I haven't heard of this book before, but I am VERY interested in "Ten Smart Ways to Use Bloom's Taxonomy in the Language Arts Classroom." Would it be too much trouble to share some of those?
Connie Fletcher > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:38:25 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LIT] Ignite Student Intellect and Imagination in LA > 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)? I'd sure appreciate your > remarks on how the ideas worked for you. > > I'll 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 year's NMSA conference. > > I admire the way Schurr and LaMorte demystified Bloom's taxonomy in part I > of this little bookâthey also neatly tied their suggested activities at each > of Bloom's 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 Bloom's 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 it's 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 > Bloom's and the state standards... _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
