Lesson 4

AIDS Information: AIDS affects all levels of society. Mothers with AIDS cannot sell in the market, attend to children, and perform household chores if they are sick. Fathers cannot work and provide for their families if they are sick. Children whose parents die from AIDS need new parents to take care of them. The social impact of AIDS is felt not only within the family, but in the larger community which supports the family as well. If young workers are sick and die, the country will be slow to develop. As more and more people become sick with AIDS, family support systems and health services will be burdened. Since AIDS has such an impact on the community, everyone's involvement in AIDS prevention is essential in order to stop the spread of HIV.

Focus: Community Involvement: In this lesson, your students will be taking their messages into their communities. Students can strengthen and enhance personal commitment to their communities by sharing what they have learned. AIDS education is about living and helping others to live.

Objectives: By the end of Lesson 4, students will be able to:

· Explain AIDS prevention slogans.
· Create an AIDS prevention slogan.
· Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary from Lessons 1-3.

Function:

· Communicating an AIDS prevention message.

Structure:

· Imperatives.

Vocabulary:

Review vocabulary from Lessons 1-3.

Adjectives

afraid
angry
bewitched
concerned
confused
cursed
embarrassed
faithful
foolish
frustrated
illegal
influential
lonely
powerful
safe (sex)
shocked
shy
sorry
surprised
rejected
risky
terrible
well-informed
worried

AIDS education is about living and helping others to live.

Time: 2 Class Periods.

EXERCISE 1: READING SLOGANS

Begin by writing the word SLOGAN on the board. Try to elicit its meaning by giving examples of local slogans (i.e., Guinness is Good for You, Love with Prudence). Explain to your students that slogans are short messages used to motivate action. If you have workbooks, tell students to read the AIDS Slogans. If you don't have workbooks, write the following AIDS prevention slogans on the blackboard.

SEX IS FUN BUT STAY WITH ONE

NO BALL NO GAME; NO CONDOM NO SEX

SMART GIRLS USE CONDOMS

LOVE SHOULD GIVE LIFE, NOT DEATH

DON'T BE FOOLISH; USE CONDOMS

DON'T BUY DEATH BY PAYING FOR AIDS

Select a student to read each slogan. Ask students to explain what message is contained in the slogan. Guide students to relate these slogans to health and AIDS prevention and the actions that people should or should not take.

Write the vocabulary from Lessons 1-3 on the board for review, or if you have student workbooks, tell students to refer to the vocabulary list. Students can use the vocabulary if they wish to write slogans, for example: "Don't be Foolish, Use Condoms."

Review the imperative form with students as they might want to use imperatives when creating a slogan. Spend only a few minutes reviewing as students generally have a strong passive knowledge of imperative structure from classroom commands that you consistently use when teaching. Two simple rules for the imperative form are:

Point to the slogan "Don't be Foolish; Use Condoms" to illustrate imperative forms.

EXERCISE 2: AIDS SLOGAN COMPETITION

Materials: Newsprint or brown paper, markers, crayons, or paint, tape or nails.

Divide students into groups of five. Each group is responsible for writing a slogan about AIDS or AIDS prevention. Explain to students that prizes will be given to the team with the best slogan. If you do not have prizes to give, free grade points can be awarded instead.

After students finish, ask a team member to write the slogan on the blackboard. If any slogans contain an error, ask students to identify the error and correct it. Ask students to identify slogans which use imperatives. After the slogans are completed, give students brown paper and ask them to write in a visually pleasing manner. Ask students to draw pictures to accompany the slogan. Explain to your students that the poster should attract attention and be easy to read. If you do not have enough time to finish during class, tell students to finish their work after school and to bring the projects to school the next day. If you don't have brown paper, students can draw their posters in their workbooks.

In order to determine a winner, ask the school principal or other faculty to act as judges. Invite them into your class to view the posters. If you cannot arrange for teachers and school administrators to act as judges, ask your students to vote and declare the winning team. Don't forget to award the winning team prizes!

After selecting the winning team, ask for volunteers to meet with you after class and hang the posters in several places in the community such as hospitals, clinics, bars, markets, shops, or pharmacies. Any place where people congregate is appropriate. Your students should seek to convince a taxi driver, shop owner, or street vendor to post the sign and promote its message.