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PASSIVE VOICE WORKSHOP
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Use of Active and Passive Voice in Academic Texts
Iván Flórez Center for Multiliteracies School of Languages July 25, 2024
Start
AGENDA
Quick overview
Passive voice in Context
Whole-class activity
Group activity
Debrief
QUICK OVERVIEW
What is active voice?
Form
Definition
Use
The dog chewed the sneaker.
Action
Actor
QUICK OVERVIEW
What is passive voice?
Form
Use
Definition
The sneaker has been chewed.
Action
Who did it?
PASSIVE VOICE IN CONTEXT
passive voice is common in genres such as...
INFORMATION REPORTS
EXPLANATIONS
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
arguments
LAB REPORTS
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
WHOLE-CLASS ACTIVITY
Instructions
How is honey made?
Honey is a sweet, thick, sugary solution made by bees. The first step in making honey begins when field bees fly from flower to flower collecting the sweet nectar from the flowers. With their tongues, the nectar is sucked out by the field bees and stored in sacs within their bodies. After filling their sacs with these sweet juices, the field bees fly back to their beehive and the stored nectar is regurgitated into the mouths of house bees. These house bees then add enzymes from their bodies to the nectar. Lastly, the nectar is stored in a cell of a honeycomb. Over time, the nectar ripens and becomes honey. When the honey is ready, it is collected by the beekeeper from the beehive and put into jars that are later delivered to the shops
Group activity
- In small groups, read the text in the handout.
- Identify the the genre of the text (explantion, information report, lab report, argument).
- Underline verbs in passive voice.
- Discuss why the passive might have been used rather than the active voice.
DEBRIEF
- Tell about the genre and the content of text you have read.
- Give us examples of passive voice used in the texts and say why the text uses them.
ReferencEs
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Active and passive voice. APA Style. Corson, T., & Smollett, R. (n.d.). Passive voice: When to use it and when to avoid it. University of Toronto. Derewianka, B. (2004). Exploring how texts work. Primary English Teaching Association. Derewianka, B. & Jones, P. (2016). Teaching language in context (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. Sharifan, K. (2019, August 2). A lesson on using passive voice. IELTS Juice. Lock, G., & Jones, R. (2011). Functional grammar in the ESL classroom: Noticing, exploring and practicing. Palgrave Macmillan. Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). More about passive voice.