I dropped the hammer!

So, yesterday we had a cultural performance (it was improv) and my class was terrible.  They didn't stop talking through the entire thing and I was torn between disrupting things further by moving them off the benches and trying to get them to cut it out.

So this morning I dropped the hammer.  I was quiet and controlled and I told them the new rules.  We now have a line up order (alphabetical by first name) and we walk down the hallway at my pace.  We practiced being good audience members into our gym time (and then we did 15 minutes of conditioning stations).

I told them they have lost their benches privileges in the next assembly (so they can sit on the floor with the rest of the plebs) and I can keep more careful track of them. They can earn their Grade 7 privileges back.

I'm glad it's a short day though.  Being this stern takes practice and I am finding it hard.

But they know it's down to business now!