Thing 13

This was fun!!!! I tried several different sites. Mappr and I did not speak the same language. Mosaic Maker and I did not speak the same language. Trading Card Maker and I finally spoke to each other. The card on the right is the result. This was so easy. The difficult part was uploading the photo from Flickr and then locating it on my computer. Thank you Joel Palmer for your help (multiple mini lessons). The trading cards could be used for vocabulary development. Teachers begin by creating the cards for the whole class, but releases the responsibility to small groups or pairs to create cards for academic language or vocabulary necessary to the meaning of a short story,, poem or novel. The subtitle could be the syllabication. The description box the meanings. The Greek and Latin root/base words would work hear.
Another thought could be to create a card for character(s), setting, mood, tone, etc. Oh, the places students could go.
The photo of William Shakespeare (FotoTrix) is a must. After all, I have spent a few years thinking about this man and his works. Teachers begin with a photo of a character or author with a caption to begin a unit of study. The caption would be a hint of the focus for the unit. Students would be able to create a character map using images with captions to analyze character traits and motivations.
One last time this was fun! This requires limited time (after the search for images and drafting the captions) to create.