Multigenre Project
Ms. Castle
Rubric
THIS RUBRIC MUST BE ATTACHED TO YOUR MULTI GENRE PAPER IN
SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM, IF NOT IT WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC 5 PTS
DEDUCTED FROM YOUR OVERALL GRADE.
Multigenre Section: A thoughtful and thorough collection of no fewer than 3 of 6
separate pieces—please see the detailed requirements for the specific pieces attached.
You may choose a biography, formal essay, news article, short story, song, poem,
symbolic writing, or a Facebook page. Each project is worth 25 points. The total
project is worth 100 points.
Bibliography: Accurately document all sources using MLA style. **Some of you may
only need the Great Gatsby as a source, which is fine. This is worth 25 points.
Comments:
Final Grade ______
Rubric Checklist
____ Rubric Attached
____ 3 of 6 choices included
____ Bibliography
____ Spelling and Grammatical errors corrected
____ Typed
____ Double Spaced
____ Times New Roman Font
____ 12 pt. Font
____ Page requirements met for each piece
____ Content reached (Prove to me you read the text and you
understood it)
Explanation of Pieces:
*To achieve an A on this assignment the student must reach all the requirements in
the checklist and must include what is required in the explanations of each piece.
Facebook Page
This is the one required piece of the multigenre paper that you will be doing part of in class.
After we have worked on the page, it is your job to add more to the Facebook page based on
what you have read in the book. You are required to have a detailed amount in the
likes/dislikes, contact information, about me section, favorite quotations, Education and
Work, current city (west or east egg)—just like a normal Facebook page. I also want you to
add ambitions, fears, childhood on the back of the page. The point of this exercise is so that
you as a reader can get to know the main characters. You are not required to turn in all of
the characters for the paper, just one, although you will be doing Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick,
and Jordan in class with a group. Out of this group of pages, you are required to choose one
for your multigenre paper.
Biography
The biography is a detailed description of a characters life. The only characters this section
will work with would be Gatsby, Daisy, or Nick—because we really don’t get enough
information about the other characters lives. You may find the Facebook page quite useful
for the exercise. You are required to write a two-page biography for one character in the
book. It can be written in 5-paragraph form, but is not required to. In the biography you
should have, childhood, love life, dreams, and obviously, what happens to characters at the
end of the book.
Formal Essay
This option is another two page assignment. You are required to answer the following
question: What is the American Dream to you? How is your American Dream different from
Jay Gatsby’s, and lastly how is Jay’s view of the American Dream different from Nicks?
Please cite your quotations in MLA format. If you have trouble with this, please don’t
hesitate to ask for help.
You can also write an essay on the similarities of “Winter Dreams” and The Great Gatsby,
as we discussed in class there are many common themes and elements that you can find in
each story.
News Article
This piece is a description of a specific event in the book. This is a one-two page assignment.
A couple of options in the book would be, the car accident, the Jay and Daisy’s love story,
Tom’s affair, the death of Jay Gatsby—although these are not limited. You may choose
whatever instance you find most interesting. You are required to answer the main questions
in essay form. Who? What? Where? When? and Why?
Short Story
If you did not like the ending of the novel, here is your chance to change it! You may rewrite the end of the novel in whichever way you choose. I am leaving this choice quite open
the only requirement is that is two pages long, and you try and imitate Fitzgerald’s form of
writing, using symbolism and imagery (which we will go over in class).
Symbol Writing
As a class, we discussed the different symbols mentioned throughout the book and what
their possible meanings were. In this piece, you are required to choose one of the symbols
we talked about in class, find at least four examples of them in the book, and analyze them
within your paper. When I say analyze, I want you to show how, and why they were
important in the place of the book where you found them, and then at the end of the paper
explain why the symbol was important to the overall book, and what function it played.
Spark notes does a great job of explaining what the symbols mean, but it is up to you to find
new and interesting ways to explain the symbols within your own words and examples.