Objectives

At the end of this activity, students should be better able to (select as many as apply):

have determination

Activity

This activity works best if you have a series of questions that have short and fixed answers. Multiple choice questions would work well here.

Divide the class into 2 groups.

Get each group to send one representative to the front of the class.

Ask the first representative a question - they have only 5 seconds to answer it. (Time is arbitrary - set an appropriate time limit but it should not be too long. This is meant to be a quick activity.)

If they get it right, they get 15 points. If they get it wrong, their opponent gets 15 points.

Now the opponent gets asked a question with the same conditions.

Scores move from 15 to 30 to 40 to 45.

Once any of the representative gets 45 points, that students earns one ‘game point’ for their group. The moment that happens, change the representatives from each group.

If they are both at 40 points, they have to keep volleying until any representative has a 2 point advantage.

Once any group has earned 6 ‘game points’, they have now scores a ‘set point’.

If both groups are at 5 ‘game points’, they need a 2 game point advantage to score a ‘set point’.

The first group that earns 2 set points wins the match.

(This is the scoring system for tennis.)

Time Needed for Activity

15 MINUTES

Additional Resources

None

Rationale

In most sporting matches, you have to fight for every point. And not give up when you are behind. Using the scoring system of a tennis game teaches students to have the same determination as athletes.