In this book the emphasis is on the frame of reference of a naturalistic language curriculum rather than upon detailed assignments.

Teaching the Universe of Discourse

Reference

Moffett, James

Words, Language & Grammar

Houghton/Mifflin

Advances theories concerning the development of oral and written expression and offers specific suggestions for developing control of language at all age levels

A Student-Centered Language Arts Curriculum, Grades K-13: A Handbook for Teachers.

Houghton Mifflin School

Student-centered language arts and reading, K-13: A handbook for teachers

Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness

In 1974 one of the most important and tumultuous textbook conflicts in the history of the United States occurred in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
James Moffett had developed for Houghton Mifflin a highly regarded program with a rich array of subjects and ideas, media and methods, points of view, and cultures that the people of Appalachia feared would undermine the values they had taught their children.
Moffett lets the book banners speak for themselves through interviews and through the official objections written by citizen reviewers of the texts. He shows exactly how the protesters regard particular reading selections and ultimately, how they think. His commentary on their objections builds an unusually broad perspective on censorship, which he relates to many current issues of society learning, and—the chief concern of the protesters—religion.
Storm in the Mountains is a timely book. The Kanawha County ruckus emboldened censors to escalate their efforts. Textbook publishers routinely precensor texts to avoid the objections dramatized in West Virginia. And fundamentalism has become a major political force.

History

Americas

Southern Illinois University Press

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 deliberate how to initiate a total writing program-even one going beyond English. 
 In this edition, Active Voice has been expanded to include student samples of the writing activities recommended in the text. From monologues and autobiography to narratives and essay, Moffett discusses particular compositional issues arising form each type of writing and provides innovative way of treating them. 
 A new chapter, "Bridges: From Personal Writing to the Formal Essay," is included in response to demand for help with this key writing issue.

Active Voice: Writing Program

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Boynton/Cook

Coming on Center, English Education in Evolution

Boynton/Cook Pub

A collection of writings by students, all based on the assignment sequences in James Moffett's Active Voice provides a powerful composing/literature program.

Active Voices III

Blau, Sheridan

Wixon, Vincent

Phreaner, John

Wixon, Patty

Heinemann

Active Voices IV

Cooper, Charles

Baker, Miriam R

Teaching the Universe of Discourse appears in virtually every bibliography dealing with language and learning and is widely read and cited throughout the English-teaching world.

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