Using Wordsift

Level 2 Tool No data is shared: Access to this tool does not require any user to share information about themselves

Grades:   Intermediate   Middle   High

This information last checked: 10/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

Wordsift is much more than just a word cloud tool because Wordsift identifies and "sifts" out the most important words in a piece of text.  These words appear larger than the other words in the cloud. Wordsift allows users click on any word in the Wordsift and access the WordNet® visual thesaurus and Google search results.  

 

 

 

 

A video tutorial to create a Wordsift using Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech

 

 

• text analysis
• vocabulary preview
• preview common core lessons for important verbs
• literacy support
• assessments

 

 

	Substitution	Augmentation	Modification	Redefinition
Provide multiple means of Representation (Content)			Visualize a speech, report, or other body of text as a cloud of words arranged by frequency.
Provide multiple means of Action and Expression (Product)				Students analyze the word cloud in order to determine the main idea(s) of a variety of non-fiction text.
Provide multiple means of Engagement (Process)