Class_10-March 31: Multigenre Writing

Discuss Dahl’s Boy

Interactive lecture: Multigenre Writing

Interactive Lecture: Multigenre writing (Please see blog!)

• Multi-Genre Writing and Genre Descriptions
• Tom Ramono’s site: http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/index.html
• http://www.pschulze.com/forms2003/fall_2002_multigenre_webs.htm (multigenre projects)

• Reading/Writing Workshop: Multigenre writing-Pirates!
• Please check out the MGPICS PowerPoint

• Mini-Lessons
  • Concrete Poetry from our environment!
  • I Poetry from our environment!

Research Resources

• http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html A direct link to child-friendly search engines

• Thinkquest Library http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library

• Science Connections-http://nckidscience.com/
• Social Studies Connections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• Social Studies and Language Arts
  
  • http://edsitement.neh.gov/
  • http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Internet Workshops

• Frogs
• Sea Turtles
• The MOON

Topics of Interest

• ThinkQuest
• National Geographic

ASSIGNMENTS

• Please read: Youngs, S. & Barone, D. (2007). Writing without boundaries: What’s possible when students combine genres. Heinemann:Portsmouth, NH.
• Gillespie, J. (2005). “It would be fun to do again”: Multigenre responses to literature.  Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 48, 8, 678-684.
• Bring draft of MG memoir to next class.
• Come to class prepared to discuss your invitation for multigenre writing in your classroom.
• Continue working on Poetry assignment.