Reflection
This
exercise was extremely helpful as far as understanding the concept of
multigenre papers. Reading about it can only do so much, and this activity
filled in the gaps. Working with and creating the different genres went
extremely well for me. I got to test out some of the resources I reserved for
my own class in the future and I had a lot of fun doing it. The most difficult
part of the entire process was simply figuring out who would do what and how it
would all fit together, and this really wasn’t all that difficult. If I were to
do this again I would do it on an open platform that would allow the members of
my group to contribute to the main page whenever they could instead of asking
one group member to do all of that for us. I would also like to create a
physical product, or have that as a requirement. My role in all of this was to
provide an informational text through my Coat of Arms and to provide an
argumentative text through my Blood Donation Requirements document, which
argues the value of one life over another. Overall I felt that this project was
extremely fun and different, and the chance to work with others only gave me
plenty of new ides to work with in the future.
Kaila-
Multi-genre
Reflection
I really enjoyed being part of the
multi-genre process. The multi-genre paper was highly engaging and interactive
for me. Creativity allows for critical thinking, so I spent some time thinking
about what I wanted to create and how it would fit with the theme of power that
our group chose for the novel Red Queen.
I love that I had a chance to be immersed in this activity, which will allow me
to show my future students my work. As I stated in my ‘Say/Do,’ this is my very
first-time learning about the multi-genre paper/process. The Multi-genre
project will be integrated into my class curriculum; However, I am aware that
students need practice and scaffolding, so that they can complete the project
effectively. This project has the right amount of rigor, while engaging
students at the highest level of Bloom’s taxonomy, which is creativity.
For the project, I was responsible
for creating protest posters, an argument profile, and a newscast/paper. I
really enjoyed creating the posters. One of the posters reads, “Red Lives
Matter,” and the other, “Freedom and Equality for All- Red as the Dawn.” The
wording on the posters reflect the social unrest that is taking place in the
novel between the Reds and the Silvers. The argument profile uses Toulmin’s
model of argument to argue that Red Queen
is a Marxist reading. My last creation is a news article based on one of the
scenes in the novel where the Scarlet Guard bombs some of the government
buildings of the Silvers, which adds more fuel to the fire between the Reds and
Silvers. I also included an MP3 newscast of the article.
Overall,
working on the multi-genre paper was a great experience and the group that I
was part of worked very well together. Though we met twice in class, we
collaborated and everyone agreed to do their part and everything worked out.
Trever gave us a deadline to have our papers in so that he could put everything
together and everyone was on board. It was a pleasure working with the group.
Trever-
Multi-genre Reflection
This
project was an absolute pleasure. It truly seemed to contextualize many of the
theories and methods we have been covering through the semester. Creating a multi-genre
project in groups made the task both manageable and fun. I do believe this
would be a fantastic project alternative for students of any age. The process
of creating each genre forced me to consider our book club text from a variety
of angles. As an avid reader I would say that transaction comes easy for me. I
would also say that this project encouraged me to transact with the text on
levels I had never even considered. Writing an obituary for a dead king, and
creating recipe cards truly forced me to be both critical of the text and
creative.
I created three different genre for
this particular project. My genre included: recipe cards, an obituary, and a
memory journal. These three genre were very diverse and challenging for me. I do
not write creatively often. With each piece I considered something new about
the text and about my own interpretation of the text. I can only hope that
students will engage with this project to the same degree.
I also volunteered to put the
website together for the group. I wanted the opportunity to explore the online
formats we have been using further. I found that putting the project together
has made me more confident in my own technological abilities. While the process
was difficult for me it was also manageable. My group was fantastic in working
to meet the Friday deadline I set for all of our materials. This allowed me the
weekend to work with formatting and uploading. The most difficult piece of this project was the collaborative piece. No single group member was sure of what to do exactly which is why I stepped up and volunteered to complete the website. I also think that jobs and lives got in the way as we were trying to put things together because the response time to email by group members was slow and inconsistent. Even with my Friday deadline group members did not start sending me materials until after 5pm. I am glad I volunteered to complete the uploads and the page because I would not have liked to wait any later than Friday to have a good solid project started. I do think that each member of the group worked hard to complete their share of the project.
The project was a tremendous success and I am happy to share our work with friends and colleagues in an attempt to encourage more project of this kind.
Ashley-
Ashley’s Reflection:
Working on the multigenre paper for Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard was more difficult that I thought it would be. I underestimated the time it would take to create something visually appealing, and for some of the pieces, I struggled with deciding the balance between length and power. I am a wordy person, and I like having all of my thoughts splayed across a paper, but some of the pieces felt more powerful at a shorter length. I had to let go of my comfort zone and let them stay short.
The thing that I think went the easiest was planning what each person was going to contribute. We all had ideas that fit well with our subjects, and when one person was struggling with an idea, others suggested topics that could help.
The most difficult thing we did was trying to find time to meet together. The only two times we met were during class, and the second meeting was not very long. We talked about what site to use, and how we all would like to be able to access the site, but no one had worked on a website for a group project before and we were not sure how to do so in a way that everyone had access. We ended up talking just long enough to establish that we were doing well in our different genres, and then Trever told us he could just post the website himself to save us the trouble. He told us to have everything in to him by Friday, December 8th. None of us knew how to do a website collaboratively, so we all agreed.
My role in this multigenre project was creating an advertisement (where I chose to advertise the mandatory arena matches that Reds were required (and most were excited) to go to weekly. These matches were ways that Silvers could show off their different powers, to show the Reds how strong they were and why they should not be crossed. I also wrote a list of lies Mare might tell herself throughout the novel, and focused on two things: what motivated her and what gives her the strength to survive. The third thing that I created for this project was a piece of propaganda someone might create in this world. I could have chosen to make a piece of government propaganda, or a piece of rebel propaganda. I chose to go the route of the rebels because the novel focuses a great deal on how the Silvers are weaker than they portray themselves to be. Since the Scarlet Guard is portrayed as being stronger, and as an organization dedicated to recruitment, I decided to focus on making a recruitment flier to draw Reds to the cause. I chose to create the piece like a war poster, something with the pithy sayings that are used in the novel, as well as using colors that would be most symbolic.
I think this process would have gone more smoothly if we had worked together to build the website, though I appreciate Trever being willing to step up; we could all have learned a valuable skill that we could teach our students for if/when they run into an issue like this. I enjoyed what little we worked together, bouncing ideas off one another in the initial meeting. We got a lot accomplished, and I stepped far outside my comfort zone by working on creative pieces, rather than pieces that rely on words alone.
Lorraine-
Multi-genre Reflection
This project was not like anything I had done before. It was interesting, but also more difficult than I imagined. I believe our project works well as a whole, because we all brought in different perspectives and ideas. I created superlatives for the main characters in Red Queen, Mare’s schedule as the new “Mareena Titanos”, and Red Queen jokes. The hardest part for me was the jokes section. I struggled with this a lot because I did not know if they were funny or not. I also did not know where to start when coming up with the jokes. I kept asking myself, “Which characters should I focus on? Is this really what he/she would say?”. One insight I can share is, “Don’t overthink it!”
I think the collaborative process made this project more exciting than if we had each completed a multi-genre project individually. The only thing I would change about this project, for EDSE 786 specifically, is moving the deadline away from finals. Graduate level English classes have massive paper assignments so I felt like I was drowning trying to complete this project, the workshop narrative, and the assignments for my other classes. Being so close to finals, it was also hard to find time to collaborate with my group. We met during the allotted time in class, but it was difficult to communicate outside of class because we were all busy trying to finish other major assignments. Overall, this project has been interesting and I now know I will definitely include this assignment in my future classroom.
The project was a tremendous success and I am happy to share our work with friends and colleagues in an attempt to encourage more project of this kind.
Ashley-
Ashley’s Reflection:
Working on the multigenre paper for Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard was more difficult that I thought it would be. I underestimated the time it would take to create something visually appealing, and for some of the pieces, I struggled with deciding the balance between length and power. I am a wordy person, and I like having all of my thoughts splayed across a paper, but some of the pieces felt more powerful at a shorter length. I had to let go of my comfort zone and let them stay short.
The thing that I think went the easiest was planning what each person was going to contribute. We all had ideas that fit well with our subjects, and when one person was struggling with an idea, others suggested topics that could help.
The most difficult thing we did was trying to find time to meet together. The only two times we met were during class, and the second meeting was not very long. We talked about what site to use, and how we all would like to be able to access the site, but no one had worked on a website for a group project before and we were not sure how to do so in a way that everyone had access. We ended up talking just long enough to establish that we were doing well in our different genres, and then Trever told us he could just post the website himself to save us the trouble. He told us to have everything in to him by Friday, December 8th. None of us knew how to do a website collaboratively, so we all agreed.
My role in this multigenre project was creating an advertisement (where I chose to advertise the mandatory arena matches that Reds were required (and most were excited) to go to weekly. These matches were ways that Silvers could show off their different powers, to show the Reds how strong they were and why they should not be crossed. I also wrote a list of lies Mare might tell herself throughout the novel, and focused on two things: what motivated her and what gives her the strength to survive. The third thing that I created for this project was a piece of propaganda someone might create in this world. I could have chosen to make a piece of government propaganda, or a piece of rebel propaganda. I chose to go the route of the rebels because the novel focuses a great deal on how the Silvers are weaker than they portray themselves to be. Since the Scarlet Guard is portrayed as being stronger, and as an organization dedicated to recruitment, I decided to focus on making a recruitment flier to draw Reds to the cause. I chose to create the piece like a war poster, something with the pithy sayings that are used in the novel, as well as using colors that would be most symbolic.
I think this process would have gone more smoothly if we had worked together to build the website, though I appreciate Trever being willing to step up; we could all have learned a valuable skill that we could teach our students for if/when they run into an issue like this. I enjoyed what little we worked together, bouncing ideas off one another in the initial meeting. We got a lot accomplished, and I stepped far outside my comfort zone by working on creative pieces, rather than pieces that rely on words alone.
Lorraine-
Multi-genre Reflection
This project was not like anything I had done before. It was interesting, but also more difficult than I imagined. I believe our project works well as a whole, because we all brought in different perspectives and ideas. I created superlatives for the main characters in Red Queen, Mare’s schedule as the new “Mareena Titanos”, and Red Queen jokes. The hardest part for me was the jokes section. I struggled with this a lot because I did not know if they were funny or not. I also did not know where to start when coming up with the jokes. I kept asking myself, “Which characters should I focus on? Is this really what he/she would say?”. One insight I can share is, “Don’t overthink it!”
I think the collaborative process made this project more exciting than if we had each completed a multi-genre project individually. The only thing I would change about this project, for EDSE 786 specifically, is moving the deadline away from finals. Graduate level English classes have massive paper assignments so I felt like I was drowning trying to complete this project, the workshop narrative, and the assignments for my other classes. Being so close to finals, it was also hard to find time to collaborate with my group. We met during the allotted time in class, but it was difficult to communicate outside of class because we were all busy trying to finish other major assignments. Overall, this project has been interesting and I now know I will definitely include this assignment in my future classroom.
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