Wordwall: Teaching Reading and Writing
Wordwall is an interactive tool for creating custom games and activities to help teach subjects like reading and writing. It offers engaging ways for learners to improve literacy skills through games, quizzes, and exercises. Below is a simplified guide for using Wordwall in reading and writing:
1. Teaching Reading with Wordwall
Step 1: Vocabulary Games
Create games to help learners recognize words and expand their vocabulary.
Use the Match up or Word search template for matching words with meanings, synonyms, or images.
Example 1: Match words like happy with joyful or images of smiling faces.
Example 2: Match food items with their descriptions or images.
Step 2: Comprehension Exercises
After reading, create a multiple-choice quiz to test understanding.
Use the Multiple choice template to create questions about key ideas, characters, or events.
Example 1: After reading a short article, ask what the main idea was or which fact is most important.
Example 2: After reading a news story, ask about the main point or why something happened.
Step 3: Sequencing Events
Help learners practice the order of events in a story using the Ordering activity.
Provide a list of events and have learners arrange them in the correct order.
Example 1: Arrange steps for making a recipe.
Example 2: Arrange the sequence of events in a simple news story.
Step 4: Contextual Vocabulary
Use Fill in the blanks to test vocabulary understanding in context.
Create sentences with missing words and ask learners to fill in the blanks.
Example 1: The manager asked me to ________ the report by Friday.
Example 2: The bus _______ is at 10:00 AM every day.
2. Teaching Writing with Wordwall
Step 1: Writing Prompts
Create Quiz or Word search activities that encourage learners to write short responses or use vocabulary in sentences.
Example 1: After finding words related to job skills in a word search, write sentences like I am skilled in _________ or I need to improve my ________.
Example 2: Ask learners to write a short description of their job or work experience using specific vocabulary.
Step 2: Sentence Scramble
Use Sentence scramble to help learners practice sentence structure.
Provide jumbled sentences and have learners reorder them.
Example 1: The quickly ran dog _ The dog ran quickly.
Example 1: She working hard at is the desk _She is working hard at the desk.
Step 3: Sentence and Vocabulary Building
Use Match up to pair sentences with vocabulary words or phrases.
Have learners match sentence parts to create complete thoughts.
Example 1: Match sentences with words like business, team, or customer.
Example 2: Pair phrases with their correct endings, such as I need to… with schedule a meeting.
Step 4: Descriptive Writing
Use Describing or Writing prompts to inspire detailed descriptions.
Example 1: Ask learners to describe a place they would like to visit and what they would do there.
Example 2: Provide a picture of a busy street and ask learners to describe it in detail, focusing on people, buildings, and activities.
3. Enhancing Interactive Learning
Step 1: Collaborative Writing
Create group writing prompts for learners to work together on.
Example 1: Groups write a short story about a day at work, with each group contributing a paragraph.
Example 2: In small groups, write a letter to a business about a product issue.
Step 2: Timer for Speed and Accuracy
Set a timer for activities to encourage fast, accurate responses.
Example 1: Set a 5-minute timer to unscramble as many sentences as possible.
Example 2: Have learners complete a vocabulary-matching activity in 3 minutes.
Step 3: Peer Review
Create peer review activities where learners check each other's work.
Example 1: After writing a short letter or email, have learners exchange their work and check for correct grammar and spelling.
Example 2: Ask learners to provide feedback on how clear and easy to understand each other’s writing is.
4. Assessing Learner Progress
Step 1: Track Responses
Use Quiz or Multiple Choice to monitor learners' understanding.
Example 1: Create a quiz based on a work-related reading and track learner progress over time.
Example 2: Track performance on grammar and vocabulary quizzes to see where more practice is needed.
Step 2: Instant Feedback
Give immediate feedback on learner performance with Wordwall's instant scoring.
Example 1: After completing a quiz, learners can review their answers to see where they went wrong.
Example 2: Provide feedback on how to improve written responses based on their performance.
Wordwall makes teaching reading and writing more engaging for learners through interactive, customizable activities.
