VocabGrabber

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Do you want to quickly and easily generate vocabulary lists for your students? Well, say no more, VocabGrabber is here! Get your list in three easy steps!

1. Copy text from any document
2. Paste the copied text into the box
3. Grab your vocabulary words!

More details from the web site:

“VocabGrabber analyzes any text you’re interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the “Grab Vocabulary!” button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

Select any word on the list and you’ll see a snapshot of the Visual Thesaurus map and definitions for that word, along with examples of the word in your text. Click on the word map or the highlighted word in the example to see the Visual Thesaurus in action.”

Use this tool to…

• generate vocabulary lists for students to define
• select the keywords to create a Wordle
• create a review activity using the lists

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