Moodle 1.9 English Teacher's Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Moodle 1.9 English Teacher's Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Connecting Ideas -- Introduction -- Matching sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Carry out the activity in Hot Potatoes -- Hot Potatoes website -- Showing Hot Potatoes Quiz in Moodle -- Creating a matching activity in Hot Potatoes -- Unjumbling and connecting sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Twitter and Facebook for a survey -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Protecting Students' Rights and Privacy -- Brainstorming ideas using Forums -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Answering a quiz designed in a Lesson -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Writing somebody's biography using a link to a website -- Empty book, great story: upload pictures from Microsoft Word -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Connecting stairs: Uploading drawings from Microsoft Word -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a link with a Microsoft file -- Linking to websites and writing about an endangered animal -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 2. Matching Pictures and Text -- Introduction -- Picturing comprehension -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Students justifying their choice in a Forum -- Matching text to speech bubbles of comic strips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

There's more... -- Ordering and writing a story based on the comic strip -- Picture paragraph matching -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Sceneries and possible stories through flowcharts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Working with paintings-Salvador Dali's art -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Choosing a book by its cover -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Advising posters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Cooking recipes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 3. Looking at Things from Different Perspectives -- Introduction -- Becoming a well-known character -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Understanding secondary characters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a glossary with the characters -- Creating a crossword using the Glossary -- Uploading the crossword to Moodle -- Adding technology to a story -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Statues can think -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Changing an adventure -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Linking to a website where students can listen to Alice in Wonderland -- Reading Alice in Wonderland in your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone -- Old age versus childhood -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Beauty versus ugliness -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a writing activity after chatting and reading -- Curious characters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 4. Defining Types of Sentences -- Introduction -- Embedding videos, games, and matching the correct topic sentence -- Getting ready -- How to do it...

How it works... -- There's more -- Embedding the game -- Writing detailed sentences according to the topic sentence -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Multiple choice: choose the correct concluding sentence -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Mixing paragraphs -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Selecting the correct sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding more True/False questions in the Quiz -- Adding detailed sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Writing topics and concluding sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Hamburger paragraph: writing a composition using three types of sentences -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Creating Stories using Twitter and Facebook -- Introduction -- Debating a topic -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Inserting a Twitter button in Moodle -- Inserting a Twitter button in the HTML block in the Moodle course -- Cause-and-effect diagram, Fishbone, or Ishikawa diagram technique -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Inserting a Facebook button in our Moodle course -- Positive and negative points list -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Inserting a Twitter button in Moodle -- Play the reporter -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a writing activity using the answers in the Database -- Tweeting in an easier way -- Writing a story guessing facts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Writing a very short play using text messages -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Chain composition.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- How to summarize information -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 6. Improving Your Students' Writing -- Introduction -- Cubing technique: Describe -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Connecting both activities automatically -- Cubing technique: Compare -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Cubing technique: Associate -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Cubing technique: Analyse -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Sweet Home 3D to design the floor plan -- Cubing technique: Apply -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Cubing technique: Argue -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Rolling a cube -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- How to correct this essay -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 7. Comparing using Venn Diagrams -- Introduction -- Summer holidays versus winter holidays- drawing Venn diagrams using OpenOffice Drawing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Living in the country versus living in an overcrowded city-drawing Venn diagrams with clip art from Microsoft Word -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Being famous versus being unknown- drawing Venn diagrams with SmartDraw software -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Having a healthy lifestyle versus bad habits-completing a Venn diagram using the classtools.net website -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Famous coincidences-drawing Venn diagrams of Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy using Paint -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

Comparing different types of pollution- drawing Venn diagrams using Microsoft Visio 2007 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Types of students-drawing Venn diagrams using Edraw Max -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Puzzles-placing adjectives and sentences in a Venn diagram according to the description of personal possessions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 8. Composing New Sceneries -- Introduction -- Updating a fairy tale-using a database to guide writing activity -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Changing a poem into a cartoon-using resources from Web 2.0 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Cartoonizing ourselves -- Cartoonizing ourselves using Photo to Cartoon -- Listening to a poem and writing another end to it -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Imagining that your house is a palace -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Superheroes have other powers-creating your own hero using tools from Web 2.0 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Writing about a hero designed using a link to a website -- Flying shoes-creating an advertisement using animoto.com -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Becoming your idol-using Quandary 2 in Moodle -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a writing activity -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 9. Working with Mind Maps and Tree Diagrams -- Introduction -- Pictures in mind maps-using Buzan's iMindMap V4 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Uploading the mind map as .png file -- Drawing pictures using pen sketch -- Creating a writing activity.

Adding data to pictures-creating a mind map using MindMeister.