Hi Sarah, Everyone likes to be praised for what they are doing. A class exercise you might want to try, that my students really enjoy is the following. Divide the class up into groups of approx. 4-5 students. Have two students deliver 1-2 minutes speeches on some topic within your area. I have a rubber tub up in the front of the class and each group can select items from the tub to create a reward for the students. In the tub I have pop cans, construction paper, gold stars, ribbons, felt markers, etc. Each group has to come up with a unique reward for the students. The idea is that there are many different ways of rewarding effort. This lets the students be creative, have some laughs, and see how the most simple things can be a reward if presented right. The students may entitle the awards such as most inspiring, most effective, etc. I have found that this also helps me to review my ideas of how I can keep my students motivation, especially as we get about 2/3 of the way through the course and they are getting tired. Let me know how this works out for you if you give it a try. Gary