We share a station-based routine that keeps rigor high, lowers stress, and makes ELA test prep engaging with short passages about sweets from around the world. Students rotate, gather evidence, and solve an acrostic puzzle using a traveling candy journal while we model test-aligned questions. • why drill-and-kill test prep hurts engagement • what students actually need for test readiness • how Sweet Stations are set up and rotated • using short informational texts with test-style stems • bui...