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__Final Project Checklist__
==It is time to start finalizing the visual pieces of your project and putting it all together. Remember that the visual nature of the project counts considerably towards your grade. It is not too early to start proofreading and printing out genres. DO NOT wait until the last minute or your project will suffer.==
 * Cover Page with Title
 * Table of contents--Genre Type/Title
 * Genres 1-5
 * Notecards
 * Endnotes
 * **Works Cited**

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 * Please Note--If you submit a project without a works cited page or endnotes your project will be considered plagiarized and will receive a failing grade. You must account for you information!**

Dear Students and Parents,

Thanks for visiting our multigenre research wiki. This site is designed to help my students through what promises to be an exciting learning experience. If there are any questions throughout the unit, every student has a wikispace account. They can log in and post any questions they may have. If any parents have questions, feel free to email me at smasson@highland-k12.org

DEFINITION OF MULTIGENRE IN THE SPIRIT OF MULTIGENRE

challenges "This is the way writing is done," and "Hey, wait a minute, you can't do that in a piece of writing."
 * Multigenre pushes convention,

Multigenre speaks, "How come I read imaginative literature but I have to write about it in an essay that is thesis driven, argumentative, and exactly five you-know-whats (each you-know-what, of course, of the 3.8 variety), an essay in which the writer overpowers readers, beats them into submission, and concludes with a summative you-know-what that restates the thesis?"

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

But writing that way is not what multigenre is about. Multigenre removes the lid of Pandora's Rhetorical Box. Multigenre twirls you and spins you and you hope the steps the writer asks you to follow lead to fulfillment. Multigenre knows that //feeling// is first. Multigenre grooves on pulse, has flushed cheeks, hair on the back of the neck that stands on end. Multigenre makes readers sit up in their chairs. Multigenre is not roast beef; it is ciappino. It is less like mashed potatoes, and more like red beans and rice. [|Tom Romano]