MGP

April 14, 2008 at 3:05 am (general)

The Multi-Genre Research Project (MGP)

What is a multi-genre research project?

A MGP is a project in which you do research and write about your topic in a variety of different genres. This allows you to capture different aspects of your topic, rather than only one. Think about it…how does a song differ from an advertisement? Each genre presents a new opportunity to capture something unique about your topic.

Goals:

  • Learn how to cite sources in the text of an essay
  • Write a proper works cited page according to MLA standards
  • Familiarize yourself with one aspect of Shakespeare’s life or plays
  • Practice expository writing AND other forms of written expression

Requirements

  • 1-page informative essay on your topic
  • 4 other pieces of different genres
    • Options:
      • Story
      • Letter
      • Dialogue (as if you are writing a play)
      • Cartoon
      • Drawing
      • Story photos ( a photograph or picture that you narrate, or tell the story of)
      • Poem
      • Biography
      • Monologue
      • Song
      • Advertisement

  • Pre- and Post-notes for each piece
    • These are notes written before and after you write each piece.
    • PRE-NOTES– Before you write, ask yourself what your intentions are with this piece. What do you hope to accomplish with your poem, for example, and how do you think that will be accomplished. What do you most want to SHOW about your topic with the piece you are about to write?
    • POST-NOTES— after you finish your final draft of the piece, assess yourself on your work. Did you do what you wanted to do? How is this piece is successful in showing something you wanted to show your reader about your topic?

TOPIC OPTIONS:

  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • Shakespeare’s education
  • Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway
  • Shakespeare’s sonnets
  • Shakespeare’s tragedies
  • Dance in Elizabethan England
  • The Plague in England
  • religion in Shakespeare’s time
  • arranged marriages
  • astrology (contemporary may be included but must also cover Shakespeare’s time)
  • Petrarch’s poetry

A REALLY GREAT RESOURCE: GO TO MS. A’S WEBSITE AND CLICK ON ELIZABETHAN TIMES. OR GO DIRECTLY TO THE ELIZABETHAN TIMES SITE. YOU WILL FIND INFO THERE ON MOST OF THESE TOPICS!

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