Past tense

Fixed

I had someone from their group read it out and I gave feedback.

I missed one...

I said that some would make good thesis statements where as others might be better just in an intro or one body paragraph.

Thesis statements?

a variety of ideas

I tried to encourage diversity.

they had a lot of ideas.

hmm

Charity

my students were putting a sentence on the board that they came up with in a group.

I brought a bag of markers so they wouldn't have to wait.

groups of 2 -3 talking about charity.

Avoid it and what else?

Attendance and kit kat

Board before i came in

I have no idea what this says but it was here before my class.  I try not to erase other profs' musings.