Mali Unit Wordle Creation

Here is the Wordle word cloud I created for my students. We are currently studying ancient Mali in West Africa. I wanted to see which words were most prominent in the VDOE provided SOLs for this topic. Below, you'll see that key vocabulary is very important. Also, the main verb you see is "describing". We require our students to do SO much more than just describe.

Tomorrow, I'm planning on sharing this word cloud with students. I'd like to see their interpretation of this creation before I explain it's purpose. We are also finishing up our midyear "self-reflection" project-a time for students to reflect on where they've come from, how they are doing, and where they'd like to be in the future. This would be a GREAT tool to help students design a word cloud based on their projects. Also, what a neat idea it would be to use these during an adjective unit to describe students.

This tool and activity allowed me to embrace my creativity(completely limitless possibilities with Wordle!) and create a visual aide that I can share with anyone. For these reasons, NETS T standard 1 and 3 were addressed.