This is the post I shared on my other blog. I thought you might want to read it…

Earlier this week I clicked on Lee Ann’s blog to make a comment. I noticed she had created a beautiful word cloud! It was made with a site that I hadn’t heard of before, Tagul. This site is amazing. I LOVE it! You can sign in with your google account and SAVE your word clouds. The choice of shapes is broad and you can upload a photo and use that for the shape. I decided to use Tagul in school with my sixth graders.

We had been working in book club books for a couple of weeks. Our reading work consisted of following a character and paying attention to his or her traits. In class, I had the groups gather together, review their notes and the books to help them make a word cloud about their book. The results amazed me! Here are a few of them…

 

@Mhaseltine I LOVE THIS!!!!
— Nancy J. Cavanaugh (@NancyJCavanaugh) March 26, 2015

@Mhaseltine LOVE LOVE LOVE! — Dan Gemeinhart (@DanGemeinhart) March 26, 2015

@Mhaseltine Thanks so much for sharing! Those are awesome!
— Dan Gemeinhart (@DanGemeinhart) March 26, 2015

@Mhaseltine You can tell them I totally LOVE their word clouds! They rock! — Dan Gemeinhart (@DanGemeinhart) March 26, 2015

❤️ Spindiddly!! “@Mhaseltine: A word cloud one of my 6th graders created about Snicker! Thought you’d enjoy it. pic.twitter.com/7Aty5FihGf”
— Natalie Lloyd (@_natalielloyd) March 26, 2015

@Mhaseltine This is the cutest!! — Natalie Lloyd (@_natalielloyd) March 26, 2015

@Mhaseltine Oh my goodness! I love these! Please tell your students I thought they were fabulous!!

— Cynthia Lord (@Cynthia_Lord) March 27, 2015

@Mhaseltine Wow!

— Cynthia Lord (@Cynthia_Lord) March 27, 2015

Audience is POWERFUL! Students worked hard on their word clouds with no expectations. The assignment was to create the word cloud and post it on their blog. The authors of the BOOKS they are reading saw their work and responded with such kindness! I can’t wait to share this with my students today.