This document outlines the requirements for a Unit 2 research project involving the creation of a multimodal representation of a research topic. Students must create a project remediating their research essay in a way to garner interest in their topic at a research showcase. The project can take the form of a research scrapbook or visualization of the main argument, incorporating at least 8 genres and 10 required sources. Students will write a reflective statement detailing their rhetorical choices and receive feedback to further develop their project idea. The project will be evaluated on cohesiveness of argument, use of research, originality, use of genre and mode, and technical writing standards.

1. Unit 2 Research Project
DELIVERABLE 2: MULTIMODAL RESEARCH REMEDIATION
Task
Create a multimodal representation of your research topic, incorporating the extended research you
performed to write your Macro-Micro-Response Essay. This project should be an engaging
remediation of your research essay designed with the rhetorical purpose of garnering interest for
your cause at a high-profile research showcase.
Requirements
The project itself may be composed using any materials, means of composition, or electronic
platforms. You have two options for creating this project: 1) you may focus on a genre remediation
of the various sources you have collected for your research project in the form of a physical or online
research scrapbook or collage, or 2) you may focus on a multimodal remediation of your argument
in the form or a built project that creatively visualizes the main argument and scope of your essay.
Either project should reflect your work in finding the following:
 At least 8 different genres (only for genre remediation)
 Genres from at least 2 different modalities (only for genre remediation)
 Remediations of the following 10 sources:
• 3 articles from Academic Search Premier database
• 1 published book or eBook
• 1 source retrieved from the bibliography of another source
• 1 major newspaper article
• 1 credible web site
• 1 online media source, such as a Ted talk, a podcast, or an interactive presentation
(YouTube videos must be okayed by me prior to their inclusion)
• 2 sources that include information that disagrees with your position on the issue
Instructions
STEP 1: Draft three fully formulated ideas for how you could remediate your research argument and source
material into a multimodal creative project. As these drafts are in the most preliminary stages of the
composing process, they can be rough sketches, or even a detailed list.
STEP 2: Present your concept plans to your peers to receive feedback on which most effectively encapsulates
the purpose and message of your research topic.
STEP 3: Create your Multimodal Research Remediation project based on the feedback you received from your
peers. Your project may be either handmade or electronic, three-dimensional or text-based, but it must
include the above requirements.
STEP 4: Write a three- to four-page reflective Statement of Goals and Choices which details the rhetorical
decisions made in the process of composing your multimodal project. Your SoGC should include the
following: 1) a rhetorical description of how each source/idea is incorporated into the composition, as well as
an explanation of how this reflects the content and purpose of the information; 2) a reflection on how this
composition as a whole most adequately remediates the argument you explored in your research topic; and 3)
a bibliography of your 10 sources.
STEP 5: Perform a five- to seven-minute oral summary of your Statement of Goals and Choices, in which you
describe to your peers your creative and rhetorical process as you composed this project in conjunction with
your Macro-Micro-Response Essay.

2. EVALUATION
Unit 2 Projects will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
COHESIVENESS OF ARGUMENT/DESIGN
Is the project cohesive and well-organized around an
identified theme that correlates with the rhetorical argument?
Is it apparent that the project is making an argument? Are the
design goals and choices clearly explained in the statement of
goals and choices?
30
USE OF SOURCES/EXPLANATION OF RESEARCH
Is it clear that diverse research has been used to inform this
project? (Either incorporated into the physical project or
explained in the Statement of Goals and Choices.)
20
ORIGINALITY/CREATIVITY
Does the design of the project demonstrate creative thought?
Is genre and mode utilized rhetorically to communicate to a
different audience/purpose than a textual argument? Is the
overall effect original, creative, and aesthetically pleasing?
20
USE OF GENRE/MODE
Is genre and mode utilized rhetorically to communicate to a
different audience/purpose than a textual argument? Are the
Goals and Choices of this remediation process clearly outlined
in the accompanying SoG&C?
20
GRAMMAR AND TECHNICAL ELEMENTS (SOG&C)
Checklist: consistent use of Standard Edited English and
academic prose, meets page requirement (6-8 pages), has
minimum number of sources (6), correct use of MLA form,
correct MLA citation (works cited page and in-text citations)
10
TOTAL 100