Multi+Genre+Project

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 * **Make an appointment with Mr. L. to receive feedback on your project!**
 * **Get suggestions for other genres to try.**
 * **Be encouraged to //take a few chances// and not suffer from the "safety syndrome."**

__**[|Parquet Dictionary]**__**-** this piece was the winning entry in last year's Norman Mailer / NCTE Student Writing Contest. It is considered nonfiction, though it reads like a story or memoir. Norman Mailer was a pioneer in this type of writing, which mixed personal reactions and reflections with factual reporting. The style developed in the 1960s and is known as "New Journalism."

__**Articles**__


 * On Keeping On** - New York Times Op-Ed piece on the power of poetry and what it meant to prisoners of war during the Vietnam era. Interesting discussion below the article in the Comments section.


 * Directions:** Follow the link to the article on the New York Times website.


 * Be prepared to answer the following questions in the upcoming quiz.**

1. What was the Hanoi Hilton?

2. How were poems shared there?

3. De-code the following secret message:

3,5 3,4 1,5 4,4 4,2 5,4

4,2 3,4 1,3 1,3 4,3

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 * 2012 Material**


 * Multi-Genre Artist Laurie Anderson**

Some thought-provoking music from [|Laurie Anderson]. You can listen while researching or writing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg42NVM4VeY

[|More from Anderson.]


 * Samples of multi-genre writing. (Let's add some of yours too!)**




 * Brainstorming: Types of nonfiction writing**




 * Multi Genre Overview Links and Examples**

http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/

http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/mgrpapers.htm