Cigarettes

i started off our cigarette unit by telling them we were going to make a recipe. they got excited because they thought they were going to make food. i brought in all the ingredients i had from home that went into cigarettes. i didn't have everything...such as rocket fuel...but i had quite a bit of these things:

first i pulled out vinegar...and asked, "who's still in" i lost about 1/2 the class. then i kept pulling out one by one.

in every class i got, "wait, is this real???" "wait, do people ACTUALLY eat this??" and i said, "yes!" at the end, i asked them, "ok, what do you think this is a recipe for??" and after a minute or two, someone usually figured it out.

a week later when we were studying for the exam, a student came up to me and told me she went home and told her mom's friend who was trying to quit what's in cigarettes, and her friend was able to stop smoking for at least a week! proud teacher moment.