Workshop F: Teaching Multigenre/Multimodal Composition

Liz Kleinfeld, Metropolitan State College of Denver & Amy Braziller, Red Rocks CC
Session Description: Our first year composition students consistently appreciate the freedom a multigenre/multimodal approach allows them. They emphasize that the ability to be creative is important to their learning process, and they are often pleasantly surprised, as one student wrote in a course evaluation, “that there was an element of fun in an English class." We have found that a multigenre/multimodal approach helps students and instructors alike re-engage with composing and researching. This session will explore ways to introduce genre to first year composition students, teach them to critically read different genre pieces, compose in different genres, and conduct research in genres.