Multigenre Reporting: “Raisins”

1. Multigenre Reporting: “Raisins” Dr. Joanne McKay SJVWP ISI 2012

2. Rationale • You will engage in an inquiry about “raisins” that explores culturally relevant content (Ladson-Billings, 1994), facilitates making intertextualconnections (Spivey & King, 2004), connects reading and writing with visual and performing arts , and gives you the opportunity to demonstrate understanding through a variety of genre (Romano, 2000). • Culturally relevant teaching utilizes the backgrounds, knowledge, and experiences of the students to inform the teacher’s lessons and methodology. • CA CCSS beginning in grade 2, under the “Research to build and present knowledge” category: “Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).” (CDE, 2011). Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

3. Whole Group: KWL Chart • What do you know about raisins? (K) • What do you want to learn about raisins? (W) • In small groups, address 5-6 questions generated. Read text sets, take notes, use your “investigative note taking chart” to answer questions and note other important facts. • Discuss findings with your group. • Write some things you learned on post-it notes, and attach to the “L” portion of the KWL chart. Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

4. Synthesize & Present Information In your group, present your information in an interesting way: •   Poetry • Simulated journal entry • Newspaper article • Letters • Cartoons • Lifeline or time line • Magazine advertisements • T-shirt logos • Facebook/my space page • Music: original or found, songs from a specific time period studied, or relevant to the person or topic studied • Drama: readers’ theatre, a skit, a film scene, a monologue • *The possibilities are limitless! Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

5. Multigenre Reporting • Students research a topic and report it through writing in different genres. An alternative to a traditional research report as it allows the students to understand the information in different ways. Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

6. Getting Started: Generating questions and topics • -Students can conduct research on a famous person that interests them, past or present, living or dead (biography) • -Students can find out information based on a topic of study in science and social studies • -Teachers scaffold students in narrowing down topic for exploration •  Generate questions using KWL Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

7. Gathering Information Students collect a variety of informational materials about their topic (make intertextual connections): • Textbooks • Trade books • Internet • Encyclopedias • Newspapers • Photographs • Other?  Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

8. Note! • The teacher decides how many different genre are to be included in report, and create a rubric specific to your grade level and expectations. (See Common Core Standards) • It is necessary to provide students with experiences in reading & writing a variety of genre to build schema for different text structures. (As Deborah Dean noted, at least 6 model texts for each genre would be beneficial) Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012

9. References Krull, K. (2003). Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Inc. Ladson-Billings, G. (1992). Culturally relevant teaching: the key to making multicultural education work. In C.A. Grant (Ed.), Research and multicultural education(pp. 106-121). London: Falmer Press. Ogle, D. (1986). K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository text. The Reading Teacher, 39, 564-571. Perez, L. (2002). First Day in Grapes. NY: Lee & Low Books. Read, Write, Think. (2004). K-W-L-S Chart. International Reading Association & National Council for Teachers of English. Romano, T. (2000). Blending genre, altering style. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook. Ryan, P. (2003). How do you raise a raisin? Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. Spivey & King (2004). Readers as writers composing from sources. In Ruddell, R., Ruddell, M. & Singer, H. (Eds.) Theoretical models and processes ofReading, 6th ed. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. http://www.sunmaid.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin http://www.calraisins.org/ http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/ Joanne McKay, SJVWP ISI 2012