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Active Voice A Writing Program Across the Curriculum

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ISBN-10: 0867092890

ISBN-13: 9780867092899

Edition: 2nd

Authors: James Moffett

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The single best discussion of sequence in composition now in print. - James Gray, Director, National Writing Project, on the previousedition Anyone working in the field of language arts knows the major impact Active Voice has had in curriculum development. The program Moffett outlines in his text ten years ago helped to pioneer now will-established practices like workshops, the process approach, writing portfolios, and writing across the curriculum. Ideal for use as a classroom sourcebook for individual teachers, an inservice text by schools and school districts, or as a supplement to the main textbook in a methods course, Active Voice transformed theory into practice, helping educators…    
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List price: $47.45
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 4/20/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 203
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.00" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

James Moffett is the author of Teaching the Universe of Discourse, Coming on Center: Essays in English Education (Boynton/Cook), Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness, and senior editor with Betty Jane Wagner of Student-centered Language Arts, K-12 (Boynton/Cook). He is the editor of Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (with Kenneth McElheny), Points of Departure: An Anthology of Nonfiction, and co-editor of Active Voices: A Writer's Reader, I-IV (Boynton/Cook). The recipient of a Carnegie Corporation Grant and a Distinguished Author Award (1982) from the California Association of Teachers of English, Mr. Moffett has taught at Phillips…    

Preface
Explanation of the Program
Background
General Description of the Program
Sequence
Classroom Processes: Pre-Writing, Mid-Writing, Post-Writing Assignments
Group One: Revising Inner Speech
Stream of Consciousness
Spontaneous Sensory Monologue
Composed Observation
Spontaneous Memory Monologue
Composed Memory
Spontaneous Reflection Monologue
Composed Reflection
Group Two: Dialogues and Monologues
Duologue
Exterior Monologue
Interior Monologue
One-Act Play
Dialogue of Ideas
Dialogue Converted to Essay
Group Three: Narrative into Essay
Correspondence
Diary
Diary Summary
Autobiography: Incident
Autobiography: Phase
Memoir: Human Subject
Memoir: Nature
Reporter-At-Large
Learning Other Subjects
Biography: Phase
Chronicle
Parable
Fable
Proverb and Saying
Directions
Narrative Illustrating a Generality
Thematic Collection of Incidents
Generalizations Supported by Instances
Research Theory Additional Poems Collateral Reading for Students Collateral Reading for Teachers Bridges: From Personal Writing to the Formal Essay I, You and It