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Language Arts

Exploring the Past through Multigenre Writing

by Sirpa T. Grierson

Exploring the Past through Multigenre Writing
Grades
K - 8
Type
Journal
Published
September 2002
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

Research comes alive when students explore a range of alternate genres instead of writing the traditional research report.

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  • Calendar Activities
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  • Lesson Plans
Grades
9 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
David Macaulay was born in 1946.
Students use the Multigenre Mapper interactive to explore Macaulay's use of multiple genres by composing original multigenre texts.
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Unit
Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project

Using The Grapes of Wrath as a backdrop, students conduct research on issues that the novel addresses, publishing their findings in a multigenre museum exhibit.

Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing
Using Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create a working definition of multigenre text and then use that definition to create their own multigenre piece about winter or another theme.