Tagxedo álbum
Tagxedo cloud created by M. Muthwill
Students should create a tagxedo album about Day
of the Dead/Día de los muertos
Guidelines:
1. Is going to be graded as a major test
2. The theme is Day of the Dead
3. Should have 10 pages each with a tagxedo/wordle
picture
4. It should be colorful
5. The student should have a cover page
6. The title should be original
7. The last page should have an original logo/picture.
8. The mini-book It is due November 2nd.
9. The student should glue the pages on the side (no staples)
10. Student should give an oral presentation to the class
Instructions to create the Tagxedo/wordle book:
What is 'tagxedo'. Tagxedo is a word cloud, and a word cloud is an artistic arrangement of words of different sizes. You can use the same word several times and the more is used the bigger the word appears.
I. Student should pick 10 characters from Day of the Dead examples; la catrina, la llorona, pan de muerto, a skull, a skeleton, Frida Kahlo, puppet skeleton, etc.
II. Make a list of 20 words that describes the character well in Spanish, or at least that pertained to the holiday theme. III. write them down in the tagxedo cloud as many times as you want to until the cloud reaches the desired form.
How to Create the Word Cloud:
1. Visit a word cloud website: Tagxedo.com.
2. Look for the word “CREATE” or the “word cloud” link and click it to get started.
3. Click SHAPE to pick from the shapes given or if you want to use a different one click "ADD IMAGE" and select the
shape from the website.
4. Insert the shape you picked from the web and start creating your clouds.
5. Click WORD/LAYOUT OPTIONS to play with Emphasis, Maximum word count, Color variation etc. untill you reach the
desire font and word layout.
6. Click LOAD and Write the words you picked for your character or copy and paste your list of words into the text
area. Click Submit.
7. Play with the color, font, and layout options until the words are arranged and have the complete picture of your
character.
8. Check with your teacher before printing your word cloud.
9. If you want to save the word cloud, look for the Save option
If you would like to have a different shape then follow these instructions:
A. Look for the shape/picture in the internet and save it to your desktop or a word document
B. Go back to Tagxedo.com and click in the shape box.
C. Scroll down and click in the bottom where it says "ADD IMAGE"
D. Pick the Picture from your desktop and insert it.
E. Start creating your cloud.
F. To insert your words if you have them in a word document just paste them into your cloud.
** Before you start your cloud make a list of all words that you can use. You also can write a poem or a
composition and have it ready to paste it to your word cloud.
of the Dead/Día de los muertos
Guidelines:
1. Is going to be graded as a major test
2. The theme is Day of the Dead
3. Should have 10 pages each with a tagxedo/wordle
picture
4. It should be colorful
5. The student should have a cover page
6. The title should be original
7. The last page should have an original logo/picture.
8. The mini-book It is due November 2nd.
9. The student should glue the pages on the side (no staples)
10. Student should give an oral presentation to the class
Instructions to create the Tagxedo/wordle book:
What is 'tagxedo'. Tagxedo is a word cloud, and a word cloud is an artistic arrangement of words of different sizes. You can use the same word several times and the more is used the bigger the word appears.
I. Student should pick 10 characters from Day of the Dead examples; la catrina, la llorona, pan de muerto, a skull, a skeleton, Frida Kahlo, puppet skeleton, etc.
II. Make a list of 20 words that describes the character well in Spanish, or at least that pertained to the holiday theme. III. write them down in the tagxedo cloud as many times as you want to until the cloud reaches the desired form.
How to Create the Word Cloud:
1. Visit a word cloud website: Tagxedo.com.
2. Look for the word “CREATE” or the “word cloud” link and click it to get started.
3. Click SHAPE to pick from the shapes given or if you want to use a different one click "ADD IMAGE" and select the
shape from the website.
4. Insert the shape you picked from the web and start creating your clouds.
5. Click WORD/LAYOUT OPTIONS to play with Emphasis, Maximum word count, Color variation etc. untill you reach the
desire font and word layout.
6. Click LOAD and Write the words you picked for your character or copy and paste your list of words into the text
area. Click Submit.
7. Play with the color, font, and layout options until the words are arranged and have the complete picture of your
character.
8. Check with your teacher before printing your word cloud.
9. If you want to save the word cloud, look for the Save option
If you would like to have a different shape then follow these instructions:
A. Look for the shape/picture in the internet and save it to your desktop or a word document
B. Go back to Tagxedo.com and click in the shape box.
C. Scroll down and click in the bottom where it says "ADD IMAGE"
D. Pick the Picture from your desktop and insert it.
E. Start creating your cloud.
F. To insert your words if you have them in a word document just paste them into your cloud.
** Before you start your cloud make a list of all words that you can use. You also can write a poem or a
composition and have it ready to paste it to your word cloud.