The Multigenre Research Project

1. The Multigenre Research Project Unit 6

2. Unit 6 • In this unit, you will select someone to study who has made significant contributions to society. You can select anyone as long as you can find substantial reading material about that one person. Four the next five weeks, you are to have reading material in the classroom about that person or on a topic related to the person’s interest. We will be reading 20 minutes a day in class. You will need books and articles to read. The following slides describe how you are to present your findings.

3. Multi Genre Research Project Grading Critera • Reading Journal -Response 6.1 and 6.2 Each day you will read in class and afterwards you will respond to what you have read. Keep these responses together, in order, and clearly labeled. You can respond in numerous ways: listing facts, writing a reflection of something you have learned, ask questions, write a poem, draw pictures and put captions under or beside them….). • Blog Each week you will write a comment on our classroom blog regarding your research You are also asked to make an appropriate response to a comment made by at least 2 people each week. • The Portfolio: (20 pts each) • Formal Summary • 6 slide PPT Bio • Non-fiction Response • Creative Write About your person - Poem – story – letter - Critique - Obituary • Reflection Essay on Study • Bibliography - Keep a record of the bibliographic material that you read each week. Organize this material according to MLA formatting rules. See handout for examples. You are required to list at least one book source and two online articles. You may also use newspaper and magazine articles and website pages.

4. Formal Summary • Read an article about the person who you are researching. Write a formal summary of the article. ( Make sure your summary is only one paragraph. Make sure you have an introduction sentence and a conclusion sentence. Make sure you have one summary sentence for each paragraph. Thanks. See Rubric for details. Don’t forget to collect the bibliographic material. • MLA format: heading, centered title, left aligned body, typed, double spaced, times new roman, size 12 font. Be sure to list bibliographic information.

5. Rubric for the Formal Summary .

6. 6 Slide Power Point Biography • Create 6 slides to show what facts you have learned about the life of your person. • Title page • Early Childhood • Later Years • Accomplishments • Interesting Facts • Personal Reflection page about your person Note: (If you can think of a better topic for one of your pages, please submit a request by email to substitute it. Thanks. ) NOTES • You need at least on picture on every page • Also, please make the background of the text boxes solid • Cutting and pasting info. Will result in a 0 for this assignment.

7. Non-fiction Response • Show what you have learned about your person by creating a nonfiction work response. You may choose to write a wedding announcement, an obituary, a critique of their work, or design a poster that advertises their work (movie poster, home page for a web site, CD cover, book promotion). Base this work on the facts that you have discovered. Do some research to discover the format that suits your choice.

8. Creative Write • Show what you have learned about your person in a creative way. You may write a poem or a short story about your person. You may write a song or a letter to your person. You may choose to create an interview where you ask your person questions, and then, based on what you know about that person, answer in a way you think they would answer. Do some research to discover the format that suits your choice.

9. Reflection on the Study • In a five paragraph essay (MLA format), answer the following question: What have you learned through this research project about yourself as a student, about research in general, as well about the subject of your study?

10. Works Cited Page • Keep a record of the bibliographic material that you read each week. Organize this material according to MLA formatting rules. See handout for examples. You are required to list at least one book source and two online articles. You may also use newspaper and magazine articles and website pages.

11. BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK Collecting Bibliographic Material Note: These rules change from year to year so stay up to date with a MLA handbook. Wilkes, Brian. The Amazing Panda Bear. London: Chandler Press, 1997. • Author’s full name • (last name first)Title (Underlined) • Editor; if any • (May appear in the place of the author) • Facts of publication: • City of Publication (omit the state) • Name of publisher • Year of publication BOOK

12. BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK Collecting Bibliographic Material Note: These rules change from year to year so stay up to date with a MLA handbook. Stein, Shirley. “Life in the Rainforest.” Wildlife Watch 9 March 2008: 18-19. . • 1. Author’s full name if given (last name first) • 2. Title of article (In Quotation Marks) • 3. Title of magazine or newspaper • (Underlined) • 4. Date of publication • 5. Inclusive page numbers of the article MAGAZINE or NEWSPAPER

13. BOOK BOOK BOOK BOOK Collecting Bibliographic Material Note: These rules change from year to year so stay up to date with a MLA handbook. Lightninghunter, Ray. “Discovering the West.”Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 21 January 2009 <http://searcheb.com/bol/topic?eu +11431>. 1. Author’s full name if given (last name first) 2. Title of document (In Quotation Marks) 3. Title of larger online work (Underlined) 4. Date that you accessed the document 5. Internet Address (URL) (enclosed in angle brackets) (enclosed in parentheses) WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE

14. Works Cited Lightninghunter, Ray. “Discovering the West.”Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 21 January 2009 <http://searcheb.com/bol/topic?eu +1 Stein, Shirley. “Life in the Rainforest.” Wildlife Watch 9 March 2008: 18-19. Wilkes, Brian. The Amazing Panda Bear. London: Chandler Press, 1997. 431>.