I think the most important part of this chapter is about giving students a choice. This is something that I've heard and used in the past, but can be easily forgotten. A good method to try might be to look through your daily schedule each morning and decide what areas the students will have choices in. Having 28 kids in my class and several out with the flu this past week, getting assignments turned in is a daunting task. It would be interesting to try the "Grade tonight" and "Grade this summer" basket idea. I might change it to a "Grade Friday" basket because there are several assignments that take more than the allowed time in the lesson. We thought of trying to give due dates for each assignment, but I don't even think I could keep track of that let alone the students.
Another method that makes a huge difference is consequences with empathy. I have seen how negative doing the opposite can be. This method also shows the student that you still like them even though you didn't like their behavior.
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