Thursday, December 12, 2013

Visual Poetry



This free app is a wonderful tool for manipulating basic vocabulary. There are lots of choices for schema and colors--You can select a pre-formatted background or draw your own. You can enlarge certain words, drag them to the location of your choice and highlight with colors. 

My favorite way to use this is to make the background and shape represent the theme of your vocabulary. The activity lasts 10 minutes or so, then students can present their final product using the target language. The only drawback is that the app won't accommodate that many words so you need to limit to about 10.  

This is an example of one my students made... 

 

Cat Academy





Have you heard of the icanhazcheezburger cats? If so, and you think they're fun, this app is for you!  This app is $1.99 but worth it for the cuteness factor alone! Learn phrases and vocabulary with cat memes! I have downloaded for my students to do to reinforce our classroom learning. Students progress through recognition, listening and speaking activities to earn the badge for that level. Further levels recycle previous words/phrases. It's fun. And cute. What more could you want???