STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Read Stephen Crane’s Maggie, A Girl of the Streets

Pay attention to the details, notice the characters – how do they respond to each other? Why?, what was life like for the characters in the story?, Why do they make the choices they make? …. Etc.

Pick a “project” (genre) from the list and create one for the novella. For example:

You could write a poem inspired by the novella Write a letter from one character to another Illustrate the book in a painting Create a movie trailer for the book Etc., just choose something from the list on the

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Journal Entries Personal Letter Greeting Card Schedule/Things to Do List Inner Monologue Representing Internal Conflicts Classified or Personal Ads Top Ten List/Glossary or Dictionary Poetry Song Lyrics Autobiographical Essay Contest Entry Application Biographical Summary Speech or Debate Historical Times Context Essay Encyclopedia Article Short Scene from a Play with Notes for Stage

Directions Movie Trailer Short Scene from a Movie with Notes for

Camera Shots Dialogue of a Conversation among Two or More People Short Story Adventure Magazine Story Ghost Story Myth, Tall Tale, or Fairy Tale Talk Show Interview or Panel Recipe and Description of Traditional Holiday Events Character Analysis or Case Study Comedy Routine or Parody Liner Notes Picture book Chart or Diagram with Explanation and

Analysis Brochure or Newsletter Time Line or Chain of Events Map with Explanation and Analysis Magazine or TV Advertisement or Infomercial Restaurant Description and Menu Travel Brochure Description How-To or Directions Booklet Receipts, Applications, Deeds, Budgets

or Other Documents Wedding, Graduation or Special Event InvitationBirth Certificate Local News Report Pop-Up book Review and Poster for a Movie, Book, or TV Program Board Game or Trivial Pursuit with

Answers and Rules Comic Strip or Graphic Novel excerpt Power Point Presentation Informational Video Web Site Future News Story Letter to the Editor Newspaper or Magazine Feature/Human Interest Story Obituary, Eulogy or Tribute News Program Story or Announcement Tabloid Article

Ask yourself… Why am I choosing this particular genre? What do I want to show, express, or convey

through this genre?

Research the tenement era Find 2 articles that you can annotate Feel free to use the following sites or you can use the

Walton Media Center site (Mackinvia)  http://tenement.org/research.html

http://www.nps.gov/loea/index.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/tenements

http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-05-09

History databases on Mackinvia

Now research modern tenement style housing in the USA. Key words could be: Section 8 housing, slums,

poverty, modern Hoover-villes, etc.

Find 2 articles you can annotate

Now put the 4 articles (2 for modern/2 for tenement) you found in an annotated bibliography

This is the SAME format as what you just did for the research paper EX: Citation, then a summary of the article,

then a statement of credibility for the site, then what you learned.

Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the tenement era

Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the modern era

In a binder, folder, book…organize the pieces of the project 1st page= Dear Reader 2nd page = Table of Contents 3rd = your “project” piece related to the tenement

era 4th = your “project” piece related to Maggie, A Girl

of the Streets 5th = your “project” piece related to the modern

era 6th = your annotated bibliography 7th = your self assessment

This is just a letter from you to me explaining What you learned Why you chose the “projects” (genres) you

chose From what perspective you approached the

project (did you do all the projects from the perspective of a child, did you do them all from the perspective of a family, etc.)

This simply reflects what you learned. All you have to do is answer the following

questions HONESTLY.

1.What surprised you about completing this project? 2.What was hard about completing this project? Why? 3.What could you have done to make your work more

productive/efficient? 4.What did you learn from the process of creating this

multigenre project on this specific piece of literature? 5.What advice would you give to someone who was

just assigned a multigenre project?

Now you have read a piece of literature and connected to the past AND present

You have reinforced your research skills And you have had a chance to show what

you know in a more creative way!