Hi Joel, Sorry,nothing earth shattering. Your approach is much like mine. I show the standards and then give examples of how those standards can be met. I use a pretest that is fun and shows the students what we will be studying in the coming weeks. The fun part is that I use letters and jargon from out field and have the students write out what they mean. Example ADA. All kinds of answers come out of this from American Dental Association to Americans With Disabilities Act. The students are very creative in their answers to the quiz and it gives me a great starting point for discussion. Don't know if something like this could work for you or not. It is both an ice breaker and pretest. If you have any other questions along this line let me know. Gary