Rewordify

Rewordify.comInformation for teachers

Rewordify.com educator presentation

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Rewordify.com is a web site that acts like an “app” or a program you install

Point browser to rewordify.com

Works in any browserand on any device

The basics


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Mode 1: Simplify, Highlight, and Teach

Simplifies harder English by replacing hard words and phrases with easier ones

Highlights the replaced words, showing the original ones upon mouse-hover/click/tap

What does Rewordify.com do?


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Mode 2: Highlight and Teach

Identifies all the hard words and phrases in a passage and highlights them

Shows easy definitions of the harder ones upon mouse-hover/click/tap

What does Rewordify.com do?


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34,300 difficult words and phrases

Hand-picked by experienced educators

Word length doesn’t matter

Difficult: ken, orb, diva

Not difficult: ridiculousness, unbelievably

Identifying “difficult words”


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Makes hard English more accessible

Fosters independent learning

Offers an alternative to dictionaries

Assists visual learners

What’s the point?


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Rewordify.com can help:

Ages: high school through adult

Reading skill: approx. 5th grade and up

Target student population


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Rewordify.com is not intended for:

Ages: children younger than 10

Reading skill: below about 5th grade level

Target student population

Rewordify.comAn alternative to dictionaries


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Words definedin terms ofthemselves

Definitions have difficult words

Problems with a dictionary

dictionary.com

google.com

merriam-webster.com


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Requires a multi-step lookup process

◦ Locate an unknown word◦ Look it up◦ Scan the definitions and analyze them◦ Pick the definition that is most relevant◦ Go back to original text◦ Apply the definition within the context of the

sentence

Problems with a dictionary


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Words defined in terms of themselves

Rewordify.com never uses any form of an unknown word in its definition

Problem #1 addressed

Word Dictionary Rewordify.comzestful full of zest cheerful and

energeticimprovisation an act of

improvising(making things up on the spot)

palliative serving to palliate pain-relieving


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Difficult words in definitions

Rewordify.com never uses difficult words in definitions:

Problem #2 addressed

Word Dictionary Rewordify.compertinacious adhering resolutely to an

opinionstubborn

importune ask (someone) pressingly and persistently

beg

propitiousness

auspiciousness: the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result

good luck


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Looks at how words are used in a sentence

Comes up with a “smart” definition based on context

Examples:

“enchilada” is left alone, but“whole enchilada” is reworded to “whole thing.”

Rewordify.com knows context


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“Art is beautiful.” is left alone“Art thou kind?” is reworded to “Are you kind?”

“He has a lot of spirit.” is left alone“He is my kindred spirit.” is reworded to:

“He is my good friend.”

Rewordify.com knows context


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Dictionary Rewordify.comCircular definitions? Sometimes NeverDifficult words used in definitions?

Sometimes Never

Works on entire blocks of text at once?

No Yes

Simplifies difficult phrases?

No Yes

Understands words in context?

No Yes

Works on web pages? No YesDefines every word in English?

Yes No

Comparison to a dictionary

Rewordify.comHow to use the site


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Type or paste in text

Enter a web URL

Examples of web URLs:www.example.comwebsite.eduhardwebpage.com/hardpage/text.htm

How to use


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Sees words -> rewordifies the words

Sees a URL -> rewordifies the web page

Different from Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.

Not a search engine


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Go to rewordify.com:

Demo


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In the top box, type this:

This site is replete with ways to improve your lexical knowledge.

Demo


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Then, press “Rewordify Text.”

Demo


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You’ll see this:

Demo

The phrase “replete with” was replaced with “full of.”

The word “lexical” was replaced with “word-based.”


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Notice the highlighting over the replaced words:

Smart Highlighting


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Hover your mouse over the highlighting:

Smart Highlighting

lexicalThe original word appears under your mouse cursor. If you’re on a tablet, just tap the highlighted word.


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At the top of any page, click “Settings.”

Flexible Learning


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Examine the options

Smart Highlighting


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Examine the options (continued)

Smart Highlighting


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Scroll down and click “Save settings.”

Smart Highlighting


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Click the link to go back

Smart Highlighting


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Refresh/reload the page to see the settings change

Smart Highlighting

word-based


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Printing any screen looks good on ablack-and-white printer

School-printer friendly


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Click the “R” to clear the screen

Works on web pages

word-based


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Enter a web site, like www.nytimes.com

Works on web pages


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The whole web site is rewordified

Works on web pages

Rewordify.comTeacher Tools


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First, find an article online, or a document on your computer.

Select and copy all or part of the article:

Teacher tools demo


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Paste the text into Rewordify.com and click “Rewordify Text.”

Teacher tools demo


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The text is instantly rewordified.

Teacher tools demo


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Scroll down and click on “View Teacher Tools.”

Teacher tools demo


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You’ll see a list of the hard words, and sixprintablehandoutoptions:

Teacher tools demo


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Vocab list with definitions Vocab list with blanks Matching exercise (with/without key) Quiz version #1 (with/without key) Quiz version #2

(with/without key)

Teacher tools demo


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Advantages:

Completely free No ads (ads on rewordified web pages will

show) No personal information collected No username/password needed Faster understanding Clear understanding of what hard words

mean

Wrap-up


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Home page demos “Details” link – from any page “Contact” link – from any page YouTube channel – instructional videos Blog: rewordify.blogspot.com

Help available

Rewordify.comThank you!

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