English Bell Ringers - Literary Devices, Discussion, Writing, & Videos - Vol 1

English Bell Ringers - Literary Devices, Discussion, Writing, & Videos - Vol 1: These English bell ringers and warm-ups are one of the top 100 best-selling resources on Teachers Pay Teachers! 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 literary devices, high-interest discussion prompts, famous quotes, 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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Included in These English Bell-Ringers (Vol 1):

➡️ Monday - Literary Term of the Week: Start your week by introducing students to 76 different literary devices through the use of modern examples and video clips (music lyrics, TV, movies, novels, celebrities, images etc). Discuss the term and have students write the definition and examples of the literary device in their own words on the weekly student handout or in the provided booklet. Posters are also included, so you can have an accompanying bulletin board for the new literary devices they learn. Students can add examples that week of the literary device in action.

➡️ Tuesday - Discussion of the Week (What Would You Do?): Use the next day to engage your students in meaningful discussion! This resource includes 40 discussion prompts that include ethical dilemmas where students must decide what they would do in a specific situation. You can discuss the prompt as a whole class, or break students into small groups to discuss and report their thoughts back to the whole group. This is an excellent tool to encourage friendly debate.

➡️ Wednesday - Quote of the Week Response: On the next day, introduce one of the 40 inspirational quotes to your students by displaying the quote on the screen or printing and posting one of the beautiful ready-made posters to your classroom wall. Students reflect on the meaning and relevance of the quote in writing on their weekly student handout or the general responses page. Three alternative assignments are also included for students to make inferences, give advice, or make comparisons.

➡️ Thursday - Video Journal of the Week: On the following day, engage your students with 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!

➡️ Friday - Silent Reading (SSR): Students will end off the week with sustained silent reading. Each of the weekly slideshows provide a prompt for students to take out their books and begin reading.

➡️ 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!

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Want even more bell-ringers? Check out our other volumes:

>>> English Bell-RIngers - Volume 2

>>> English Bell-Ringers - Volume 3

>>> English Bell-Ringers - Volume 4

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