see v.burns for more info. 1.use wordle to introduce a topic - encourage pupils to guess what they...

See V.Burns for more info

?See V.Burns for more info

1. Use Wordle to introduce a topic - encourage pupils to guess what they will be learning about (works for all levels).

2. If you have an idea of what level of writing pupils want to be at by the end of a topic, you could use an example text in a word cloud as an introduction to the topic, but linking it back to the end activity or referring back to it as the lessons progress.

3. Use to analyse the content and gist a longer written text, especially with exam or higher level groups

4. To practise speed reading techniques for gist

5. To introduce new vocabulary

www.wordle.net See V.Burns for more info

www.wordle.net 1. Use Wordle to memorise new vocabulary/vocabulary lists

2. To encourage pupils to make sentences from the vocabulary learnt, using the word cloud as a visual prompt

3. Revision of key topics and vocabulary – pupils can create their own or can be given them

4. Comparing two texts at different levels (eg. Foundation & Higher) and discussing how the lower level one can be adapted to match the higher level

5. To teach pupils how to do a presentation without reading from a sheet and just using prompts (useful for oral exams)


www.wordle.net 1. Use Wordle to copy and paste the RSS feed of

a foreign news website and see what current affairs are

2. Encouraging creative writing from a selection of key words from a word cloud

3. A way of noting down bullet points

4. Self-reflection on work

5. Display posters


www.wordle.net 1. Use Wordle to display class rules/expectations

2. Cross-curricular – literacy (words) and numeracy(frequency)

3. See results of class survey visually

4. Choose which words are relevant for a writing task eg. formal vs informal letter writing

5. Prompt for word games eg. taboo, charades etc


www.wordle.net

1. Use Wordle to input target language vocabulary and English words – pupils match the vocabulary

2. Input vocabulary and screen capture the word cloud, copy into a PowerPoint or FlipChart page. Then add images for another vocabulary game or exercise or just to add variety to text only

3. Collate individual’s responses to questions


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