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the last three years, I have been using the multi-genre research project
in my composition classes. A teacher friend of mine had told me that this
approach to composition pedagogy really ignited her kids. Frankly, there
are a few things that the American adolescent finds more tedious than
the research paper. Students hate to write them, and teachers hate to
read them. Because of their formal conventions, only the most competent
writers are capable of making their papers spark.
Some of the teachers who have introduced students to the multi-genre research format believe that we have an alternative that teaches the same kinds of critical thinking, research and writing, and also inspires creativity. |
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Here is a sample MGRP I created for use with my students |
How Does the Research Packet Fit In?
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Here is Another Example of a Product Package Related to the MGRP |
Pictures & work of Teachers Creating "Genre" Writing |
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Tom Romano |
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| Who is Tom Romano | Tom Romano teaches at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Before earning his Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire, he taught high school students for 17 years. Tom's professional interest is teaching writing, particularly multi-genre papers. He is the author of Clearing The Way; Writing With Passion; and Blending Genre, Altering Style | |
| English teachers write about Romano on NCTE-Talk | For me, Tom is his best when helping teacher and others see that THINKING and WRITING practice is worth much more than format practice. Thus, students who research a topic and then write an original poem, a newspaper account, a diary entry, a letter to the editor, and a variety of other genres they compile in project that may or may not be officially documented using MLA format are doing lots of good thinking and writing and exploring. And the teachers are seeing how motivated the students get when given the freedom to pick and choose. The students are learning about organizing research and thoughts/writing and the teachers are learning about teaching writing. - Teacher | |
| Is the notion of a "genre" outdated? | There are formulaic packages out there that do footbinding on young writers' minds, and they might appear in a single genre, whatever it might be, but outside of a highly constricted formula, how does one write short fiction, for example, without opinion and/or persuasion? How does one write science without narrating procedures? George Will does opinion/persuasion and almost always tells a story. What's an example of single-genre writing? - Teacher | |
| Question for the Thread | Do teachers who teach the MGRP process disadvantage young learners by not having them endure the rigors of the traditional research paper? | |
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