Main Assignment

Descriptions are not just a way to convey setting; they can also help a writer communicate mood. Visualize a scene that calls up a strong feeling in you. Write a 1-2 page description that not only describes the place or situation you picture in your mind but also gets across the way it makes you feel.

A successful description will:

· Clearly establish the setting
· Use precise language and sensory changes
· Use evocative details that convey a strong sense of mood

Tip – One of the major thinkers whose work influenced the writing of this textbook as well as Laurel Springs School curriculum is Benjamin Bloom, who developed a taxonomy of learning called, appropriately enough, Bloom’s Taxonomy. In Bloom’s Taxonomy, there are six levels of learning, each one successively more complex than the last. These levels are:

· Recall/Knowledge – the ability to recount information from a source
· Comprehension – the ability to understand information from a source
· Application – the ability to use information according to certain principles or rules
· Analysis – To break information into the sum of its parts, discuss how it works, and reorganize it into meaningful patterns and relationships
· Synthesis – To apply knowledge that one has and apply it to new sources of knowledge
· Evaluation – To assess whether a source of information is sound or unsound

As you review the questions in this course, observe which level of Bloom’s taxonomy they are using. How can you take a recall question and apply the higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy?