Have any of you language arts/English teachers on this list used any of the
ideas in Ignite Student Intellect and Imagination in Language Arts by Sandra
Schurr and Kathy LaMorte (NMSA, 2007)? Id sure appreciate your remarks on how
the ideas worked for you.
Ill be teaching an 8th grade English class next year after a year without an
English class, and I spent some time today looking over this book, which I
bought at last years NMSA conference.
I admire the way Schurr and LaMorte demystified Blooms taxonomy in part I of
this little bookthey also neatly tied their suggested activities at each of
Blooms levels to the specific standards developed by NCTE and IRA in over 90
Bloom Sheets. Parts 2, Imaginative Assessment Options and Real-Life
Applications, and 3, More Instructional Tools and Techniques, are chock full
of good ideas, too. Ten Smart Ways to Use Blooms Taxonomy in the Language
Arts Classroom is worth the price of the book. A seasoned English teacher
might not see many new ideas here, but its the way the ideas are organized
that make this little book seem so useful, especially since so many principals
are insisting on seeing plan books arranged ala Blooms and the state standards.
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people to make it worthwhile." --Herm Alvright, writer.
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