Written by Ms. Lala
It’s been a while I teach using Tic Tac Toe game in my
class. But it never crossed my mind that I could use pictures to make the game
more fun. For all this time, I only used traditional way of tic tac toe to make
students memorize certain verbs or vocabulary.
What you need to do first is make sure what language point you
want to focus on. In this posting, I’d like to share what I did in my class. The
focus was expressions of asking and giving opinions about kinds of dances.
1.
Prepare pictures of kinds of dances. There should
be 9 different dances. For example: Korean Fan dance, Mexican folk dance, American
Square Dance, Greek line dance, waltz, jazz, hip hop, tap and ballet.
2.
Pair the students.
Each pair gets one set of cards. Pile them on the table.
3.
Each student in the pair should
decide what emoticon they would use: O. X,
4.
First student takes turn. He asks “What do you
think about Greek line dance?” while taking the card with Greek line dance on
it. The second student should reply “ I think Greek line dance is exciting. The
first student then continues asking “ Would you like to learn how to Greek line
dance?” the second student will respond “Sure, I would.
5.
After finishing question and answer, the first
student will draw the emoticon he chooses. He puts it on the table. He can
choose the position of the card, in the middle, in top right or in the bottom
right or left.
6.
Repeat the procedures in turn. Don’t forget to
remind the students to try to block each other so their partner won’t win
easily :D
7.
If nobody wins since the competition goes so
tight, they can repeat the procedures by erasing the emoticon or using different
ones to save time. The more they play, the more drilling they do in asking and
giving opinions about dances.
8.
Good luck :D
The above the procedures can be done with different language
points or vocabulary a teacher wants to focus on. If you don’t have enough time
to searc the pictures and print them, you can just write down the vocabulary on
the paper. Don’t forget to drill the expressions first so that the students won’t
be too dependent on the book or expression written on the board.
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