Work in a group of 3-4 students. Discuss the following warm-up questions / activities:
- In Exercise 1 brainstorm words and ideas associated with "caffeine" for 2 minutes. Spend another 5 minutes or less discussing the words and ideas together.
- In Exercise 2 brainstorm with a partner(s) all the fads you can remember in your lifetime. What were they? What happened to them? Were any dangerous? silly? important?
- Do you agree or disagree? Why?
- I would want to try a drink called "Cocaine Energy Drink."
- I couldn't live without at least one cup of coffee a day.
- Caffeine is a drug, and no one under 16 should be able to drink it.
- Caffeine is a drug, and should be made completely illegal.
- Everyone is always in a rush nowadays, and we should just slow down!
Exercise
Please open the exercise to continue.