Sample Projects Reading

One of Tom Romano's student's project I looked at was "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road." It is about the main character that played Dorothy, and how the idea of the movie came to be and how they made it. There are exactly twenty-five genres in this project; most of them are poems, and dialogues, but other than that there are formal letters, and an accident report. They are quite effective because it helps relate all of the genres together to fit the main topic. Through dialogues, words can be spoken between characters and the director.

Each genre has its own research because it includes historical information from the character that played Dorothy and the events that took  place while making the film. Some of the poems are purely out of the author's artistic license or imagination because the author did not include any actual facts. You can tell especially from the two voices poem that the student puts lots of effort and creativity in the poem. The author transition between pieces by doing one genre over the film and then the next on the main character. The transitions are effective because it went back and forth between the topics and it made it interesting to see what type of genre that author has planned next.

Overall, I loved the author's style, voice and creativity. You can tell the student did research and made it fit perfectly well together, and not only that but the author created an incredible and memorable voice within the  project. I did learn some new information such as the types of poems that you can do as well as the power of the voice within the project; it definitely made it 10x better! The formatting, font, page layout, page elements, style, and appeal of the project reflects the style in the time period where the topic took place. After looking at the student's work, I want to create more genre with better creativity and voice.