Visit the newest addition to the Link List - "OLogy" (the study of)!
Choose an OLogy - wow you'll find LOTS of fun activties & new facts. Be sure to scroll all the way down the page! What was your favorite activity? Why?
Showing posts with label Word Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Word Fun. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wacky Words
"Wacky Words" are real words - they are just somewhat unusual & unique. Words that you don't often hear nor are they used every day. But...it's fun to increase your vocabulary.... by learning & using...."Wacky Words"
What can you do with a "Wacky Word"?
Why...you can:
- Define it
- Learn how to pronounce it
- Learn how to spell it
- Use it in a sentence
- Find out its part of speech
- Divide it into syllables
- Create a word design with it
- Write a poem about it
- Save it - and when you have lots - create a word find or crossword puzzle
What will you do with this week's Wacky Word??? Let us hear from you..........
WACKY WORD #1 - Verbomania - a craze for words
WACKY WORD #2 - Muleta - the red cape used by matadors
WACKY WORD # 3 - Quaternion - and set of four things
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wordle
Wordle is a free web-based application that allows you to create your own "word clouds" (graphics which emphasize the most common words by amplifying their size based on frequency--see the wordle of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech below).
Check it out at: http://www.wordle.net/
Create your own wordle - it's FUN!!!!
Here's mine :)
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