Alright, so check it out. In my SED class today, my instructor/site coordinator explained to us that for our unit plans, we need to create a physical representation of student accomplishment via a chart kinda like this:
Anyhoozlebees, he also mentioned that I needed to give them an incentive, and suddenly it clicked.
At the end of my Macbeth unit, if all three classes maintain a grade average of 80%, I'm going to have one of my students shave my beard in class while the rest watch on. The one lucky student will be chosen based upon his/her essay on why he/she should shave the beard. The chart I plan on using will be a poster with a chin upon which I will velcro pieces of a beard. Every time they accomplish a milestone, I'm going to remove a piece of the beard, and when all pieces are gone, the beard comes off.