Post on 18-Dec-2015
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Read Stephen Crane’s Maggie, A Girl of the Streets
Pay attention to the details, notice the characters – how do they respond to each other? Why?, what was life like for the characters in the story?, Why do they make the choices they make? …. Etc.
Pick a “project” (genre) from the list and create one for the novella. For example:
You could write a poem inspired by the novella Write a letter from one character to another Illustrate the book in a painting Create a movie trailer for the book Etc., just choose something from the list on the
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Journal Entries Personal Letter Greeting Card Schedule/Things to Do List Inner Monologue Representing Internal Conflicts Classified or Personal Ads Top Ten List/Glossary or Dictionary Poetry Song Lyrics Autobiographical Essay Contest Entry Application Biographical Summary Speech or Debate Historical Times Context Essay Encyclopedia Article Short Scene from a Play with Notes for Stage
Directions Movie Trailer 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 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 InvitationBirth 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
Ask yourself… Why am I choosing this particular genre? What do I want to show, express, or convey
through this genre?
Research the tenement era Find 2 articles that you can annotate Feel free to use the following sites or you can use the
Walton Media Center site (Mackinvia) http://tenement.org/research.html
http://www.nps.gov/loea/index.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/tenements
http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-05-09
History databases on Mackinvia
Now research modern tenement style housing in the USA. Key words could be: Section 8 housing, slums,
poverty, modern Hoover-villes, etc.
Find 2 articles you can annotate
Now put the 4 articles (2 for modern/2 for tenement) you found in an annotated bibliography
This is the SAME format as what you just did for the research paper EX: Citation, then a summary of the article,
then a statement of credibility for the site, then what you learned.
Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the tenement era
Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the modern era
In a binder, folder, book…organize the pieces of the project 1st page= Dear Reader 2nd page = Table of Contents 3rd = your “project” piece related to the tenement
era 4th = your “project” piece related to Maggie, A Girl
of the Streets 5th = your “project” piece related to the modern
era 6th = your annotated bibliography 7th = your self assessment
This is just a letter from you to me explaining What you learned Why you chose the “projects” (genres) you
chose From what perspective you approached the
project (did you do all the projects from the perspective of a child, did you do them all from the perspective of a family, etc.)
This simply reflects what you learned. All you have to do is answer the following
questions HONESTLY.
1.What surprised you about completing this project? 2.What was hard about completing this project? Why? 3.What could you have done to make your work more
productive/efficient? 4.What did you learn from the process of creating this
multigenre project on this specific piece of literature? 5.What advice would you give to someone who was
just assigned a multigenre project?