Multi-Genre+Research

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= = =Assignment Sheet:= ** Description **** : ** For this project you are to research a person, event, place, or issue of interest to you. You will choose a topic and research it just as you would for a traditional research paper: collecting information and recording it then presenting it through writing. Instead of the single, extended prose piece of a traditional research paper, though, this project will consist of a number of creative pieces in various genres—poetry, advice columns, journal entries, news articles, lists, art or graphics—imaginative writing based on fact. You’ll organize all that writing and put it in a topic-appropriate package. You will have a great deal of freedom in this project. Sometimes you may break the rules of spelling, usage, and punctuation if ignoring them helps you to communicate the message and the mood better. (Of course, if one of your articles is a news article, it should be in standard English and in the appropriate news style.) You will also have flexibility in choosing the point of view you use in each piece of writing. A particular genre, for instance, might portray events through the eyes of the subject, others who were present, or even from the viewpoint of an inanimate object.
 * Requirements (Turned in before whole project is due)**
 * Topic Talk Sheet
 * 15 + research notecards
 * Pimp my Write Log (med-long sized piece)
 * Peer-Evaluation


 * Requirements (all turned in together)**
 * 5 pieces of writing totaling at least 1,300 words in length
 * 1 4 paragraph expository paper


 * 1 medium-long sized narrative, persuasive, **or** functional genre of writing


 * 1 short narrative, persuasive, **or** functional genre of writing (different genre than one from above)


 * 2 extra genre pieces


 * Honors Class: include 2 types of alternate style writing, either as separate pieces or as part of one of the other genres.


 * MLA works cited page and endnote page with your sources: 1 book or scholarly journal and 2 websites


 * Cover or package for your project that reflects the nature and spirit of your topic


 * Helpful Hints **
 * You will need to document your sources, including page numbers for any direct quotations.


 * The pieces you create should be arranged in some logical order, and you should find some way to create flow/cohesion in your project.


 * Use the rubric guide book to know the requirements for the first three papers in your research project.


 * As you research your topic of interest, you should try to discover a theme or a thesis. If you were researching Elvis Presley, for instance, you might discover that many of his actions and problems in his life were related to his need for love and acceptance. This emergent theme might suggest a thread with which you may create cohesion among your separate pieces of writing. This will also be the thesis statement (position) you put into your expository essay.


 * Do not forget it is a research project. It needs to be informative. Do not leave out huge chunks of significant info.


 * Although repetition can be artful and effective in unifying, do not just repeat the same info in several pieces of writing. Each piece needs to offer new information—not just the same information in a different genre. For instance, do not write an encyclopedia-type entry with all the major facts about your subject and then present the same information in various creative pieces.


 * Writing has to be your own. No journal entry from the actual rock star. You can include song lyrics and give them credit, but doesn’t count as your piece.


 * Do not be limited to certain genres. You need variety: some long, some short, some traditional, some alternative.


 * Do not get so intrigued with presentation---packaging and graphics—that you put all your energy into that instead of the writing. You may be disappointed when your grade does not reflect the amount of effort/time you put into the project.

The expository paper must go through the entire process: prewrite, 1st draft, revise and edit, conference with me, and final.
 * Process **

Med-Long narrative, persuasive, or functional: the prewrite is optional, but you must complete a 1st draft, edit and fill out pimp my write log, and final. Show me your draft and pimp my write log when ready. Once I have checked them off, you may write your final.

Your other three papers do not need to go through the process, just include them in your project. Feel free to conference with me while writing or after writing on any piece

Turn in the first two finals as you complete them. I will give you a score for that final. When you get it back, detach the rubric, and then when you have finished all five papers, you will turn in the whole project. (see the requirements listed above)

=Topic Ideas=

Historical Events || Musicians || Artists || Photographers || Directors || Sports || Current Events || Topic of Interest || Historical Figures || Actors || Writers
 * ** HISTORICAL EVENTS ** ||
 * Aftermath of Hiroshima || Desert Storm || Racism ||
 * Alamo || Discovery of Penicillin || Roaring 20s ||
 * Apollo 13 || Exxon //Valdez// || Salem Witchcraft Trials ||
 * Atomic Bomb || Great Depression || San Francisco Earthquake ||
 * Battle of Gettysburg || Hindenburg || September 11, 2001 ||
 * Battle of Midway || Holocaust || Slavery ||
 * Berlin Wall || Hurricane Katrina || Space Shuttle ||
 * Blizzard of 1938 || Integration || // Titanic // ||
 * Blizzard of 1978 || Irish Potato Famine || Trojan War ||
 * Civil Rights Movement || Italian Immigration || Underground Railroad ||
 * Cold War || The Manhattan Project || U.S.S. //Arizona// ||
 * D-Day || Newsies’ Strike || Vietnam War ||
 * Declaration of || Oklahoma City Bombing || Watergate ||
 * Independence || Pearl Harbor || Women’s Suffrage ||
 * Denmark in the Holocaust || Polio Vaccine || Woodstock ||
 * ** MUSICIANS ** ||  ||   ||
 * ABBA || David Helfgott || Mozart ||
 * Paula Abdul || Jimi Hendrix || Stevie Nicks ||
 * Clay Aiken || Faith Hill || Elvis Presley ||
 * Louis Armstrong || Lauryn Hill || Queen ||
 * Beatles || Janet Jackson || Selena ||
 * Beethoven || Michael Jackson || Tupac Shakur ||
 * Bono || Jewel || Paul Simon ||
 * Garth Brooks || Billy Joel || Jessica Simpson ||
 * Mariah Carey || Elton John || Frank Sinatra ||
 * Harry Chapin || John Lennon || Lynyrd Skynrd ||
 * Sean Combs || Liberace || Spice Girls ||
 * Miles Davis || Madonna || Tina Turner ||
 * Five Iron Frenzy || Bob Marley || Steven Tyler ||
 * Jerry Garcia || Dave Matthews || U2 ||
 * Evelyn Glennie || Bette Midler || Von Trapp Family ||
 * Amy Grant || Jim Morrison ||  ||
 * ** ARTISTS ** ||  ||   ||
 * Sam Butcher || Filippo Lippi || Rafaello ||
 * Mary Cassatt || Manet || Norman Rockwell ||
 * Salvador Dali || Michelangelo || Titian ||
 * Leonardo da Vinci || Monet || Vincent van Gogh ||
 * Walt Disney || Precious Moments ||  ||

Anne Geddes || William Wegman || Ansel Adams ||  || Ron Howard || George Lucas || Steven Spielberg ||  || Hank Aaron Tenley Albright Muhammed Ali Marcus Allen American Cheerleading America’s Cup Fred Bear Larry Bird Roger Clemens Roberto Clemente John Elway Fenway Park Lou Gehrig Wayne Gretsky Scott Hamilton Sergei and Katerina || Magic Johnson Michael Jordan Nancy Kerrigan Michele Kwan Tara Lapinski Vince Lombardi Mickey Mantle Dan Marino Masters Tournament Jeremy McGrath Joe Namath Olympic Games Bobby Orr Jesse Owens Walter Payton Steve Prefontaine || Jackie Robinson Gabbi Reece Mary Lou Retton Dennis Rodman Babe Ruth Joan Benoit Samuelson Barry Sanders Kelly Slater Emmitt Smith John Stockton Tiger Stadium Antoine Walker Ted Williams Serena/Venus Williams Tiger Woods ||  || Columbine High School Ennis Cosby Flight 800 || Bill Gates John Gotti || 2004 Olympics Iraq War ||  || Abortion Adoption Alcoholism Anorexia Armadillos Neil Armstrong Attention Deficit Disorder Autism Barbie || Barnum and Bailey, Ringling Brothers’ Circus Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Black Regiment of the Civil War Cedar Point Child Abuse Chocolate || Cloning Clothing Computer chip Disney World Divorce Dolphins Dyslexia Egypt Ellis Island ||  ||
 * ** PHOTOGRAPHERS **
 * ** DIRECTORS **
 * ** SPORTS **
 * ** CURRENT EVENTS **
 * ** TOPICS OF INTEREST **


 * ** TOPICS OF INTEREST //(// **// continued) // ||
 * ESL KFC and Colonel Sanders || // Rug Rats // ||
 * F-117 Legos || // Saturday Night Live // ||
 * Football Lincoln Memorial || School buses ||
 * Dian Fossey Looney Tunes || Charles Schulz ||
 * Bill Gates Mardi Gras || Septuplets ||
 * Jane Goodall Mary Kay Cosmetics || // The Simpsons // ||
 * Billy Graham Microsoft || Skateboarding ||
 * Harley Davidson Motocross || Skin cancer ||
 * Hawaiian Luau Mud-bogging || Sphinx ||
 * Jim Henson///Sesame Street// Multiple sclerosis || Spiderman ||
 * Milton Hershey Muscular dystrophy || Spinal cord injuries ||
 * History of the Broadway Native Americans || George Steinbrenner ||
 * Musical Neuroblastoma || Tatooing ||
 * History of the car Nutrition || Temporal lobe epilepsy ||
 * History of jazz Poverty || UFOs ||
 * History of TV //Price Is Right///Bob Barker || Mt. Washington ||
 * Hummers Punk music || // Winnie the Pooh // ||
 * Jeeps Rape || // The Wizard of Oz // ||
 * Internet Raves || Witchcraft ||
 * ** HISTORICAL FIGURES ** ||  ||
 * Anastasia Thomas Jefferson || Lorenzo de’ Medici ||
 * Richard Byrd JFK Jr. || Golda Meir ||
 * Brunelleschi Joan of Arc || Machiavelli ||
 * Cleopatra Sir John Hawkwood || Maria Montessori ||
 * Copernicus Nathan Hale || Issac Newton ||
 * Princess Diana Harry Houdini || Richard Nixon ||
 * Amelia Earhart Helen Keller || Annie Oakley ||
 * Thomas Edison Bobby Kennedy || Franklin Roosevelt ||
 * Albert Einstein Jackie Kennedy || Sacajawea ||
 * Queen Elizabeth John Kennedy || Mother Teresa ||
 * Henry Ford Genghis Kahn || Harriet Tubman ||
 * King Frances I Martin Luther King Jr. || George Washington ||
 * Ben Franklin Queen Lili’uokalani || Charles Whitman ||
 * Galileo Abe Lincoln || Wright Brothers ||
 * Mahatma Gandhi Charles Lindbergh ||  ||

©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
 * ** ACTORS ** ||
 * Fred Astaire || Judy Garland || Adam Sandler ||
 * Lucille Ball || Audrey Hepburn || Jimmy Stewart ||
 * Orlando Bloom || Gene Kelly || Shirley Temple ||
 * Marlon Brando || Jerry Lewis || Charlize Theron ||
 * Bill Cosby || Marilyn Monroe || John Travolta ||
 * Leonardo DiCaprio || Mary Tyler Moore || John Wayne ||
 * James Dean || Rosie O’Donnell || Reese Witherspoon ||
 * Chris Farley || Oprah ||  ||
 * Michael J. Fox || Ginger Rogers ||  ||
 * ** WRITERS ** ||  ||   ||
 * Louisa May Alcott || Emily Dickinson || Dr. Seuss ||
 * Maya Angelou || Margaret Mitchell///Gone// || Shakespeare ||
 * Bocaccio || // With the Wind // || J. R .R. Tolkien ||
 * Lewis Carroll || Gary Paulsen ||  ||

=Gathering Sources Assignment=


 * __Sources to Use__**

_ Student Database This is the best! You will find scholarly journals/articles on this site *See how to access it below

_[|www.infoplease.com] All kinds of information.

_ [|www.refdesk.com] Links to search engines, quick finds, pictures, and references.

_[|www.libraryspot.com] Links to all kinds of libraries.

_[|www.findarticles.com] Vast archive of published articles.

_ memory.loc.gov Source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

_[|www.biography.com] A good place to begin biography research.

NO WIKIPEDIA ALLOWED *Use the electronic sources guide to help you with your search


 * __How to get to the Student Database __**
 * 1) MPS Homepage
 * 2) Library Resources underneath Students
 * 3) School Library Catalog from home or from school
 * 4) Library Resource Centers
 * 5) Kino Junior High
 * 6) MPS databases and portals
 * 7) Select any database. Ebsco is the most encompassing
 * __To access it from home __**
 * 1) Follow steps 1-6 from above
 * 2) Scroll down to database by subject and click on junior high
 * 3) Login Information: username-mps4 password-search
 * 4) Under general reference, select student research center (ebsco)
 * __Assignment__**


 * 1) Open a word document
 * 2) Enter the resource information: Title, Author, URL address
 * 3) Copy and paste the information
 * 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each resource you find
 * 5) If in your search, you find a good book, write down the book’s information to get it from a library. (put it in word document as well as on a paper for you)
 * 6) Save the word document to your school folder. (name-sources)
 * 7) Continue research at home if needed
 * 8) Write down the resource information (url address) and copy it when we get back or print it out if you have a printer
 * 9) Check out books from library

=Getting Information Assignment=

Go to: How to Create Works Cited Go to: Sample Works Cited Page

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