tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821445707832319306.post6722283889251854662..comments2023-05-30T22:32:56.869+09:00Comments on Luna students' room: Make yourself a story - "The Storm"jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456177073785347711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821445707832319306.post-40562753775560170452010-10-08T17:55:11.021+09:002010-10-08T17:55:11.021+09:00I also did word clouds from film reviews adult stu...I also did word clouds from film reviews adult students had written. Copy & pasted, then gave them back the word clouds and asked them to re-tell their review orally in class the next time. <br /><br />Was a very good way to get them to remember their paragraph plans; still had to yellow card them for blurting 'spoilers' though.<br /><br />Like your ideas Martin - thank you for sharing!jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456177073785347711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821445707832319306.post-34998024070790809682010-10-07T01:01:35.590+09:002010-10-07T01:01:35.590+09:00Word clouds are great. I have created word clouds...Word clouds are great. I have created word clouds that include the most common verbs, enlarged them for class and stuck them on a wall for all students to see.<br /><br />It is also great to get students to write creatively and notice common word groups (verbs, nouns, etc).Martin Sketchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03668149905398851835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821445707832319306.post-19780561407585893872010-10-06T18:10:55.457+09:002010-10-06T18:10:55.457+09:00If you want to check out the 'real' story,...If you want to check out the 'real' story, it's OUP's Story Tree - Green book 4 "The Storm".<br /><br />The bigger the words ib the cloud (I used Wordle) the more frequent the word appears in the text.<br /><br />Jimjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456177073785347711noreply@blogger.com