Cape Ann Arts & Culture Multigenre Writing Project:
Multigenre Paper (Final Exam)
PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO DIRECTIONS.
[] To complete this assignment you will need ton consult all four (4) genres you have written on the topic:
annotated bibliography, research paper, personal experience essay, and poetry.
[] Bring your Multigenre Paper to Stage Fort Park (rain location: GHS library) on Friday, June 17 at noon
across from the Cupboard.
The paper will need to have the following elements:
[] Title Page including the following information: your name, my name, course, date.
[] Dedication and Epigraph: dedicate the poem to someone you’d like to honor; choose a
quotation that reflects your feelings or an idea related to the paper.
[] Preface (¾ to one page, twelve point font, double-spaced)
1. Paragraph 1: reflect on the process of completing the multigenre project (what have you learned about your topic, your city, particular genres, the writing process, conducting research, yourself, etc.?)
2. Paragraph 2: reflect on how specific ways you could improve any of the genres if you had more time and how you will apply what you learned while completing this project to doing a better job with future projects in your senior year, college, and/or the workplace,
3. Paragraph 3: reflect on the role and value of each of the four genres: annotated bibliography, research paper, personal essay, and poetry. Think about how the conventions of each genre allow you to explore and reveal the topic in particular ways. What are the advantages and what are the limitations of each genre?
[] Proposal for a public education campaign, a political action campaign, or a public art campaign related to your topic. (one to two pages, 12 point font)
CHOOSE ONE PROPOSAL. CROSS-OUT THE OTHERS. NOTICE THAT THERE ARE THREE PARTS OF THE PROPOSAL. (EXPLAIN WHAT, WHY, AND HOW.)
[] Propose a campaign to educate the public about your topic.
[] Explain what you will educate them about. Be specific.
[] Explain why education about your topic is necessary or helpful.
[] Explain how you will educate people about your topic.
[] Propose a political action campaign about your topic.
[] Explain. What is the political change you want?
[] Explain why the political action is necessary or helpful.
[] Explain how you will organize and execute the political action.
[] Propose a public art project related to your topic.
[] Explain what the public art project will be.
[] Explain why the public art is necessary or valuable.
[] Explain how you will make the art project happen.
[] Include a clean, proofread copy of the best writing you have done in the project. You may choose any
of the genres: double-entry notes, annotated bibliography, researched argument, personal
experience essay, spontaneous poem, or metaphor poem.
[] “Something else”: Another genre of writing or genre of art which might include:
Photo/Painting/Collage/Drawing, Email or IM, Letter (to the editor, to someone related to the topic, etc.), Fictional advertisement, Other? Use models and world for inspiration
This “something else” must be of your own creation! Plagiarism will result in a zero on the entire paper.
