Word Clouds

Word clouds inspire me as an adult, so I was thinking of creative ways to use them in the classroom. I am planning to create a graphic organizer that asks my students to identify characters, setting, character traits, mood and interesting words. Kids can then take their organizers to the computer and create a word cloud to print out using abcya.com/word_clouds.htm. There are a dozen ways to expand the use of word clouds in the classroom, and I am excited to experiment.