"This is a word cloud made by using the tool wordle (www.wordle.net). This online tool could be used as a great pre-reading and pre-writing activity with students of any age. You simply upload the text that you want to use and select the different options from the drop down menu.
I created this cloud by copying and pasting selected text off of myelearning that described our course edrl6004 and VOILA got this cloud of words: the bigger words are the ones that appear most frequently in the text.
The word cloud could be used to build students' vocabulary and fluency. Before doing a reading assignment you can upload the technical or difficult vocabulary and create a cloud that students could use to preview the assignment, they could use the words to activate prior knowledge about what they think the reading is about or they could use the words to do a 'quick writing' exercise.
The cloud could also be used in the diagnostic stage, for instance after doing a running record with your students the words that the students struggled with could be made into a cloud for them to practice and they could tick them off as they master each one. The possibilities are endless... can you brainstorm and share any other ways to use this great tool?
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