candy

It turns out my students can be bribed pretty easily. Since Halloween is coming up I'm doing a Halloween lesson this week for fun. I went to the Commissary on base and bought a lot of candy, like Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, etc., thinking that maybe some of the students have never tried some types of American candy.

All I had to do was say, "When you finish this Halloween crossword puzzle, come show it to me. If you say Trick-or-treat you can get some candy." The puzzles were done in record time! I had several students get back in line to try to sneak another piece of candy, and a few who tried to grab multiple on the sly. They're teenagers but say the word candy and their faces light up like they're little kids again :)

I feel a little bit bad about the bribery, but in the end maybe they learned some new Halloween vocabulary. Even my co-teacher has endorsed giving out small treats, so that makes me feel a little bit better about it.