Tic-Tac-Toe Menu
Directions: Choose activities in a tic-tac-toe design. When you have completed the activities in
a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—or in the 4 corners, you may decide to be
finished. Or you may decide to keep going and complete more activities. Star the activities you
plan to complete. Color in the box when you finish the activity.
Collect Teach Draw Judge
Facts or ideas which A lesson about your A diagram, map or Two different
are important to you. topic to our class. picture of your topic. viewpoints about an
(Knowledge) Include as least one (Application) issue. Explain your
visual aid. decision.
(Synthesis) (Evaluation)
Photograph Demonstrate Graph Create
Videotape, or film Something to show Some part of your An original poem,
part of your what you have study to show how dance, picture, song,
presentation. learned. many or how few. or story.
(Synthesis) (Application) (Analysis) (Synthesis)
Dramatize Survey Forecast Build
Something to show Others to learn their How your topic will A model or diorama
what you have opinions about some change in the next 10 to illustrate what you
learned. fact, idea, or feature years. have learned.
(Synthesis) of your study. (Synthesis) (Application)
(Analysis)
Create Memorize Write Compare
An original game And recite a quote or An editorial for the Two things from your
using the facts you a short list of facts student newspaper or study. Look for ways
have learned. about your topic. draw an editorial they are alike and
(Synthesis) (Knowledge) cartoon. different.
(Evaluation) (Analysis)
“Pay-Day Loans” Choice Board
Create a survey (10 questions)
that you can ask consumers
about pay-day loans.
Target the following: basic
Calculate how the interest rate
Define and Give Example of: knowledge, if they have used
for borrowing $500 changes
Interest pay-day loans, what they do
when the loan must be rolled
Principal when they need additional
over once and then once again
APR money beyond their regular
beyond the due date.
Bank overdraft budget, etc.
Pay-Day loans
Explain the ramifications of
Roll-over Give the survey to 20
roll over.
individuals.
Summarize and study the
results and write a conclusion.
Design a consumer alert
Critique a pay-day loan
pamphlet
advertisement (newspaper,
magazine, television).
Illustrate the real cost involved Explain how pay-day loan
in relying on pay-day loans. companies justify their
Cite the persuasive strategies
existence as “helping
used to convince borrowers.
Recommend strategies a consumers”.
consumer can use to manage
Provide counter attacks to
emergency financial
their ads.
difficulties.
Compare three alternative
Demonstrate and Explain how options to using pay-day Complete the worksheet
to figure APR from the loan lenders. finding the APR for 15
amounts, terms, and finance various loan amounts and
charges. Explain how they work and terms.
how they benefit the borrower.