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// **Jeremy Hyler - 7th/8th Grade Language Arts** //
Email: almaballer40@gmail.com Twitter: @jeremybballer blog: jeremyhyler40.wordpress.com

What is Multigenre?
T he student selects a topic and develops focus questions to narrow the research process. Students conduct research as if it were a traditional research paper by collecting information, synthesizing the information,and presenting it through several genres.

Instead of the single, extended prose piece of a traditional research paper, though, the multigenre paper consists of a number of genres that focus on the Common Core State Standards focus areas (argument, narrative, informational, and visual). Examples of genres could potentially be poetry, advice columns, diary entries, news articles, lists, artwork, comic strips, digital stories, or podcasts. I like to think my students are being creative in their writing based on fact.

Why Multigenre?
Tom Romano, widely known for his work with multi-genre says:

“//I don’t want student to become Johnny-One-Genres, which is what I was until I got to college... I oppose such exclusivity. Writing is a big world mural, not a snapshot//” (Romano, 88-89)



Camille Allen writes:

// "I’ve seen multigenre research papers change students’ negative perceptions of, research, writing, and oral presentations. When given the chance to select their own topics to research, decide which genres to write in, and determine how they want to present their findings to an audience, students change. They become empowered. They assume ownership of their learning and display pride in showing off their accomplishments. They grow" // (Allen 1).



My Contentions

CCSS Topics for Research Possible Genres for Students Research Survey MultiGenre Rubric (Subject to Change)

Additional Resources
@http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/2737 - Student examples on NWP's Digital Is Website [] - Animoto student example - Poaching Writing Fix - Informational journal prompts [|Multigenre Mapper] [|BioCube](for identifying characteristics of a person for a biography) Barry Lane's Wacky-We Search Handout Graphic Writing/Novels - Visual literacies @http://youthvoices.net/ - Self guided research

Book Resources
A Teacher's Guide to the Multigenre Research Project by Melinda Putz The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks Get It Done - Writing and Analyzing Informational Text by Jeffrey D Wilhelm, Michael Smith, and James Fredricksen

Digital Tools
animoto glogster toondoo pixton