Activity 15: Tic-tac-toe

Objective:

• To encourage proper pronunciation of vocabulary; to reinforce AIDS information.

Target Group:

• Students of all levels, 5-50 players

Time:

• 15 minutes

Materials:

• Blackboard, chalk

Preparation:

• Draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the board and fill the grid in with AIDS vocabulary.

Directions:

• Divide the group into two teams: X and 0.

• Choose 2 students from team X.

• The first team member chooses a square e.g., "Top Right" and pronounces the word(s) in the square, e.g., "Dirty needles."

• The second team member makes a sentence about the word e.g., "You can get AIDS from sharing dirty needles."

• If the student does this correctly, the words in the square are erased and an X is put in the square.

• Team O follows the same procedure.

• If one team gets 3 Xs or Os in a row, they win.

Example for Tic-Tac-Toe

AIDS	Shoot Drugs	White Blood Cells
X	Mosquitos	HIV Virus
Blood	O	Immune System