1. Warm-up

• Play a quick word association game. Say a word, and students take turns saying words related to it.
• Introduce the concept of a "Word Factory" and ask students what they think it might be.

2. Presentation

• Show a brief demo of the Word Factory game, highlighting its interactive features.
• Discuss the importance of words and how they form the building blocks of sentences and stories.
• Let students play the game for a while.

3. Practice

• After playing the game, divide the class into small groups.
• Provide each group with a set of letter cards (or have them create their own).
• In their groups, students use the letter cards to form words related to a given category (e.g., animals, fruits).
• Rotate the categories, allowing each group to explore various word families.

4. Production

• Bring the class back together and introduce a collaborative activity.
• Provide cardboard and markers for each group.
• Assign a word theme (e.g., "nature") and ask each group to create a collaborative word poster with drawings and words related to the theme.
• Encourage discussion and collaboration within each group.

5. To sum up

• Gather the class and showcase each group's collaborative word poster.
• Discuss the different words they explored during the interactive activities.
• Reflect on the value of teamwork and creativity in word exploration.

6. Homework (optional):

• Assign a creative writing task where students incorporate some of the words they formed in the game into short sentences or a paragraph.
• Encourage them to share their creations in the next class.