MULTI-GENRE FAMOUS PERSON



MULTI-GENRE FAMOUS PERSON

RESEARCH PROJECT

One of the reasons that you are attending school is to acquire the skills necessary to learn on your own. The multi-genre research project will help you learn some of these skills as you research a famous person and will give you a format for presenting the information you learned in several interesting ways. After you have chosen your famous person, make certain that there is plenty of information about him/her. Since you are already in the habit of reading and writing on a regular basis, now all of your reading and writing can center on your topic. You will use a bibliography chart and note taking chart where you will record the pages and sources you have read and the information you have found. You will transform the data you uncovered into a research report and five different genres of writing. You must include a bibliography of all your sources. The multi-genre research project will be worth 800 points.

CALENDAR

INTRODUCE PROJECT FEBRUARY 14

TOPIC, SOURCES FEBRUARY 28

TAKE NOTES FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 14

ROUGH DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE MARCH 25

ROUGH DRAFT OF SHORT NARRATIVE/PLAY APRIL 15

ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP A and B APRIL 29

ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP C AND D MAY 6

FINAL PROJECT DUE MAY 20

THE PROCESS

1. Students are to research a FAMOUS PERSON (LIVING OR DEAD). A good research paper requires plenty of information from a variety of sources. You will be required to use a minimum of THREE different sources, two may come from the same genre. Choose from these possibilities:

Books

Magazines, Newspapers

Television programs

Videos

Internet sites

Personal interviews

Encyclopedias

You will document your sources in a bibliography.

2. Once all research has been completed, students are to use their information to create a Multi-genre Booklet (FOLDER) about their assigned famous person using the activities listed.

3. When all activities have been finished, students should compile them into a booklet (FOLDER). The booklet (FOLDER) must have an illustrated front cover, a title page, and a table of contents page. On the front cover students should write the name of the famous person as well as a creative title. The cover should reflect the famous person’s unique personality: consider a collage, drawings, pictures, etc. The title page should contain the famous person’s name, student's name, student number, and date.

4. All assignments are to be done as neatly and thoroughly as possible. All written activities should be written in blue ink or typed. Creativity is encouraged. Art work, illustrations, pictures, etc., will greatly enhance the effectiveness of the booklet.

Genres of Writing

In addition to the actual research report (ROUGH DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER AND BIBLIOGRAPHY  DUE MARCH 25), you will write five additional pieces of writing exploring a variety of genres.

1.[pic]You will be required to write a short narrative (story) or play (ROUGH DRAFT OF SHORT NARRATIVE/PLAY APRIL 15).

2. You will be required to write one piece of writing from GENRE GROUP A (ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP A  APRIL 29).

1. ORIGINAL POEM-Write an original poem about your famous person or some aspect of your famous person’s life. Minimum 10 lines.

2. SONG-Pick a song that you feel represents your famous person. Write a copy of the lyrics. Then, as your famous person, explain why this song is your "theme song."

3.  QUIZ- You've taken many quizzes, so you know how they look. Make yours a multiple choice quiz with at least ten questions. Then, at the bottom of the page, put a key to the answers and any explanations you need. Quizzes are great places to put facts. 

4. MEMORY- A memory is similar to a monologue in that it is the reflection of one speaker. To write a memory is to single out an important event from the past and recall its details (who, what, when, and where) and to write also about why the memory is important. How did the event change the person (speaker, narrator) or why does it still come to mind? Why was this event important? Memories are written in first person point of view and should be full of details that make the event seem true to life. Your reader should be able to visualize the event, almost as if he or she were there. 

5. SONG/BALLAD-  Write ORIGINAL lyrics to a song or ballad (a song that tells a story). You should have several verses. Think of the main ideas you want the song to express. Remember that songs are to be sung, so think of that as you compose. Look at the structures of some of your favorite songs to use for examples.  The Ballad of (Famous Person)

6. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT- When important events happen, someone is generally there to see it happen. An eyewitness is asked to give details about exactly what happened, when it happened and how it happened. The eyewitness would provide specific, concrete details like colors, sizes, distances, times, etc. that make the account as factual as possible. While not everyone sees an event in the exact same way, eyewitness accounts help us put the event into perspective. Write as an eye witness to an important event in your famous person’s life.

3. You will be required to write one piece of writing from GENRE GROUP B (ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP B  APRIL 29)

1. INTERVIEW -Interview your famous person as if you were Jay Leno or Oprah Winfrey. WRITE THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS. When trying to figure out appropriate questions to ask an interviewee follow this guideline.  First, get the facts.  Next, ask your interviewee to clarify what has been said.  (What do you mean by...?)  Then the interviewer is supposed to verify information given, provide any follow-up questions, and provide closure to the discussion. 

2. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE-Write a newspaper account of an event in which your famous person is involved. Use a newsletter template

3.  DIARY -Pretend that you are the famous person you've chosen. Write a diary entry about a day you have just had. A personal diary is a daily journal, a recording of the significant moments of the day. It begins with the date. Some diary writers begin, "Dear Diary," but that's not a rule. Since a diary is meant to be personal, it often reveals feelings and thoughts that people tend to keep private. You should include diary entries for several days.

4. ADVICE COLUMN -Pretend that you are the famous person you've chosen. Write a letter to Dear Abby telling her about a problem that you have been having. Be sure that you include a response from Abby. Like the ones you find in magazines or newspapers, an advice column features a letter from a reader who needs advice or help and a response from the columnist whose expertise allows him or her to sincerely give this help. You should consult a real column in a newspaper to see how you could format yours.

5. ESSAY-Write an essay in which you use the following thesis statement: The famous person(famous person’s name) is (adjective,) (adjective), and (adjective.)

4. You will be required to write one piece from GENRE GROUP C (ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP C AND D  MAY 6)

1.  TRAVEL POSTER A travel poster can use graphics, photos, or drawings to reveal a certain place in the world relevant to your famous person.  Make sure you use the space on your poster effectively.  Capture the viewers attention and keep it.  Your travel poster should reveal the essence of the destination and what it has to offer.  Keep the design simple yet inclusive of all necessary information.  Achieve unity in the design by the use of balance and repetition. 

2. ADVERTISEMENT- Create a one page advertisement like you'd see in a magazine. You want to get your reader's attention, demonstrate the need for what you are selling, and show how your product/service will satisfy that need. Study professional ads to see how these goals are accomplished and use those examples as your models. Your ad must relate to your famous person.

3. CD COVER- Create the art work for the front. Include the name of the band and the title of the CD. Then, on another "square," include your list of song titles. CDs generally have between 10-13 songs. Finally, include the lyrics to one song or liner notes. Liner notes are notes about the making of the CD, the experiences of the band, or other informative details that would be of interest to the listener. Make this information related to your famous person. See a real CD or album for a model of how yours might look. 

4. GREETING CARD- A typical greeting card has a specific purpose: wishing someone a happy birthday or anniversary or expressing a feeling about another occasion. There is a sender and a receiver. Also, the card itself has a cover with an illustration or picture, maybe even a cartoon and an inside with the main message or the punch line to a joke begun on the cover. See several real cards to get a sense of how you could design your card. Be sure you also include a little note to your sender to make the card personal. This can be to or from your famous person. If to your famous person, it could be in celebration of an important event in his/her life.

5. POST CARD- A post card must have three parts. On the front are the picture and a greeting, such as "Hello from Ontario," or "Wish you were skiing with us." On the back are the address and stamp to the right and the message to the left. People generally write in small print on postcards to let them say everything they want to say or they may write brief ideas. Be sure that each word in your message counts or means something.  This needs to have something to do with your famous person.

5. You will be required to write one piece from GENRE GROUP  D

(ROUGH DRAFT GENRE GROUP C AND D  MAY 6)

1.   CARTOON-Design a five panel cartoon of an event in your famous person’s life.

2.   COLLAGE-Create a collage depicting various events, people, and things of importance to your famous person. COLLAGE Create a collage of images that represent the key ideas you are representing. The collage can include words and phrases to reinforce ideas. You must also include a short paragraph explaining the significance of the images in your collage. 

3. PORTRAIT-Draw a portrait of your famous person.

4. ANNOUNCEMENT- We hear announcements each day in school. There are also announcements in church or before a meeting. Announcements alert people to important events that are coming up. Create an announcement that gives critical information about an upcoming event: who, what, when, where, why, and how. Top the announcement with an attention-getting label. The announcement should relate to something in your famous person’s life.

5. ILLUSTRATION- An illustration is a drawing that illustrates a concept or an idea. It is often accompanied by labels or margin notes to explain aspects of the drawing. An illustration is often done in ink on white paper and is detailed. Think of how a scientist illustrates the process of cell reproduction or how a naturalist illustrates the stages maples trees go through during the four seasons.  Your illustration should be related to some aspect of your famous person’s life.

6. You will be required to fill in a Self Assessment Worksheet (HANDED IN WITH FINAL PROJECT)

On  MAY 20you will turn in a multi-genre project that contains eight items:

1.[pic]A Research Paper on your topic (300-500 words)

This paper relies on information outside of the writer’s own knowledge base. You will be expected to “paraphrase, summarize, and directly quote other sources and work these intelligently, logically, smoothly, and grammatically into your text.” For this paper, you must site varied (electronic sources, periodical, books) sources. This project involves more than merely collecting information on a topic. As soon as possible, you should formulate a research question that defines your purpose. Further research will help you answer your question and speed you towards formulating your thesis.

2.[pic] A BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.[pic] A short narrative or play

3. One piece of writing from GENRE GROUP A

4. One piece of writing from GENRE GROUP B

5.[pic]One piece from GENRE GROUP C

6. One piece from GENRE GROUP D

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7. A Self Assessment Worksheet

The Final Product

Booklet

All of your writings will be contained in a professional and creative FOLDER. (NO BINDERS). You must have a cover, title page, assignments, and bibliography in the above order.

Multi-Genre Research Paper Rubric

FORMAT

An eye-catching folder with a clever, original title of your project. 30

A neatly typed title page with the famous person’s name, your name, number, and date 10

A table of contents that lists assignments and titles.  10

1. Research Paper on your topic ( 300-500 words) 100

2.  A bibliography  75

3. Your short story or play 100

4. One piece of writing from GENRE GROUP A   75

5. One piece of writing from GENRE GROUP B   75

6.  One piece from GENRE GROUP C                 75

7.  One piece from GENRE GROUP D               75

8. A Self Assessment Worksheet 25

Bibliography cards 50

Note cards 100

 

TOTAL FOR MGRP 800 points

One-Act Play Rubric for the Multi-Genre Research Paper

Your one-act play will dramatize a short scene that centers on your topic. It should have a conflict revealed only through dialogue that will be resolved by the end of the play. Here are the requirements for your play:

•[pic]A catchy title.

•[pic]A conflict concerning your topic and involving at least two characters and no more than five.

•[pic]Strong character development and plot revealed through dialogue.

•[pic]Stage/camera directions that show setting and use of props, movement, and emotion only (or special camera directions and establishing shots for screenplay). This is not a narrator for your play. Nothing involving plot or character development is allowed in the stage directions.

•[pic]A strong conclusion that ties up the loose ends, leaves a character changed or having learned something new.

•[pic]Approximately five to seven pages long.

•[pic]No more than three changes of scenes.

•[pic]Correct conventions

•[pic]Proper play/screenplay format.

Short Story Rubric for the Multi-Genre Research Paper

A short story is fiction, meaning that it is not true. Create a short story that revolves around your topic. This is what I am looking for:

•[pic]Catchy, creative title

•[pic]Characters that are realistic. Their personalities are revealed through their actions, appearance, speech and other characters' reaction to them.

•[pic]A plot full of conflict and suspense that holds the reader's interest through the rising action, climax and resolution.

•[pic]Your topic is important to the story.

•[pic]Strong images.

•[pic]Correct conventions.

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List of Sources

Number[pic]Bibliographic Entry

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                                                          Notes Chart

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Heading[pic]Page #’s[pic]Notes

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Self Assessment Worksheet

Please answer the following questions in order to help me better understand the experience you had as a multi-genre writer.

1. What surprised you? (about this project)

 

2. What did you learn about writing in different genres as a way of inquiring into your topic and communicating what you know?

3. Tell me about the best piece of writing in your project and describe why it is best.

4. Tell me about the weakest piece of writing in your project and describe why it is weakest.

5. What was hard about writing your multi-genre project?

6. What could have made creating this project easier?

7. What did you learn about content and/or form?  (the how to of writing bibliography cards, note cards, internal citations, works cited, etc.)

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used for identifying research sources. In MLA style you briefly credit sources with parenthetical citations in the text of your paper, and give the complete description of each source in your Works Cited list. The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list of all the sources used in your paper, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, or when there is no author, by the first word of the title (except A, An or The). [5.1-5.5]

BOOKS [5.6]

Author. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

([pic]This is the basic format for a Works Cited entry.

([pic]Take the title from the title page, not the cover.

([pic]The author's name should be written Last Name, First Name.

One Author [5.6.1]

Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Editor or Compiler [5.6.2]

([pic]If the person named on the title page is the editor or compiler, rather than the author, add a comma then the abbreviation "ed." or "comp."

Carpenter, Allan, comp. Facts About the Cities. New York: Wilson, 1992.

Kreider, Jan F., ed. Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. Boca Raton: CRC, 1993.

Two or More Authors [5.6.4]

([pic]List the names in the order they appear on the title page.

([pic]Only the first author's name should be reversed: Last Name, First Name.

([pic]Use a comma between the authors' names. Place a period after the last author's name.

Rowe, Richard, and Larry Jeffus. The Essential Welder: Gas Metal Arc Welding Classroom Manual. Albany: Delmar, 2000.

([pic]If there are more than three authors, name only the first and add et al., or give all the names.

Randall, John E., Gerald R. Allen, and Roger C. Steene. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997.

([pic]If the persons named on the title page are editors or compilers, add a comma after the final name, then the abbreviation "eds." or "comps."

Clute, John, and Peter Nicholls, eds. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's, 1993.

   

ESSAY, POEM, or SHORT STORY in an ANTHOLOGY [5.6.7]

Author of Story. "Title of Story." Title of Book. Name of Editor. Edition (if given). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS and REFERENCE BOOKS [5.6.8]

Author of Article (if given). "Article Title." Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

Lesko, Leonard H. "Pyramids." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2001.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES [5.7.6]

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s).

([pic]Abbreviate the months (except May, June, July). Give complete dates for magazines issued every week or every two weeks, written in this order: Day Month Year, e.g., 15 January 2000

Dominus, Susan. "Why Pretty Isn’t Pretty Enough Anymore." Glamour Jan. 2004: 136+.

Talcott, Richard. "Great Comets." Astronomy May 2004: 36-41.

No Author Given [5.7.9]

([pic]If no author's name is given, begin with the title of the article.

"Qantas Looks to Airbus for Long-Range Aircraft." Aviation Week and Space Technology 5 Apr. 2004: 22.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES [5.7.5]

Author. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper Date, edition: Page(s).

Daranciang, Nelson. “Web Site Debated." Honolulu Star-Bulletin 8 Apr. 2004, night final ed.: A3.

([pic]Complete publication information may not be available for a Web site; provide what is given.

VIDEORECORDINGS [5.8.3]

Title. Director, Producer, and/or Writer. Medium. Distributor, Year.

Monet: Legacy of Light. Writ., dir, and prod. Michael Gill. Videocassette. Home Vision, 1989.

TELEVISION PROGRAMS [5.8.1]

"Title of Episode or Segment."  Title of Program or Series. Credit (Performer, writer,

    etc). Name of Network. Call Letters (if any), City of Local Station (if any).

    Broadcast Date.

"Daddy Knows Best." Cold Case Files. Narr. Bill Kurtis. A & E. 6 Sept. 2004.

"Why the Towers Fell." Nova. PBS. KHET, Honolulu. 7 Sept. 2004.

INTERVIEWS [5.8.7]

Interview Conducted by the Researcher

Person Interviewed. Type of Interview (personal, telephone, email, etc.). Date.

Nakamura, Michael. Personal interview. 23 July 2004.

Broadcast Interview

([pic]Add information for the television or radio broadcast.

Clinton, Bill. Interview with Larry King. Larry King Live. CNN. 24 June 2004.

PREPARING A BIBLIOGRAPHY

A bibliography is a list of the sources (books, magazines, encyclopedias, Internet sources, and so forth) that you use in preparing a report or article. To prepare a bibliography it is necessary that you have certain information about each reference that you use. Usually this includes:

Author (s)

Name of Article

Name of Book or other Publication

Name of Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Pages Used The exact information that is required and the way it is presented in your bibliography depends on the type of reference material used, as shown below

BOOK:

Author or authors. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication.

Example:

Franklin, John Hope. George Washington Williams: A Biography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.

ARTICLE:

Author or authors. "Title of article," Title of publication (journal, magazine, newspaper) Volume or number of issue, if any (Date of publication): Pages Used.

Example:

Jackson, Richard. "Running Down the Up-Escalator: Regional Inequality in Papua, New Guinea." Australian Geographer 14 (May 1979): 175-84.

ENCYCLOPEDIA:

Before you cite an article from an encyclopedia, you must determine whether the article is signed or unsigned. Signed articles require much more information in the citation than unsigned articles.

Signed Article in an Encyclopedia:

Lamar, Howard R., ed. "Billy the Kid," by Gary L. Roberts. The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.

Unsigned Article in an Encyclopedia:

"Sumatra." Encyclopedia Americana. 1975 ed.

WORLD WIDE WEB:

A web site

Author(s). Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date of Access .

Web site examples

Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999. Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2000 .

Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 10 Feb. 2003 .

Finally, your bibliography is ALWAYS on a separate sheet of paper and the entries are always in alphabetical order, based on the first word in the entry.

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Americana. 1975 ed. "Sumatra."

Jackson, Richard. "Running Down the Up-Escalator: Regional Inequality in Papua, New Guinea." Australian Geographer 14 (May 1979): 175-84.

Lamar, Howard R., ed. The Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West. New York: Harper & Row, 1977. "Billy the Kid," by Gary L. ROBERTS.

Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 10 Feb. 2003 .

Works Cited

Author’s Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year.

Author’s Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Publication Date Published: Pages.

Author’s Name. “Title of Online Article.” Title of Online Publication Version (Year Published): Pages. Date Accessed .

“Title of Article.” Title of Media. CD-ROM. City: Publisher, Year.

Your notes should be facts or key ideas on one specific subtopic -- do not copy a complete sentence unless you are going to use it as a direct quote with a footnote. Add any thoughts of your own that relate to the note above[pic][pic]

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YOUR NAME AND NUMBER SHOULD BE ON THE BACK OF EACH NOTE CARD.

Anatomy of a Note card

At the top left of each card, indicate the SUBTOPIC. The subtopic is a heading to indicate what in general this note is about. Later on, you'll be dividing your note cards into piles, according to the subtopics, to help organize your writing process. It's useful early in the note-taking process to come up with headings that will work for you. They form a kind of outline for your paper. You want your headings not so specific that there will only be one note card for each heading, but also not so general that there will be dozens for each heading.

In the upper right hand corner put the SOURCE NUMBER (from your bibliography cards).

In the lower right hand corner put the PAGE OR PAGE NUMBERS (p. or pp.)from the source.

Most of your note cards should be paraphrased- fully put into my own words; this is the way to show that you truly understand the information and aren't just copying it down or perhaps changing a word here and there. Occasionally, you will want to quote directly from a source. When you do, make sure your note card indicates clearly that you are using a quotation and not a paraphrase.

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