Honors Semester Two: The MultiGenre Project!
Digital Outline due on TurnItIn.com: Friday, June 1st, 11:59pm
Final Text Due on TurnItIn.com: Friday, June 8th, 11:59pm
Final Presentations: Monday, June 11th, 12pm-4pm
Final Text Due on TurnItIn.com: Friday, June 8th, 11:59pm
Final Presentations: Monday, June 11th, 12pm-4pm
Update: |
Due to time constraints during the week of May 28th, and due to an absence by Stoll on May 31st,
students are no longer required to check in with Stoll before submitting the outline or the research proposal. Honors students are highly encouraged to check in with Stoll before/during/after school during POL week; please email Stoll to schedule a time to have a 15 minute chat if you have any questions, struggles, or challenges you are facing in developing you completed MultiGenre Project. KEEP IN MIND: If you're not having fun with this project, you're not doing it right! Have fun with this! ---Stoll |
Overview Packet:
Handed out in meeting on 4/10 MultiGenre Project Outline
Handed out in meeting on 5/25 *To edit, make a copy and edit in your personal drive* |
Topic Selection Survey: |
Resources & Examples
Stoll Says: "Blood and Bravery" gives several great examples of how to use visual poetry to add new perspectives to the Dracula story. Also, the Starbucks application filled out by Dracula himself is witty and creative. The student behind this work does a great job of including all of the necessary formal context to the MGP: the introduction, the "Notes" section (ie: Commentary), and Bibliography (ie: Works Cited) are all model examples of what a MGP should include.
Stoll Says: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has my favorite premise for a MGP because it looks at the behind-the-scenes drama and controversies behind one of the most well known films of all time. This project does a great job of telling a story that not many people know about having to do with a movie that everybody knows about. I appreciate the creativity in taking the perspective of the films star, Judy Garland, and connecting to the struggles she had as a child actor, and how that influenced the rest of her life, career, and pop culture in general. Outstanding pieces from this collection include the emotionally moving dialogue poem between Judy's parents, and the incident report log of the various weird accidents that happened on set.
Stoll Says: What makes the "Cross Dressing & Disney" example stand out is the unique format in which the project is constructed: a website! The project website is playful, cohessive and professional enough to be both engaging and effect. Some of the documents themselves could be a bit stronger as independent pieces, and some of the website could be a it easier to navigate; so students looking to replicate this should keep navigability and ease-of-use in mind. However, this project creator deserves a LOT of credit for the amount of time and skill that this website took to create. The premise is also a perfect example of how to take a well known piece of literature/film/pop culture and look at it from a very fresh perspective.