Wordle+Reading+Cloud+Directions

= = = = =** **Directions to Create a Reading Life Word Cloud ** **= = = media type="custom" key="5703743" 1) First Melanie makes a list of things she loves about reading. This could include:  Favorite authors   Favorite characters   Favorite books   Favorite genres   Favorite topics   Places she likes to read   Favorite reading partners   Anything the student or teacher wants included  2) Next, Melanie logs into Wordle.net and clicks on “Create.” 3) In the box that says “Paste in a bunch of text,” Melanie pastes (or types) in this list: Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Melanie Harry~Potter Harry~Potter Harry~Potter Harry~Potter Harry~Potter Blume Blume Blume Blume Hank~Zipzer Hank~Zipzer poetry poetry poetry poetry poetry humor humor humor humor humor humor realistic~fiction realistic~fiction realistic~fiction science science science animals animals animals sports sports frogs comics comics comics historicalfiction historicalfiction dogs dogs horses <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Spinelli Spinelli Spinelli Spinelli <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sachar Sachar <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">biography biography biography biography biography *Because Wordle makes words that appear most often biggest in the cloud, Melanie makes sure that she repeats her name the most so it stands out. She ranks her preferences by the number of time she repeats them. Favorites are repeated the most. *Phrases with two or more words are written with a ~ to keep them together in the cloud. Ex: Harry~Potter *She uses the “layout” feature to adjust color and position of words to create an attractive cloud. * Her teacher posts all of the student word clouds to celebrate everyone’s reading favorites!