English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Word Choice, Writing, Debates, & Video - Vol 4
English Bell Ringers - Grammar, Word Choice, Writing, Debates, & Video - Vol 4: Have your students in their seats as soon as the bell rings by beginning each of your middle or high school English classes with these engaging daily bell ringer routines! This comprehensive full-year resource includes everything you need to start each class with an engaging bell ringer activity. With tasks related to writing, grammar, word choice, debates, and video journals, you'll have what you need to engage your students and improve their ELA skills. All you have to do is print the weekly student handout or use the general response sheets to choose the day of the week for each bell ringer, and your planning is complete.
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What Teachers Are Saying About These English Bell-Ringers:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These bell ringers have been a life saver in my classroom. I have used all four volumes and they are well worth the money. The students are engaged and the skills being taught are a great spring board for classroom lessons. I highly recommend that if you are teaching middle or high school, you get these resources. You will not be disappointed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Presto Plans English bell ringers are definitely worth the money. It saves so much time and there are so many different options of what the kids can do. Bonnie, thanks again for a great resource.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I've been using these since the beginning of the year with my 9s and 10s: LOVE THEM! Highly recommend these as fun, meaningful ways to get your kids started in an engaged, meaningful activity while you take attendance, get organized after your last class, etc.
Included in These English Bell-Ringers (Vol 4):
➡️ Monday Picture Prompts: Start your week with creative writing! Students will receive a high-interest picture and use it as inspiration to write. Students can use the visually appealing prompts to spark a fictional story, as inspiration for a descriptive piece, or as an inspiration for a personal memory from their past. An alternative response booklet is also provided if you do not wish to use the Mon-Fri schedule.
➡️ Tuesday Text Fail (Grammar): On the next day, students will read a text message conversation and correct grammar errors, spelling mistakes, and punctuation errors. Detailed answer keys are provided that explain each of the errors for class review. A task card and booklet option are also provided to give you flexibility on how you want to use this resource.
➡️ Wednesday Word Choice: Help students improve their word choice with this next bell-ringer task. These bell-ringers allow students to improve their use of description (verbs, adverbs, and adjectives) by improving the word choice of given sentences. Each slide has two sentences, and students must improve the word choice of the sentences by choosing stronger verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. A separate response booklet is provided to give you flexibility if you do not want to follow the bell-ringer schedule.
➡️ Thursday Debates: Start your Thursday by getting students to practice persuasive language with these debate bell-ringers. This task is sure to get even your most reluctant students speaking as they attempt to convince their partner that their opinion is the correct one. The product includes everything you need to spark up friendly debate and discussion in the classroom. A task card option is also provided.
➡️ Friday Film Clip Video Journals: Engage your students with these dynamic slides that feature 40 video clips accompanied by related writing prompts. The videos are inspirational, thought-provoking, and creative. This resource provides a structured approach to incorporating video journaling once a week to last you the entire school year.
➡️ Organized Weekly Student Handouts and Slides: Each of the 40 bell-ringer weeks includes a folder that contains a PowerPoint presentation with each of the weekly slides organized by day as well as an accompanying weekly student handout. Distribute the weekly bell-ringer handout on Monday, and students will use it to complete the bell ringers for that week!
➡️ General Response Pages (not Mon-Fri Option): Don't follow a Monday-Friday schedule? No problem! We have included general response pages for each of the days, so you can create your own bell-ringer binder and use the general slides that do not include a Monday-Friday header!
More Incredible Teacher Feedback On These English Bell-Ringers:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These bell ringers are fantastic. I have used the Volume 3 and loved them. I am excited to use this Volume because it has other student activities in it. I love that my student know what to do and that they are quite engagers for the day. I really love these and hope you continue to make more.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students absolutely love this as bell work! It has variety and is extremely engaging. Super easy ready to use resource. Thanks!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sanity-saving resource, my students walk in and are so excited to read the board in the morning! Thanks for creating this awesome resource. I can't wait to get another one!
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