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Voices from the Middle | 2 |
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Romano, Tom | 2 |
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Romano, Tom – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Maintains that the author's authentic voice as a writer is "constructed more than it is gushed." Describes how, when the author tinkers with words, when he shifts, cuts, changes, and arranges them to achieve certain effects, it isn't the writing only that he crafts: he is also crafting an identity. Notes how this applies to teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Writing Attitudes, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
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Romano, Tom – Voices from the Middle, 1999
Describes the author's experience when the director and teacher-trainers of a writing program persuaded him that the oral interpretation he wished them to perform was too troubling and explosive to use. Outlines his questions and anguish about the incident, and the urgency of dealing with the dilemmas of multiculturalism, racial intolerance, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction