Reading and Writing Multigenre Texts
Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=293
In this lesson plan, students develop a definition of multigenre texts by exploring a multigenre picture book, short chapter books, and, if desired, multigenre novels. Students will brainstorm alone and together what they will need as readers to read and understand multigenre texts successfully. The students will share findings and discuss strategies needed to comprehend, and by extension to write, these texts.
Short Story Fair: Responding to Short Stories in Multiple Media and Genres
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=418
In this activity, students read short stories from a collection in small groups then prepare responses in multiple media and genres that are shared in a culminating Short Story Fair. On the days of the fair, the class explores the displays for the short stories, responding to related questions.
 Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Instruction
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=774
How can "multigenre" be introduced in the intermediate classroom? Using the Caldecott award-winning book Snowflake Bentley as a model, students will create a working definition of multigenre text; then, they will create their own multigenre piece about winter or another pertinent theme.
Weaving the Multigenre Web
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=279
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Web sites. This is a lesson which can be used with either a whole class novel, individual novels, partner books, or small group literature circles.
 Weaving the Threads: Integrating Poetry Annotation and Web Technology
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=36
This project engages students in meaningful research using poetry as a focal point. Students identify words and phrases in a poem by a Native American and in the process, learn about Native American culture and history. Students create a Web site using the poem as a "launching" space that takes readers into various explanations of words and phrases.
Multigenre Text List
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson293/multigenre-books.pdf
List of picture books and longer texts which serve as framing text and examples of multigenre texts.
Multigenre Mapper
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/multigenre-mapper/
This interactive can be used to publish multigenre text.
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