Week #4 MP4--Work-in-Progress MultiGenre Project

AGENDA:

Work-in-progress-- MultiGenre Projects
I hope you are doing well. I have not heard from many of you, and you need to try to make contact so that I know you are okay (even if you are having difficulty getting work done)! I miss you and care about you. I keep checking your grades to see if you are at least getting work done for other classes.

1. This is the second week of working on your project at home by doing the writing , drawing, collecting images, creating documents, and/or taking photographs, etc. You can be so creative with this and show off all your writing abilities in different genres.

Next week (Week 5) , May 18-22, will involve presentations on Zoom.
FINAL PORTFOLIOS will be due June 8 (instructions to come)
Send Senior Coffeehouse videos to Linden Burack by May 15.

2. Please UPLOAD at least 4 items for your multigenre project by this Friday, May 15, in Google Classroom for grading this week.
I will also post a "checking in" assignment for classroom credit.
You also receive credit for attending Zoom Office Hours--Thursday, 11 am.

3. Feel free to email me with questions and concerns.
It looks like grades for this marking period will be: PD (Pass w/ Distinction, 85-100), P (65-84), INC (has not met the standards for this course). If this is a semester course for you, you may not receive 1/2 credit for it and cannot redo it in the summer.

Stay well and safe!

Week 3 MP4--Assignment #3--WORK ON PROJECT/REPETEND

AGENDA:
Work on your projects at home.  Upload text, images, "artifacts" and other elements of your work to show your progress to Google Classroom for FRIDAY, May 8.

FIND A REPETEND FOR YOUR PROJECT:

What is a Repetend?

Because multi-genre projects are unique and non-linear, they require a lot of work from a reader.  You, as a conscientious writer, do not want to let your reader get confused as they move from genre to genre. If you provide your reader with reoccurring images or phrases, or a running commentary or even a narrative or story, you will create unity that will help your reader better understand your central theme. This can be much like making sure to weave your thesis throughout a traditional essay paper. We will use a repetend to provide that link among the elements of your project.

A repetend is a repeated phrase and/or image that is used in every genre of your multigenre project.  Repetends help to connect all of the pieces and are sometimes used to convey the message of the paper.  

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Ways to incorporate repetend in your multi-genre project:

• include the same phrase, sentence, or passage on each genre page as a heading or somewhere else in the text
• include a description or design in each piece (written or graphic), placed strategically for easy recognition

• create a character and follow his/her reactions to pieces

• create a character involved somehow in each piece of writing--an ongoing little story
• create a cartoon strip at the top or bottom of each genre page that comments on the ideas presented

Repetend Used: "And the beat goes on"  "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."  Tree, extended metaphor (seed, roots, branches)  Visual: Baby footprint  "The Land of Opportunity"  "Shattering Love or Seeking Justice"

Paper Topic: Woodstock  Neil Armstrong  Alvin Ailey  Abortion  Family History Project  Capital Punishment

http://shepardacademyjuniorblockspring.weebly.com/creating-a-repetend.html

More resources:
https://www.mshogue.com/ce9/multi_genre/multigenre.htm

Week 2/MP4--Weekly assignment #2--OUTLINE!

AGENDA:

I hope you are doing well!  Come to our Zoom meeting on Monday at 11am.  Office hours are on Thursday at 11am and I will open it up to everyone in the waiting room.  Email me with questions and concerns.  Grades are finalized on Tuesday, but I'm not accepting any new work for MP3 (that closed on Friday 4/24).

Prepare an outline for your project and begin working on the project (writing and artifacts). DUE DATE: Friday, May 1

Look over the example outline on the pdf attached to the assignment on Google Classroom.  Also, look at the other document attached for how to organize your outline.  Get very specific!

Miss you.  Stay well!

Extra Credit---BOA Event

BOA Is Here Virtual Poetry Salon Celebrate National Poetry Month from the comfort of your own living room with BOA's first ever virtual poetry salon! Tune in to hear readings, stories, and more from seven BOA poets with new books from BOA Editions. We hope you'll join us! Event Details Time, Date, Place: 8:00–8:30 PM Eastern, Tuesday, April 28, simultaneous premiere on Facebook and YouTube. Videos will be archived on both platforms for on-demand viewing. Admission: Free, no registration required. Closed captioned. Follow BOA on Facebook to get a reminder or subscribe to our YouTube channel to get a notification when the salon premieres! Featured Poets Diana Marie Delgado is the author of Tracing the Horse (BOA, 2019). Her work is rooted in her experiences growing up Mexican-American, and she is a member of the Canto Mundo and Macondo writing communities. She currently resides in Tucson, where she is the Literary Director of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona. Deborah Paredez is a poet, performance scholar, and cultural critic whose writing explores the workings of memory, the legacies of war, and feminist elegy. She is the author of Year of the Dog (BOA, 2020). Born and raised in San Antonio, She lives in New York City where she is a professor of creative writing and ethnic studies at Columbia University. Matt Morton is the author of Improvisation Without Accompaniment (BOA, 2020), which won the 18th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. He serves as associate editor for 32 Poems and is a Robert B. Toulouse Doctoral Fellow in English at the University of North Texas. He lives in Dallas, TX. Rick Bursky is the author of Let's Become a Ghost Story (BOA, 2020) and I’m No Longer Troubled By the Extravagance (BOA, 2015). Originally from New York City, Bursky lives in Los Angeles where he works in advertising and teaches poetry in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program. Kathryn Nuernberger is the author of Rue (BOA, 2020) and the James Laughlin Award-winning The End of Pink (BOA, 2016). After spending many years directing Pleiades Press, she now teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Minnesota and lives with her family in The Twin Cities. John Gallaher is the author of Brand New Spacesuit (BOA, 2020) and In A Landscape (BOA, 2014). He is also the co-author with G.C. Waldrep of Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (BOA, 2011), which was written in collaboration almost entirely through email. He is the co-editor of The Laurel Review and The Akron Series in Contemporary Poetics. He lives in Marysville, Missouri, where he is an assistant professor of English at Northwest Missouri State University. Jillian Weise is a poet, performance artist and disability rights activist. She is the author of Cyborg Detective (BOA, 2019) and The Book of Goodbyes (BOA, 2013), which won the Isabella Gardner Award and the James Laughlin Award. Weise identifies as a cyborg, and her essays on cyborg identity and disability rights have appeared in The New York Times, Granta, and elsewhere. She hosts a series of satirical videos highlighting literary ableism under the persona Tispy Tullivan. Stay tuned to the end of the broadcast for a special treat from BOA's video archives!

Proposals for Projects DUE

Please post on Google Classroom for WEEK 1 MP4 credit.

Reminder: MultiGenre Project proposals due tomorrow

AGENDA:

Just a reminder to post your proposals for the project on Google Classroom.  That's where I can give you feedback on your project.  You can always email me with questions and thoughts (I'd love to hear from you!).
Office hour meetings are on Thursdays at 11am, and Mr. Craddock and I will have a whole Creative Writing meeting on next Monday at 11am (a chance to meet everyone in the department). Invites forthcoming.

Stay well.  Miss you.

Marking Period 4/Multi Genre Project

AGENDA:

Welcome to a new marking period.  I hope you are staying healthy and well. Remember you can still send me any missing and extra credit work on Google Classroom this week. Lots of extra credit for your grade for MP3.

So, let's look at this marking period.

Assignment:  Week 1--Due Friday, 4/24  Your detailed proposal turned in on Google Classroom!

We're going to be working on a multigenre project that will ask you to write a 5 page historical short story along with many linking "artifacts" that help explain and add to the story world that you build.  I've uploaded all the information on Google Classroom for you to read and follow.  This is a four to five week project for you to work on at home, culminating in presentations to classmates over Zoom. 

This week is time for you to brainstorm your project and write out a detailed proposal.  Think about your characters, setting (place/time), and the plot.  What accurate historical research will you have to do to make the story believable and create "artifacts" that fill in the background of the story.

Here's an excerpt from the instructions of the project:

"The Multi-genre project is a great assessment tool for 9th-12th grade students! It is designed to ignite a student's creativity while writing a work of fiction that is historically accurate. For example, I have my students choose a war in history to base their project off of. This project allows them to apply all of the literary elements we have studied from plot, to character analysis, to theme, while writing their story. Students also have to research the war they have chosen to center their project around and present it in a format that ties into their story.  I recommend completing this project over a six week period with multiple check-in points where students conference with you about their progress. On the day the project is due, students present their work to the class by giving a brief overview of their work. I then give the students two days to perform a gallery walk and get lost in each other's stories. "

And here are some examples of the genres you can choose from (check Google Classroom for the complete instructions):

Genre Examples

Diary/journal entry  
Song lyrics Tickets Flash backs Draft card Letters Poem Pilots log Brochure Advertisement/billboard Newspaper article Magazine article 
Evidence files Blue prints Painting Puzzle Passport Artifacts Flyers ID's Receipts Recipes Photographs 

A Brief List of Genres:
Journal Entries
Personal Letter
Greeting Card
Schedule/Things to Do List
Inner Monologue Representing Internal Conflicts
Classified or Personal Ads
Personal Essay or Philosophical Questions
Top Ten List/Glossary or Dictionary
Poetry
Song Lyrics
Autobiographical Essay
Contest Entry Application
Business Letter or Correspondence/Persuasive or Advocacy Letter
Biographical Summary
Critique of a Published Source
Speech or Debate
Historical Times Context Essay
Textbook Article
Science Article or Report/Business Article or Report
Lesson Plan
Encyclopedia Article
Short Scene from a Play with Notes for Stage Directions
Short Scene from a Movie with Notes for Camera Shots
Dialogue of a Conversation among Two or More People
Short Story
Adventure Magazine Story
Ghost Story
Myth, Tall Tale, or Fairy Tale
Talk Show Interview or Panel
Recipe and Description of Traditional Holiday Events
Classroom Discussion
Character Analysis or Case Study
Comedy Routine or Parody
Liner Notes
Picture book
Chart or Diagram with Explanation and Analysis
Brochure or Newsletter
Time Line or Chain of Events
Map with Explanation and Analysis
Magazine or TV Advertisement or Infomercial
Restaurant Description and Menu
Travel Brochure Description
How-To or Directions Booklet
Receipts, Applications, Deeds, Budgets or Other Documents
Wedding, Graduation or Special Event Invitation
Birth Certificate
Local News Report
Pop-Up book
Review and Poster for a Movie, Book, or TV Program
Board Game or Trivial Pursuit with Answers and Rules
Comic Strip or Graphic Novel excerpt
Power Point Presentation
Informational Video
Web Site
Future News Story
Letter to the Editor
Newspaper or Magazine Feature/Human Interest Story
Obituary, Eulogy or Tribute
News Program Story or Announcement
Tabloid Article

Students must choose one main form of writing genre to reuse repeatedly throughout their project to explain their story and keep it flowing.  This one form of writing genre only counts as one of their ten even though they are going to use it multiple times throughout their project."


The complete assignment has been posted on Google Classroom.  Be sure to post on Google Classroom when you complete a weekly assignment and be sure to cite your sources.  Keep a record of your research!

Let me know if you have any questions about the assignment and start brainstorming!  The time period you use does not have to be a war, but should provide a good background for your story.

Stay well.  I miss you.