1. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

2.  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.

3.  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 next slide

4.  Journal EntriesPersonal Letter  Greeting CardSchedule/Things to Do List  Inner Monologue Representing Internal ConflictsClassified or Personal Ads  Top Ten List/Glossary or DictionaryPoetry  Song LyricsAutobiographical Essay  Contest Entry ApplicationBiographical Summary  Speech or DebateHistorical Times Context Essay  Encyclopedia ArticleShort Scene from a Play with Notes for Stage Directions  Movie TrailerShort Scene from a Movie with Notes for Camera Shots  Dialogue of a Conversation among Two or More PeopleShort Story  Adventure Magazine StoryGhost Story  Myth, Tall Tale, or Fairy TaleTalk Show Interview or Panel  Recipe and Description of Traditional Holiday EventsCharacter Analysis or Case Study  Comedy Routine or ParodyLiner Notes  Picture bookChart or Diagram with Explanation and Analysis  Brochure or NewsletterTime Line or Chain of Events  Map with Explanation and AnalysisMagazine or TV Advertisement or Infomercial  Restaurant Description and MenuTravel Brochure Description  How-To or Directions BookletReceipts, Applications, Deeds, Budgets or Other Documents  Wedding, Graduation or Special Event InvitationBirth Certificate  Local News ReportPop-Up book  Review and Poster for a Movie, Book, or TV ProgramBoard Game or Trivial Pursuit with Answers and Rules  Comic Strip or Graphic Novel excerptPower Point Presentation  Informational VideoWeb Site  Future News StoryLetter to the Editor  Newspaper or Magazine Feature/Human Interest Story  Obituary, Eulogy or TributeNews Program Story or Announcement  Tabloid Article 

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

6.  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://tenement.org/research.html  http://www.nps.gov/loea/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/loea/index.htm  http://www.history.com/topics/tenements http://www.history.com/topics/tenements  http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-05-09 http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-05-09  History databases on Mackinvia

7.  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

8.  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.

9.  Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the tenement era  Choose a “project” (genre) to create for the modern era

10.  In a binder, folder, book…organize the pieces of the project  1 st page= Dear Reader  2 nd page = Table of Contents  3 rd = your “project” piece related to the tenement era  4 th = your “project” piece related to Maggie, A Girl of the Streets  5 th = your “project” piece related to the modern era  6 th = your annotated bibliography  7 th = your self assessment

11.  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.)

12.  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?

13.  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!