Homework Review Game | Tic-Tac-Toe

​This is a fun way to review homework or to give motivation to the students to do book exercises during class. I recommend this for smaller classes.

Lesson Plan

LESSON: Review the book exercises
OBJECTIVES: a. Study the key material b. Direction vocabulary
​c. Tic-tac-toe Strategy
LEVEL: Can be appropriate for most levels.
TIME: 8-10 minutes
PLAN: (Best for classes of 2-8 students)
·      Use this to review homework or to do book exercises.
·      Draw the tic tac toe board
·      Teach/Review the spaces on the board (top right/left; bottom right/left; middle; middle left/right/top/bottom)
·      Divide the class into 2 groups
·      Flip a coin to see who goes first
·      Team A chooses a square, Team B chooses a number for Team A to answer
·      A correct answer gets the square

Tips:

·      Allow a student to draw the X and O if they want (the more participation the better!)
·      Most students choose middle first. Teach them that the corners are the best strategy
·      Set a time (10 seconds) for them to choose their squares and numbers

Easter Egg Lesson:

Direction Vocabulary - Teach top/ bottom/ left/ right/ middle and watch them use these terms better and better over time.

Real Interaction - If you choose students to write the X and O on the board, they can do the entire interaction.
- "What square do you want?"
- "Bottom middle"
- "Team B, choose a number"

Tic-Tac-Toe Strategy - This teaches more than just winning at tic-tac-toe. Once you teach that the middle isn't the best first move, they will usually get it and learn to think a bit differently.

Teamwork - They will learn to work in a team in choosing the right square together and choosing which number they want the other team to answer.

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