What book is this?

Do a Wordle Walk

Wordle the text of the book you’re reading and instead of a “picture walk” do a “wordle walk.” You can introduce frequent vocabulary and let kids predict the story from the combinations of words they see in the WORDLE.

True inspiration is impossible to fake,” explains a character in Christopher Nolan’s existentialist heist film Inception.  If that’s the case, then Inception is one of the most honest films ever made.  Nolan has crafted a movie that’s beyond brilliant and layered both narratively and thematically.  It requires the audience to take in a collection of rules, exceptions, locations, jobs, and abilities in order to understand the text, let alone the fascinating subtext.  Nolan’s magnum opus is the first major blockbuster in over a decade that’s demanded intense viewer concentration, raised thoughtful and complex ideas, and wrapped everything all in a breathlessly exciting action film. Inception may be complicated, but simply put it’s one of the best movies of the year.

“I’m asking you to take a leap of faith.”

Wordle a movie or book review to build interest

IMBD, 2010

And make it

Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs. Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann." The movie follows the inseparable trio as they romp relentlessly through the Ozarks, trying to tree the elusive "Ghost" raccoon. Their efforts prove victorious as they win the coveted gold cup in the annual coon-hunt contest, capture wily ghost coons and bravely fight a mountain lion. Through these adventures Billy realizes the meaning of true friendship, loyalty, integrity and heroics, in this timeless and poignant coming of age story.

Capture classroom attention on a book

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Social Studies teachers can Wordle news articles from several sources and compare to look at bias or to evaluate credible sources. Capture presidential speeches, laws, rules and turn them into Wordles.

This was Obama’s Inauguration Speech- January 20, 2009:

Compare Print

Lincoln’s Inauguration Speech— March 4, 1861

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Create and post your weekly spelling list using Wordle.

Turn this list into a wordle:

moment going loaned only opening moment coat dome float music unicorn beauty used useful usually

Spelling with Wordle

Wordle a collection of words that represent parts of speech. Change the colors to white words on a black background in Wordle. Project the Wordle onto a large sheet of butcher paper and ask the kids to come and color nouns a certain color, verbs a different color, etc.

Enhance spelling study

Power Writing PromptsTo encourage writing fluency, incorporate power writing into your daily program. Enter vocabulary, science text, or poem text into Wordle . Display for students as idea prompts.  Students think for thirty/sixty seconds, then write continuously for two (or three/four) minutes without stopping without worry of conventions. Stop. Count words. Repeat two more times. 

Blog/Reflection Notebook/sentence starter: Create a sentence or an entry using at least 5 words in the wordle box. A great way to spark interest.

Using some words you see write for 1 minute on your thoughts of starting school and how

you might implement on new strategy.