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Transcript of MULTIGENRE WRITING Sami Peil Dakota Writing Project.
TOM ROMANO:TOM ROMANO:Blending Genre, Altering StyleBlending Genre, Altering Style
“A multigenre paper arises from research, experience, and imagination. It is not an uninterrupted, expository monolog nor a seamless narrative nor a collection of poems. A multigenre paper is composed of many genres and subgenres, each piece self-contained, making a point of its own, yet connected by theme or topic and sometimes by language, images, and content. In addition to many genres, a multigenre paper may also contain many voices, not just the author’s. The trick is to make such a paper hang together.” (Romano x-xi)
GOALS FOR PRESENTATIONGOALS FOR PRESENTATION How can you utilize multigenre writing in your
classroom?
Participants will write a mini-multigenre text!
MULTIGENRE UNITMULTIGENRE UNITStudents will… Use different types of writing and multiple
perspectives to convey a message about a theme.
Individualize projects by selecting topics and genres.
Write goals specific to future educational or career plans. What do you need to learn from this unit?
Research skills Information about the topic Organization
WRITING ACTIVITY PART IWRITING ACTIVITY PART IWrite an encyclopedia article about the first day of school.
Adolf Hitler’s Bio
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau-am-Inn on the Austrian-German border on April 20, 1889 (“Adolf”).
Being found insufficiently talented at seventeen, he was denied admission to the Vienna Art
Academy (“Hitler”). Acquiring an ideology based on belief in a German master race while he
remained in Vienna, he also believed that the master race was threatened by an international
Jewish conspiracy [...] (“Hitler”). Hitler immediately volunteered to join the German army [...]
and was promoted to corporal and [...] was assigned the task of spying on local political groups.
Hitler became interested in the German Workers Party and joined. His skills [...] helped him
transform the party into the Nazi Party. In 1923, Hitler led an attempt to overthrow the
Bavarian government (“Rise”). This attempt failed and he was sentenced to five years in prison.
[…] (“Hitler”). [...] Hitler wrote his book Mein Kampf. He rebuilt the Nazi party after 1925, […]
blame Jews and Communists, using them to gain himself support (“Rise”). Against a background
of political turmoil and economic depression, the Nazi Party grew stronger (“Adolf”). On
January 30, 1933, Hitler was declared Chancellor. […] (“Hitler”). They proved no match for his
ruthlessness and genius […] Hitler had dictatorial control (“Hitler”) […] Nazis conquered and
millions of others who were considered racially impure were rounded up [in concentration
camps, such as Auschwitz,] and killed. Hitler declared war on the United States […] Adolf
Hitler committed suicide in his bunker (“Adolf”) by putting a bullet in his brain (“What are”).
Why Did 6 Million Have To Die?One crazy mad man
While the world did nothingMurdered innocents
One crazy mad man
Convinced a whole country to Follow his Third Reich
One crazy mad man
Sent people to death camps andMurdered six million
One crazy mad man
Frightened people to silenceAnd found ways to kill
One crazy mad man
When he was about to loseDid something extreme
One crazy mad man
Put a gun to his head andEnded his black life
Adolf Hitler
Failed painterDecorated soldier
Manipulative fascistMunich Putsch leader
Greedy ChancellorCalculating Mastermind
Ruthless DictatorMurderer
Dead Coward
EXAMINING GENRE: EXAMINING GENRE: Adolph HitlerAdolph Hitler
1. Compare and contrast your experience reading the biography vs. reading the poems.
2. Which genre (biography or poem) do you prefer to read? Why?
3. Identify one advantage and one disadvantage that you think may occur in multigenre texts.
EXAMINING GENRE:EXAMINING GENRE:Rosa ParksRosa Parks
Parks, Rosa Louise (1913-2005), an African American civil rights activist, became best known for her role in a 1955 boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system. Parks triggered the boycott when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Her action helped bring about the civil rights movement in the United States.
Parks was arrested for violating a city law requiring that whites and blacks sit in separate rows on buses. She refused to give up her seat in the middle of the bus when a white man wished to sit in her row. The front rows were for whites only. The law required blacks to leave their seats in the next rows when all seats in the front rows were taken and other whites still wanted seats.
Garrow, David J. "Parks, Rosa Louise." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 16 March 2010.
STUDENT PAPERSSTUDENT PAPERS Choose a paper to look through
Read at least two genres from the paper What do you notice about the writing? What questions do you have for the writer?
But first!
How to read a poem for multiple voices…
The “Stars” AlignUlrich Renate Papa
She’s pretty He’s handsome
Her radiant violet eyes His kind blue eyes
Her chestnut-colored hair His wavy bleach-blonde hair
She’s graceful as she glides through the crowd
The way he carries himself, so bold
I don’t think she goes to the Hitler Youth I wonder where he goes to school
Or does she?
I know I’ve seen her before I think I’ve seen him before
Where? Where?
What is that?
Oh, no
She’s wearing the Star
Why is he looking at me like that?Wait…
That’s where I’ve seen her!! I have seen him
She came to get a star He was handing out the Stars
She’s a Jew He’s a Nazi
Why does she have to be a Jew? Why does he have to be a Nazi?
I will never forgive him for that
A Few Years LaterDuring Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
Ulrich Renate PapaI don’t want to do this They are all enjoying thisVandalizing is wrong Destroying dad’s mercantileAll that glass The windows are decimatedWhat about all those poor people? Do they really hate us?What have they done to deserve this?
Why? What have we ever done?
I’ll just wait in the street Why is that boy standing there?I’ve seen him before, at the marketHe handed out the Star
I can’t do thisBut I can’t desertThere’s only one wayThis gun is heavy What is he doing?It’d be an easy fixI just got to look down the barrel NO!!!Who screamed? I haven’t done it yet My scream makes him pauseWho is that girl?I know her, she’s that girlWhat is she doing? I have to stop himShe took my gun I took his gun and set it downI let her He just stood thereShe drags me into a building I pull him into our house before the
soldiers come back
Ulrich Renate PapaHer family is there Mama, Papa, Opa and Inge are
thereI saw what she did
I look at Papa I meet her gazeHe saw I understand
Her father nodded He understands That poor boyHe leaves the room Papa went to the hallway He needs different clothesThe girl wants me to follow I tell him to follow Papa Renate gets him to follow me
Good girlIs he going to kill me? I hope he’s not too scared He looks scaredHe has every right to Papa will help him Here they areClothes? He needs to get rid of that
uniformHe seems surprised
He is going to help me? We can burn it laterWho are these people? I smile at him and nodHe handed me the clothes He took the clothesHe is risking his life for me I’ll dispose of his uniformMy eyes feel hot, everything is blurry
He started crying
That poor boyI thank him He is grateful
Sympathy washes over meHe hugged me I hugged himHe gives me time to cry So many tearsThis family is so kind He must’ve had a hard life
Ulrich Renate PapaLike how mama use to be before dad sent me off to Hitler YouthMama believed in God Thank the Lord Renate saved
himWe rejoin the family There he is I observe Mama’s reactionI’m introduced to them all He meets my family Mama smiles and introduces us
allRenate? Ulrich? He’s a strong boySuch a pretty name His name fits him Sturdy nameCan she forgive me? He’s no longer a Nazi I think those two could be a
good matchHe was going to end his lifeJust to get out of the wretched army
She smiled at me He smiled back They seem to get alongI can’t believe I’m saying this You can do itI forgive him
STUDENT PAPERSSTUDENT PAPERS Choose a paper to look through
Read at least two genres from the paper What do you notice about the writing? What questions do you have for the writer?
But first!
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXCERPTSSELF-ASSESSMENT EXCERPTS Before, I wouldn’t have thought about writing from a plate’s point
of view or trying to combine professional words with individual thoughts, but having to write this with different genres was difficult and definitely made me look at more diverse options.
…it was easy to incorporate different perspectives in my multigenre project…my paper [had] more depth when I added different genres.
I was very passionate about my topic. … I learned that you don’t have to just write about facts in order to convey a message and information. I also learned how to write different genres, which is something I usually don’t do.
…I really don’t understand how a multi-genre paper gets a point across more effectively or informs a person better than a regular research paper.
Taking things I knew and taking the things I learned and putting them together was tough but really cool.
…once or twice a week there was a new way to look at something or a new technique to try to make the paper better…I think that this will help me during college because it will give me a variety of ways to display information.
…knowledge and emotions are better communicated through different genres rather than one long, tedious research paper. This project made it much easier for me to speak about my topic in ways that I felt were appropriate, such as through a sitcom transcript or a poem.
…it is tedious and that it works very well to get the point across. Because different people comprehend things differently, it allows me to be understood by more readers.
I kind of liked writing in different genres because it was easier to communicate in some ways. For example, in one of my genres I used a lot of dialogue. With writing in different genres it was easier to switch over from me giving information to someone else speaking.
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXCERPTSSELF-ASSESSMENT EXCERPTS
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Find love. Find love? How? How do we “find love”? Where is love? Is there even a possible way to find it? I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you all I know of love. What is love you may ask? Don’t ask me – ask them. Yes, them, the smelly, dirty, homeless kids. They know all about love. Trust me. Ask them.
WRITING ACTIVITY PART IIWRITING ACTIVITY PART II
Write about the first day of school from a different genre and perspective. If you finish, try another!
Genres: interview, screenplay, rap, poem, map, comic strip, dramatic scene, advertisement, personal note, monologue, short story, dialogue, top 10 list, e-mails/txts, memoir, bedtime story, etc.
Perspectives: student, principal, teacher, special education teacher, superintendent, librarian, kitchen staff, secretary, custodian, technology coordinator, counselor, student who likes school, student who hates school, popular student, foreign exchange student, etc.
WRITING ACTIVITY PART IIWRITING ACTIVITY PART II Share your writing with a partner and
discuss your thoughts on the questions below.
Did you capture the essence of the first day of school with your mini-multigenre piece?What are the strengths of your multigenre
piece? Is one of your texts better than the other? If
so, why?With more time, what other genres and
perspectives would you like to explore?
Men’s Rights Movement=FailMen’s Rights Movement=Fail
Come on, guys! Don’t you realize? They’re trying to kill us off! This is
it, men; we’ve got to do it. We’ve got to start a Men’s Rights Movement
and start it now. We have rights too, you know! Because before we know
it, we’ll be gone the way of the dinosaur if it’s up to those women. With
all those science advancements these days, they wouldn’t even need our
help when it comes to reproducing and continuing their society. Heck,
they could probably take a fingernail clipping from some chick’s perfectly
painted nail, plant it in some Miracle Grow, and bam! Out pops a
miniature blonde bombshell, already set to tempt, terrorize, and destroy
men everywhere. I bet they just want to create an all-female human race,
where only women rule. Yeah, that’s it. Women are pretty much like
Australian redback spiders; they make babies with us, and then they turn
around and eat us for lunch. Men, we can’t stand for this any longer!
DEFINITION OF MULTIGENRE IN THE SPIRIT OF MULTIGENRE
Multigenre pushes convention,challenges "This is the way writing is done,"and "Hey, wait a minute, you can't do thatin a piece of writing."
Multigenre speaks, "How come I read imaginativeliterature but I have to write about it in an essaythat is thesis driven, argumentative, and exactlyfive you-know-whats (each you-know-what, of course,of the 3.8 variety), an essay in which the writeroverpowers readers, beats theminto submission, and concludeswith a summative you-know-what that restates the thesis?" Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But writing that way is not what multigenre is about. Multigenre removes the lid of Pandora's Rhetorical Box.Multigenre twirls you and spins you and you hope the stepsthe writer asks you to follow lead to fulfillment. Multigenre knows that feeling is first. Multigenre grooves on pulse, has flushed cheeks,hair on the back of the neck that stands on end. Multigenre makes readers sit up in their chairs. Multigenre is not roast beef; it is ciappino. It is less like mashed potatoes,and more like red beans and rice. Tom Romano
MINI-LESSONSMINI-LESSONS In-text citations Writing inspired from a photo or song Taking your writing further Letter to reader Thesis statements Revision Opening piece
OTHER CONTENT AREASOTHER CONTENT AREAS How could you use multigenre writing in your
classroom?
History Write about an event or time period from multiple perspectives and genres.
Science Write a journal article , a diary of a patient, a conversation with a doctor about a disease.
Elementary Write a how-to piece about learning a task and a short story from the perspective of the person learning OR create a multigenre book as a class about a theme that includes advertisements, stories, poetry, maps, etc.
HANDOUTS ON WIKIHANDOUTS ON WIKI Assignment description (with research design
& rubric included)
Links to classroom calendar
Requests for information? [email protected]
CHANGES FOR FUTURE Presentations as digital stories next year??
Start earlier
Require students to read a book for research at the beginning of 2nd semester
Earlier due date (not last week of school)
Works Cited
Dickson, Randi, Jon DeGraff, and Mark Foard. "Learning about self and others through
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Grierson, Sirpa T. "Circling through text: Teaching research through multigenre
writing. " English Journal 89.1 (1999): 51-55. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar.
2010.
LeNoir, W, David. "The multigenre warning label. " English Journal 92.2 (2002): 99-
101. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.
Romano, Tom. Blending Genre, Altering Style: Writing Multigenre Papers.
Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2000. Print.
Romano, Tom. "Multigenre Writing." Multigenre Writing. University of Miami--Ohio, 2006.
Web. 16 Mar. 2010. <http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/index.html>.
Slack, Delane Bender. "Fusing social justice with multigenre writing. " English Journal
90.6 (2001): 62-66. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.
Styslinger, Mary E. "Multigenre-Multigendered Research Papers. " English Journal
95.4 (2006): 53-57. Research Library, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.