Writing Without Boundaries Multigenre Project

What is multigenre writing? Well, from the research I have done, multigenre writing at its best is combining what you know through research and combining your imagination through experience. Then you combine genres, some subgenres, and generate a text through writing not just from an author’s perspective but from impressions that these different genres leave on a person emotionally and cognitively.

Most of the readings in Writing Without Boundaries are explaining how to present these genres to different grade levels effectively. This is not a project that can be introduced without proper research by the teacher. Careful planning of appropriate genres per objective is a necessity.

This project should include small group investigations, exploration of genre samples, shared reading of genre examples, comparisons and definitions. For example, I plan to introduce Walt Disney to my kindergartners. Walt Disney was a fascinating man and although he is deceased, his fairy tales live on through the magnificent Walt Disney World Resort as well as the literature that he published.

First, you pick a person, place, event, or concept when planning a multigenre project. I have already picked a person but I want to tie in other information such as books and movies. My students will investigate through shared readings the life of Walt Disney. I hope to find brochures, newspaper articles, fairytales, poems, and music related to this topic. I want to eventually combine these genres but focus on related fantasy characters that Walt Disney created. The purpose of this project is to inform and educate students that a real person created these wonderful characters that we have all come to love over the years. Can I do this?? Am I on the right track? Am I making this assignment too hard? Any input will be greatly appreciated. These are just a few thoughts for this project. The project is still under investigation and is a work in progress.