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Dr. Nancy Mack Multigenre Research Projects: Multifaceted, Multipurpose Writing Assignments Teachers College Press.
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 …
Multigenre writing projects respond to contemporary conceptions of genre, audience, voice, arrangement and style by enabling students to tap into their knowledge about new media …
In this course you will be trying something a little different: a multigenre research paper on a literary, historical, scientific, political, popular cultural, or technological …
Genre Theory. Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Charles Paine (Writing Today 2010) maintain: Genres reflect the things people do, and they are always evolving because human activities …
In this proposal, you have an opportunity to think-in-writing about your plans for your multigenre research. This is an informal piece of writing about your research interests, the questions …
In the multi-genre research project, students use the information gathered from their research and the books they read to create snippets oftheir authors' lives. Romano's multi-genre paper …
This Multigenre Research Project guide provides teachers across subject areas everything they need to help students go deeper and show learning and mastery.