Tracy

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 * How will giving students choice in the genre of their academic writing impact their motivation to write and impact the quality of their writing?**

So, as of 8/6/07, that's my topic, but it may be changing just to incorporating multi-genre papers in the English/Language Arts classroom and its impact on students. Reading Romano's __Blending Genre, Altering Style__ right now, and I really want to focus on incorporating the concept of M-G papers in ELA class, I just don't think the kids I teach have been exposed to the idea of genre and would love to see how they blossom when given the chance. An article in this month's English Journal also has me thinking about structure (article is "Urban Education: Moving Past the Myth of Structure") --- do we force too much on our students (especially in an urban setting) with the assumption that they NEED structure to succeed -- by doing this are we murdering their ability to think?