • muttered • nagged • pleaded • promised • questioned • remembered • replied • requested • roared • sang • screamed • screeched • shouted • sighed • snarled • sobbed • threatened • warned • whimpered • whined • whispered • wondered • yelled Dialogue Tags Other than “Said”

32. Think about some of the fascinating conversations you've overheard recently. What kept you tuned in as those people chattered on and on? Chances are, you learned a great deal about those people in just a few short moments and were left wanting to know more. You can do that with your novel dialogue, too!

33. “Hey, dude. How are you?” Sam asked nervously, getting up from the bleachers. She had waited an hour for Aaron to walk by. He was with a few friends, but she didn’t mind. She just needed to talk. “I’m really good. Thanks for asking. And you?” His tone was cold and overly formal. Was this the same guy from last night? His body was stiff and he didn’t seem to be slowing down. “Good, thanks,” she answered as he passed by, her voice trailing off. Her head turned to watch him go. She felt tears coming to her eyes, so she quickly grabbed her bag and ran the other way, missing Aaron’s glance back at her.

34. “Hey, dude. How are you?” Jason said to Emil, like he did every morning. “I’m really good. Thanks for asking. And you?” Emil replied, as always. “Good, thanks,” Jason said, rounding out their obligatory morning greeting. Both men still appreciated their cordial working relationship, even though both were by now sick of jumping into a tank full of fish-meat every day to sift out tiny bones.

35. 1. Write a scene of dialogue that creates tension between aprotagonist and a supporting character. • 2. Write a scene of dialogue where an antagonist reveals something to a protagonist. • 3. Write a scene of dialogue that shows the relationship between a protagonist and a supporting character. Start it with: “NO!...”

36. Double-voice poetry

37. Who’s Free Now? Trayvon The bright fluorescent lights they hurt my sight $5.34 is your change Change he said Change I got my $5.34 change But I didn’t get change. Skittles and some iced tea Damn, can I just do me? Walking home It started to rain Or was it God crying Crying for me? Change? I got my change My $5.34. But it’s not the change you’ve been looking for. I’m sorry. George It’s dark His hoodie and His skin What is he doing again? He looks like one of those punks Call the cops? --OK I’ll stay. But he looks too suspicious Man, I don’t want to miss this. Can it be? Was he put here just for me? Grip my gun and shout ay, boy! What are you doing around here? Confusion ensues Misunderstanding Defensiveness---Anger---Regret--Turmoil Can’t you see? The fight-- The fight didn’t have to be. And yet, I walk free.

38. Purposes:PersuasiveExpositoryInformativeTechnicalAnalytical

39. Persuasive: To persuade. Very clearly tries to persuade the reader to DO/BELIEVE something.Expository: To EXPOSE (make something clear). Between persuasive and informative. It may be analytical. More interested in formally exposing the truth rather than persuading the reader. Analytical: uses precise language and often divides the subject into parts and provides evidence on each part.Informative: To give information. All facts, no personal opinions. (News articles, brochures, newsletters, etc.)Technical: Manuals, resumes, applications, recipes, surveys, student handbook, etc.

40. Expository: MondayInformative: MondayPersuasive: TuesdayTechnical: Wednesday & Thursday

41. EXPOSITORY WRITING: • Explains a process • Compares and contrast ideas • Show cause and effect • Enumerates details • Defines ideas and concepts EXPOSITORY

42. ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS/TECHNIQUES • comparison/contrast • chronological order • cause and effect • order of importance • explanation • generalization • classification • enumeration • problem/solution

43. Compares & contrasts: • Will’s essay: This summer class vs. his other English classes • Enumerates details: • Jessica’s essay: Why teachers matter • Jacque’s essay: Why teenage pregnancy is difficult • Shanta’s essay: Specialty center kids work hard • Randy’s essay: Why single mothers can raise good men • Jaray’s essay: Why Starbucks is a good place to work • Antonyo’s essay: Student-athletes work hard and play hard • Katherine’s essay: Why Jessica is a good friend • Cause and effect: • Josh’s essay: Why properly training your dog makes a difference • Explains a process: • Patrick’s essay: Why it’s hard to make a [specific] decision

44. Let’s look at an expository essay

45. Informative Essay

46. NPR CNN Richmond Times Dispatch News Articles

47. Newspapers

49. Encyclopedia Entries

50. FLYERS