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TOM ROMANO:Blending 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)
MULTIGENRE 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
MULTIGENRE UNIT
Immersion
Research
Writing
SharingRevising
Presenting
Reflecting
WRITING ACTIVITY PART I
See?
Feel?
Taste?
Hear?
Smell?
People?
Objects?
Activities?
Write a newspaper article or memoir about the first day of school. 3 minutes
Kobe and the Ball“Hey Kobe!” came a noise.
“What? Who’s there?”
“Over Here!”
“God?” Kobe replied.
“No silly… me!” said a basketball from across the room.
“Whoa! I must be going crazy!”
“Why are you just sitting around playing video games?” said the basketball.
“Why not?”
“Where are you planning on going in life that will require you playing those stupid games?”
“I’m twelve. What else would I do?”
“Well you know, I have just been sitting here for quite a while now… maybe you want to go play some hoops with me?” The ball said timidly
“Nah, I’m almost past level two!” said Kobe
“KOBE!!! You may think we basketballs are just stupid chunks of rubber, but we know more than you think.” said the ball.
“Well obviously! I mean you’re sitting here talking to
me.”
“Kobe we basketballs know when a player has potential, and you, well let’s just say I have a strange dribble about you.”
“You think I have potential?”
“Oh yes, but […] that doesn’t mean squat unless you work at it.”
“Well, I guess I could go shoot around a bit.” said Kobe
“Just one day won’t do much. You will have to practice much more if you want to go somewhere with basketball.”
“Alright then, every day I will practice with you for two hours instead of playing video games.”
“That’s more like it!” said the ball with a grin
(5 years later)
The T.V. turned on and said aloud, “With the thirteenth pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets select Kobe Bryant from Lower Merion High School.”
The basketball said to the T.V., “I told you he could do it.”
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: Adolph 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:Rosa 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.
It Happened in Montgomery By Phil W. Petrie
Then he slammed on the brakes—Turned around and grumbled. But she was tired that day.Weariness was in her bones.And so the thing she’s done yesterday,And yesteryear, On her workdays,Churchdays, Nothing-to-do-guess-I’ll –go-and-visit
Sister Annie Days— She felt she’d never do again. And he growled once more.So she said: No sir…I’m stayin’ right here. And he gruffly grabbed her,Pulled and pushed her—Then sharply shoved her through the doors.
The news slushed through the littered streets—Slipped into the crowded churches,Slimmered onto the unmagnolied side of the town
While the men talked and talked and talked. She—Who was tired that day,Cried and sobbed that she was glad she’d done it,That her soul was satisfied. That Lord knows,A little walkin’ never hurt anybody; That in one of those unplanned, unexpected,Unadorned moments—A weary woman turned the page of History.
STUDENT 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 Papa
I 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 Youth
Mama believed in God Thank the Lord Renate saved him
We rejoin the family There he is I observe Mama’s reaction
I’m introduced to them all He meets my family Mama smiles and introduces us all
Renate? Ulrich? He’s a strong boy
Such a pretty name His name fits him Sturdy name
Can she forgive me? He’s no longer a Nazi I think those two could be a good match
He was going to end his life
Just to get out of the wretched army
She smiled at me He smiled back They seem to get along
I can’t believe I’m saying this You can do it
I forgive him
SELF-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 EXCERPTS
dirty
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 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, tweets, 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 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?
TIMELINE: March - May English IV SharePoint Calendar
http://sp101.k12.sd.us/deubrookenglish4
Men’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-LESSONS In-text citations Writing inspired from a photo or song Taking your writing further Letter to reader Thesis statements Revision Opening piece
POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR RESEARCH BASED PAPERS
Holocaust Careers Historical Events
Social Issues
Family Member Literature Stereotype
s Science
Disease Hobbies Athletes ANYTHING!
Personal Hero
Historical Villain
21st
CENTUR
Y SKILLS•CREATIVITY
•CRITICAL THINKING
•PROBLEM SOLVING
•SELF-DIRECTION
•COMMUNICATION
•COLLABORATION
SD LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT STANDARDS
12.W.1.3
Students can revise document for ideas, organization, diction, fluency, voice, and presentation.
12.W.2.1
Students can edit a document for all conventions.
12.R.2.1
Students can evaluate how style affects the meaning of text.
12.R.3.1
Students can evaluate text for the author’s style.
12.LVS.1.3
Students can narrate a multimedia presentation that combines text, images, and sounds to reflect, to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
OTHER 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 WIKI Assignment description (with research design & rubric
included)
Example paper
Links to classroom calendar
Dakota Writing Project handout
Requests for information? [email protected] Twitter @sampeil
CHANGES FOR FUTURE Presentations as digital stories??
Start earlier
Require students to read a book for research at the before 2nd semester
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Dickson, Randi, Jon DeGraff, and Mark Foard. "Learning about self and others
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