Activity 3: Using polls to get students to vote on the correctness of grammar items

Aim: Get students to focus on a grammar point in a fun way

Moodle modules: Choice

Extra programs: NanoGong (optional)

Ease of setup: *

Another way of bringing a fun element into grammar is to turn it into a game. In this activity, students vote on whether some grammar is correct or not. The activity is similar to Chapter 3, Vocabulary Activities, Activity 6 in which students vote on the meaning of a word. Here are some ideas for questions that we could set up:

• Agreement (subject + verb)

• Tenses

• Word order

• Spelling

• Punctuation

• Modal verbs

In this example students have to vote on whether a sentence is acceptable in a given register. This is what students will see:

Here's how to do it

1. On the course page, click on Turn editing on. Go to the Add an activity... drop-down menu, and select Choice.

2. Fill in the settings page as follows.

   Settings	Details
   Choice name	Write an appropriate title for the activity. Let's call this A...