English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Reading, Writing, and Speaking ELA Bundle

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English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Reading, Writing, and Speaking ELA Warm Ups: Elevate your English classroom with these dynamic bell ringers, meticulously crafted to engage, motivate, and assess students across a range of language arts skills! With 141 diverse tasks covering story elements, literary terms, grammar, writing, reading strategies, figurative language, and discussion, these warm-ups offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing curriculum standards. Simply project the slides as students enter the classroom, share the student response sheets, and watch as they dive into activities that promote critical thinking and skill development. Each slide includes a detailed answer key or student response sample, streamlining the review process and maximizing instructional time. From exploring modern topics like social media and technology to addressing key Common Core Curriculum Standards for middle and early high school levels (8-10), these bell ringers are a valuable resource for every ELA teacher throughout the school year.

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Included in These Common Core English Bell-Ringers:

➡️ Slides and Response Sheets: Each of the bell-ringer topics below includes bell-ringer slides (262 in total!) that will meet your Common Core standards. Covering a diverse array of topics including grammar, writing, reading, literary devices, figurative language, speaking, and more these bell-ringers provide a dynamic start to each class session. They also include ready-to-print response sheets for each of the different sections. This resource also includes blank and Monday-Friday formatted pages, allowing for flexibility in which bell-ringers you would like to share. This allows you to mix and match which topics you want to cover each week. Below are the different bell-ringer categories:

➡️ Grammar Bell-Ringers: Sharpen students’ grammar skills with targeted bell-ringers focusing on punctuation, sentence structure, homophones, capitalization, and more. These slides reinforce essential grammar rules through quick, engaging activities that prepare students for more polished writing.

➡️ Story Elements and Literary Terms Bell-Ringers: Help students master essential literary concepts with bell-ringers covering plot structure, theme, setting, conflict, character development, and key literary devices. These quick activities encourage students to analyze the elements that bring stories to life.

➡️ Reading Strategies Bell-Ringers: Boost comprehension with slides that focus on making inferences, identifying the main idea, summarizing, understanding vocabulary in context, and more. These bell-ringers are designed to enhance critical reading skills and improve students’ ability to analyze text.

➡️ Figurative Language Bell-Ringers: Introduce and practice metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, and other figurative language devices. These activities not only build understanding of how language creates imagery but also help students use figurative language effectively in their own writing.

➡️ Writing Bell-Ringers: Kickstart creative and analytical writing with bell-ringers that explore word choice, sentence variety, transitions, tone, and writing prompts for narrative, opinion, and argumentative writing. These tasks encourage students to develop their voice and improve their written expression.

➡️ Discussion Bell-Ringers: Engage your class in lively discussions with thought-provoking prompts tailored to teenagers. These activities are designed to spark critical thinking and debate, covering topics that connect literature, current events, and personal experiences.


How to Use These Common Core English Bell-Ringers:

Using these Common Core English Bell-Ringers is a breeze! Simply select a bell-ringer slide from the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation for each day. Display the chosen slide on the screen as students enter the classroom, share the student response sheets, and watch as they promptly engage with the task at hand. With this seamless setup, you can kickstart each class with meaningful English language arts activities that align with Common Core standards.


Content Covered in These Common Core English Bell-Ringers:

  • Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation (commas, semi-colons, capitalization, spelling, etc.)
  • Characterization
  • Setting
  • Theme
  • Conflict
  • Tone
  • Mood
  • Point Of View
  • Irony
  • Connotation
  • Symbolism
  • Pun
  • Paradox
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole
  • Alliteration
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Imagery
  • Context Clues (Vocabulary)
  • Inferring Information
  • Finding The Main Idea
  • Using Transitions in Writing
  • Opinion Writing
  • Formal Writing
  • Personal Narrative Writing
  • Video Journals
  • Discussion Topics
  • and more!

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