I was able to spend part of my day brainstorming through my upcoming lessons with a friend today to see that I was making them engaging and entertaining - in addition to being interesting. Trying to find interesting and engaging ways to get students to write in their journals, so part of that included clever ideas for journaling. So far ideas include: how and why would one weld with a light saber? Do welders work better on Monday or Friday? What will welding in the future be like? What is welding like in space? ...weird as they may sound, I'm going to try them out this next week to see if it gets them to write.