Proposal Title
To Grow What You Know, Expand How You Show: Thinking Across the Content Areas with Multigenres
Topic
classroom instruction
Description
What happens when students think past the page of tradition and create multigenres to tell the story of their research topic? In this presentation, participants will learn how to invite their students to select a topic of their choice, research that topic through multiple perspectives, and then tell the story of that research through diverse genres to include but not limited to visuals, spoken word poetry, letters, and journal entries.
Audience
K-12 teachers / professors / school administrators
Grade
Primary, Intermediate, Middle/ Jr. High, High School
Location
Ruffner 115
Start Date
7-25-2019 2:45 PM
End Date
7-25-2019 3:45 PM
To Grow What You Know, Expand How You Show: Thinking Across the Content Areas with Multigenres
Ruffner 115
What happens when students think past the page of tradition and create multigenres to tell the story of their research topic? In this presentation, participants will learn how to invite their students to select a topic of their choice, research that topic through multiple perspectives, and then tell the story of that research through diverse genres to include but not limited to visuals, spoken word poetry, letters, and journal entries.
