Hide not your talents
Below you will see my six-week plan and also some
extracts from my students' MG papers. I hope you explore
the idea of using multiple genres in your classes--it can be a challenging
experience for the teacher but the rewards are many! If you are interested,
I suggest you read
"Writing with Passion: Life Stories-Multiple Genres" by
Tom Romano (1995).
Rough Six-Week Plan for the MG Paper:
Week 1: Introduction to the MG Paper and selection of topics
Throughout these six weeks students keep journals.
WHERE IS THE KEY?
* * * * * *
TODAY IS CAT'S BIRTHDAY
. . .
I bought you a religious book, "Kuran". I've read it before. Please
spend your time reading it.
Give a chance to this day to be your first birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (It's hard to be a brother.)
. . . I found it,
I wonder hannibal
Also Hannibal
And
Hannibal...
THE LEGEND IS SPEAKING...
Although I don't know much about my mother I love her. Because she was a very interesting woman.
She died when I was ten. As for my father, despite all
his rules I loved him too. He made me start music. One day I was playing with
the broom straws like a gutiar. And he found an old string ukelele for me. It was
my first musical instrument.
. . .
As for my father's rules, he made me go to church and had my hari
cut like a torn out chicken. Therefore my hair has been quite long
in the rest of my life. Maybe it's a symbol of freedom. . . But I lost my freedom
when I met Devon. She was the most beautiful and intelligent girl I had ever met.
I became addicted to her. Not only to her but to drugs with her help. Maybe it was the beginning
of the end.
. . .
At nights!
The light of Jimi's soul
. . .
I never feel his absence
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"I am large, I contain multitudes."
Walt Whitman
For use they were made
What's a sundial in the shade?
Ben Franklin
The term "Multigenre Research Paper"
was coined by Tom Romano (1995). It refers to a
"non-traditional" research paper where students
research a topic in depth and report their findings in
a "genre-blended" paper. To do this, they select
a research topic that interests them, study it in
detail, and try to see it from multiple perspectives.
The outcome, that is the MG research paper, is a blend
of multiple genres and perspectives.
Week 2: Exploring the topic: in-depth research
Week 3: Studying sample MG papers from Romano
Weeks 4-5: Practicing with genres, giving and receiving
feedback in class and in individual conferences, revising
Week 6: Bringing the paper together
Parts from my First Year Composition Students' MG
Papers (Unedited)
By: Neslihan Yalcin
(Dept. of Electrical Engineering) 1999
CAT STEVENS TO YUSUF ISLAM
I am shivering
But the winter remains in the past long ago
What is wrong,
Why won't my tears ever dry?
. . .
I was born and have lived in fire
But now
I am shivering;
. . .
I felt high, lived high
Smiled low in fire,
If I can rain
I will flow through the sun
And do not have pain
If only I can rain. . .
Stephen!
What is wrong? You are lost. I cannot stand to see you like this.
What can I do? I remember our last conversation. You said you were
bored. You were looking for the key. I don't know where the key is. But
I'm sure it's not hiding inside the drink!
******
It was in my brother's pocket,
The door opened
And
I'm crying;
Because it is the end of the shivering;
I am RAINING.
By: M. Tugrul Tekin
(Dept. of Industrial Engineering) 1999
HANNIBAL: A GENIUS? A HERO? OR BOTH? OR?
I WONDER...
How you managed
To be brave as a lion
To be cunning as a fox
To be a real nightmare
To your enemies
How you managed
To be diligent as a bee
To be democratic as an ant
To be a reliable administrator
To your people
How you managed
To be combative as Mars
To be persuasive as a diplomat
To be a noble leader
To your army
You are the one
That I want to be similar to
Like two halves of an apple
Except one point
Unfortunately you lost
But I hope I don't!
By: Cumhur Ozturk
(Dept. of Industrial Engineering) 1999
EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC, EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
JIMI HENDRIX
If a religious gardener did not choose a pure Indian woman as a wife, I wouldn't be born.
But I think he did the best. I'm so happy here in the world.
ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS
Which are the most precious times
When I turn off the lamps
Another light emerges
The light of the prince
The light of the cool
The light of peace
Because we are together at nights
Prepared by Aylin Graves, 1999
Last updated December 2006.
