This Assignment Will Allow You to Use Research to Complete a Multi-Genre Research Project

This Assignment Will Allow You to Use Research to Complete a Multi-Genre Research Project

Multi-Genre Research Project

Name ______

This assignment will allow you to use research to complete a multi-genre research project. For this project, you select a famous person who demonstrates perseverance.

Sources of Information:

You must cite in your project at least 8 different sources of information. Keep your eyes open for films, television programs, magazine and newspaper articles, websites, and books about your topic. We will go over the correct MLA format for your work cited page. Most of your information should be found utilizing Cobb Virtual Library.

Notes:

As you research, you are required to keep notes organized on note and source cards by references. All of your notes should be neatly written and effectively organized so that you can cite correct sources. Don’t discard any of your notes!

Topics:

You are to select a famous person who demonstrates perseverance in his/her life. You are to research this person while staying focused on perseverance. (HINT: THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF YOUR WORK.) Your research is not designed to be a biography of the person’s entire life.

Creating Your Genre:

Think about interesting ways you can present this information besides an essay. You will need to have your research in class every day so that you can work as time is given. You will also be required to do some of your work at home.

Below is a list of genres. Each genre provides you with a choice of assignments. Remember, this is a writing assignment so your work should be text-heavy. You must also focus on ways in which your person represents perseverance.

I. Creative—Pick 1 / III. Technical—Pick 1—Each of these may not be appropriate for each person being researched. Select carefully.
Comic/Political Cartoon with Explanation-May use ComicLife program / Map with Explanation
Wanted Poster with Explanation / Chart or Diagram with Explanation
Vanity License Plates on Different Aspects of Your Person’s Life (3) with Explanations / Resume
Bumper Stickers on Different Aspects of Your Person’s Life(3) with Explanations / Time Line with Explanation
II. 3 paragraphs / IV. Response Pieces—Pick 1–Responses must be between your person and an important person in his/her life. You must remember to focus on perseverance.
A researched article about your chosen person that is supported using internal citation and a thesis. / Emails
Love Letters
V. Final Assessment—Required
Commencement Address—You are to give a commencement address as if you are the person you researched. It should be appropriate for those who are embarking on the next stage of their lives. Remember, it should also focus on the theme of perseverance. 5 minutes long. Have two copies when you come to school to present. One is for you to use, and one is for you to turn in before giving your speech. You may want to dress as your person.

Special Reminders:

Plagiarism—This must be your own writing! You cannot cut and paste information from websites, etc. in your paper. This is your research and your own ideas. If you copy words from others, you will either be written up or given a zero.

Not Enough Writing—This is a writing assignment, and although, some of the genres are not text based, you should make sure that you add well-written explanations to your work.

Grading:

This project will carry over multiple weeks, and will count as a major grade. Remember, this is a WRITING assignment so your work should contain proper grammar, spelling, and mechanics as well as written clearly utilizing things you know about writing.

Students will decide when they will turn in certain aspects of their projects within a certain time frame. They will be held to these dates. If a project is turned in after the date that is chosen, it will be considered late, and points will be taken off from the grade. All genres (technical, creative, paragraphs, and response) will be due no later than 3/8/13.

Final presentations will be the week of 3/11 (3/11-3/15). We will choose dates of presentations the week of March, 4th.

Personal Contract for ______Class period ______

You will be given points throughout the work on the project. Below is a personal contract to track your progress. The last column informs you under which category your grade will appear. (CW=class work, quiz=quizzes/reflections, test=tests/writing/projects)

You may choose which genre you complete first except for the final assessment (speech). Please write in the due dates you plan to meet for each project and have your parents sign this sheet.

Date Due / Deadline Met? Y/N / Genre / Comments / Grade & Category
Participation in Research / CW
Notes / CW
Technical Piece / quiz
Creative Piece / quiz
Paragraph Piece / quiz
Response Piece / quiz
Final Presentation / test
--Works-Cited Page / quiz

All genres (technical, creative, paragraph, and response) will be due no later than 3/8. Please see the calendar for the latest date for each turn-in.

Final presentations will be the week of 3/11 (3/11-3/15). We will chose dates of presentation the week of March, 4th.

I understand the assignment and will turn in my projects as planned. If I turn in my work late, it will lose 10 points for every day it is late. It will need to be turned in to get any credit.

Student signature: ______Date: ______

I have read the assignment and understand it.

Parent signature: ______Date: ______

People in various fields who have shown perseverance.

  1. Nelson Mandela
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Martin Luther King
  4. Hank Aaron
  5. Babe Ruth
  6. Helen Keller
  7. Anne Frank
  8. Winston Churchill
  9. Abraham Lincoln
  10. George Washington
  11. Neil Armstrong
  12. John McCain
  13. Napoleon Bonaparte
  14. Marie Curie
  15. Thomas Edison
  16. Louis Pasteur
  17. Louis Braille
  18. Franklin Roosevelt
  19. John F. Kennedy
  20. Barak Obama
  21. Amelia Earhart
  22. Orville and Wilbur Wright
  23. Harry Houdini
  24. Oprah Winfrey
  25. Isaac Newton
  26. Mohandas Gandhi
  27. Louis Armstrong
  28. William Shakespeare
  29. Leonardo da Vinci
  30. Jomo Kenyatta
  31. Kwame Nkrume
  32. Mao Zedong
  33. Chang Kai Shek
  34. Benjamin Franklin
  35. Malcolm X
  36. King George VI
  37. Alexander Graham Bell
  38. Other—Teacher Must Approve
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