Students Write With Passion - Multigenre Writing Projects

Tom Romano explains:

“A multigenre paper arises from research, experience, and imagination. It is not an uninterrupted, expository monolog nor a seamless narrative nor a collection of poems. A mulitigenre paper is composed of many genres and subgenres, each piece self-contained, making a point of its own, yet connected by theme or topic and sometimes by language, images, and content. In addition to many genres, a multigenre paper may also contain many voices, not just the author’s. The trick is to make such a paper hang together.”
(Romano, Blending Genre, Altering Style)

Multigenre Writing Projects:

· provide rich learning experiences for all

· are truly ‘open ended’, catering beautifully to a range of abilities and talents

· promote high level focused discussion and higher order thinking

· promote creativity and embrace the use of various art forms in presentation of the work

· enable children to follow their true interests and passions, therefore engaging them fully in the process

· allow children to explore their own experiences, thoughts, feelings and ideas, therefore developing deeper understandings of themselves and others

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The 8 Steps To Mulitgenre Writing Success