I’ve just been over to ‘Cosas que encuentro para clase‘, a really innovative teachers’ group blog from Spain. Their use of a Word Cloud as a Christmas message has given me a simple Christmas activity idea – too late for this year I know.
Create a Word Cloud from the text of a Christmas Carol, pop song, story or poem using one of the Word Cloud sites on the Internet e.g. www.wordle.net
- First use Google to search for your text
- Copy the text – using right click on mouse
- Paste text into Word Cloud site
- Create / edit your Word Cloud
- Save Word Cloud by using ‘print screen key’ then use free image editing software on computer e.g. ‘Paint’
- Students create posts on a class blog with the Word Cloud image and original text side by side
- Have a competition – Students can vote for the best Word Cloud design
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Merry Christmas to you too RIchard!
We were working on an alternative version in class the other day, Only got to day four … here’s a taster
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a very big flat screen TV”
gonna use your wordle and start earlier next year and see if we can’t get to all twelve verses
Have a great holiday,
Ceri
What a cool idea Ceri – it’s going straight up on ELTbites. Have a great Christmas and new year!
Richard
Thank you so much for the mention. Merry Christmas from the team of “Cosas que encuentro para clase”
You are welcome Carlos,
thanks for all your ideas
Have a great Christmas and New Year
Richard