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Section I Origins, Definitions, Sample Multigenre Paper |
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1 Personal History: A Shift in the Territory |
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Student Voice: "Unfinished Music #1---John" |
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2 Why Read Fearless Writing? |
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3 Definition of Multigenre |
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4 Some Multigenre History: Dialog with a Skeptic |
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Melding fact and imagination |
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9 | (7) |
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5 Definition of Multigenre in the Spirit of Multigenre |
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6 What's Wrong with Exposition? (Well-Written, Pointed, Voiceful Exposition, of Course) |
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Writing as mural, not snapshot |
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17 | (3) |
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"Logic and sermons never convince The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul" |
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20 | (1) |
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Student Voice: "Grey Area" |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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9 Multigenre Before Multigenre |
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Surprising facts about writers blending genres |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (15) |
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Student Voice: "Motivation Massacre 2007" |
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29 | (13) |
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Section II Assignment and Preparation |
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11 The Many ways of Multigenre |
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Multigenre assignment: specific instructions with room to soar |
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46 | (3) |
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12 Multigenre Through Media |
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Introduce multigenre with Ken Burns' Jazz |
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49 | (3) |
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13 Tilling the Garden: Idea Exploration and Research Design |
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52 | (10) |
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Student Voice: "Five Multigenre Ideas with Annotations" |
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54 | (3) |
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Student Voice: "MGP Research Design" |
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57 | (5) |
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14 Memo for a Final Boost |
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Encouragement, research strategies, flow |
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62 | (4) |
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Section III what to Write, How to write it |
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66 | (68) |
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Alert students to places where writing hides |
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67 | (5) |
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16 Don't Run from Exposition |
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Vividly explain, cogently argue (sometimes with sass) |
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72 | (1) |
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Student Voices: Expository writing |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (5) |
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Anchoring multigenre in story Flashes: characters who yearn |
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Student Voice: "Treasure Lost" |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (7) |
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Personify abstractions: "Procrastination sits around in his bathrobe" |
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Student Voices: "Regret," "Exhaustion," "Freewriting," "History and Tradition" |
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83 | (6) |
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89 | (10) |
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89 | (5) |
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"Waiting for the Dog" and writing process comments by Ken Brewer |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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20 Easing into Poetry Through Imitation |
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"Report to Ken Brewer, Poet Laureate of Utah" |
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99 | (2) |
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Student Voices: "where I'm From," "The Truth About Why I Dig," and "Unit Of Measure" |
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101 | (2) |
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"The Truth About Why I Love Potatoes" |
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103 | (5) |
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The lively hybrid without rhyme or line |
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108 | (2) |
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Student Voices: "Making Meaning," "Cold," "Twice a Year the Library Bustles" |
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110 | (2) |
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22 Prose Poem or Flash Fiction--- which? |
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112 | (3) |
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112 | (3) |
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23 where the Mind wanders. Part I: Stream of Consciousness |
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Capture the illusion and glory of raw thought: courting spontaneity |
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Student Voice: "on a bus in germany/Switzerland in june after high school graduation" |
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117 | (2) |
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24 Where the Mind wanders. Part II: Writing Dreams |
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Imagine dreamscapes to reveal character "Brad's Dream" |
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120 | (3) |
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Student Voice: "Recurring Dream" |
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123 | (2) |
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Often, the best parts of multigenre papers arise organically from the material and the writer at work |
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Student Voices: "The Learning Abled: A Definition," Visual Elements, "The Little Mermaid Uncovered," Dedications |
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126 | (8) |
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134 | (22) |
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26 Don't Dis the Beginning |
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Arouse readers' interest from the start |
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135 | (1) |
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Student Voices: Four multigenre beginnings |
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136 | (5) |
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27 of Golden Threads and Unity: "I Remember That!" |
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Introduce unity through film |
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Employ artful repetition to unify: five strategies |
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Student Voice: Ellen's Golden Thread |
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28 Another Rhetorical Space |
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Create endnotes that enlighten |
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Student Voice: "How I Became a Writer in the Sixth Grade" and corresponding endnote |
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A ghost from teaching past: Jonathan |
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152 | (4) |
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Section V Evaluation and Reflection |
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29 Evaluation and Learning |
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An unconventional rubric When rubric turns trivial: Marina |
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157 | (12) |
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30 Self-Assessment: Raising the Blinds |
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169 | (8) |
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Student Voice: "I don't need another rubric for why I missed the mark" |
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169 | (8) |
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31 Pre-Game: Multigenre Meets the Common Core Standards |
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177 | (4) |
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32 What's Right and wrong with the Standards for writing |
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181 | (10) |
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33 Something Hot and Savory |
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191 | (4) |
| Works Cited |
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| Acknowledgments |
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