I enjoyed exploring all of the Graphic Organizers. Wow, there are a ton of options! Wordle is an oldie, but a goodie. Last year, the students created Wordles for Science and Social Studies vocabulary that was challenging. I’d allow Two Minute Reviews and they’d share their words with each other and ask questions. I’ve also used them to identify weak verbs in writing samples. Students copy their text into Wordle and then look for weak or over used verbs. Since I’ll be teaching Colonial America this coming year, I created a Wordle to introduce the Middle Colonies.
Creating the Wordle was the easy part. It took some time for me to install and play with Jing, (I've been used to just using the Snipping Tool) but Jing allows you to do so much more.
I enjoyed the links for other uses of Wordle and plan to place text from novels we study into Wordle. I envision using the Wordles as a springboard for review and retelling a particular section of a book.
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