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Friday, March 6, 2015

GENRE - PROJECT MENU due 3/16/15

Student _________________________________
Genre – Project Menu
   (choose one from each meal of the day to complete your meal – highest possible points = 315)

Breakfast (choose one)
Lunch (Analysis)
Dinner (Application)
(90)  Choose 15 genres – define; draw an illustration for each that would help you remember the difference
(75)  Create a wordle. Go to wordle.com
(use 20 genres)
(75) Non-fiction report
(You are a newspaper reporter for the Nathan Hale News.  Write a short article reporting on an event at school.  Minimum of 8 sentences.
(90)  Create a paper study tool for review (game/foldable/flash cards, etc.)
(up to 3 team members may work together and submit a game – evidence of participation from all members necessary)
Use 15 genres
(90)
List 10 genres and bullet point the characteristics of each  
(90)
Pick two genres – one fiction and one non-fiction.
You’re the narrator -- write one paragraph in each genre.
(105) 
Create a computer review – power point, jeopardy game, etc.
(Print a copy for submission and email to
use a minimum of 20 genres

(105)
Create a poster showing the three categories of genre;
Add 15 additional subgenres. Include definitions for all & an example for each
(105)  Design and write a short newspaper for Nathan Hale.   (Event): Include a report of an event that occurred at school,  (Ad) an advertisement for something you could buy at Nathan Hale, (Editorial) your opinion about a policy or need at school


Genres
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Comedy
Tragedy
Melodrama
Farce
Lyric
Sonnet
Haiku
Free Verse
Epic
Cinquain
Limerick
Fiction:                                     Non-fiction:
Science Fiction                           Autobiography
Realistic Fiction                          Biography
Adventure                                    Memoir
Horror                                           Speech
Mystery                                         Report
Historical Fiction                         Editorial
Folktales                                       Essay
     Myths                                        Eulogy
      Legends                                 
      Urban Legends
      Tall Tales
      Urban Legends
      Fairy tales
      Fables
Graphic novel
Western
Classic




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