Bell Ringer Journal Writing Prompts for High School English and Middle ELA

These high-interest bell ringers and journal writing prompts are designed for middle and high school students! Use these daily writing prompts as bellringers for instant engagement or as a class starter to facilitate your students thinking creatively and critically. This resource will provide structure and consistency for your students!

✏️ How do writing journals benefit your students?

✅Improves Mental Health

✅Boosts Social Emotional Intelligence

✅Inspires Creativity

✅Enhances Critical Thinking

✅Provides Structure and Reduces Anxiety

✅Increases Students' Writing Capabilities

✅Improves Their Ability to Analyze and Respond to Topics

The Google Slides Bell Ringers Journal includes an editable directions slide. Teachers can opt to have students respond to each prompt by inserting a blank slide underneath each topic, or they can use the included Bell Ringer Response sheet instead.

This resource can also be used as essay starters and ELA writing topics – including topics for descriptive essays, expository writing, and prompts for building an argument! The writing journal also includes topics that align with common literary themes – such as choices and consequences, self-identity, stereotypes, and overcoming challenges and hardships.

The bell ringer prompts and topics are modern and relevant to today’s youth. The appealing design includes pictures of teenagers and will hook your students from the start!

The High School Bell Ringer Journal includes topics that teens will WANT to write about!

Sample topics include the following:

• This or That (Students choose between two presented topics or stances.)
• Teens and Anxiety
• Uniquely You
• A Time I Could Not Stop Laughing
• I Need a Hero
• My Quotable Quote
• What Others Take for Granted
• Who I Am (Strengths and Flaws)
• The Perfect Student App
• Friendship 101
• Failure and Being a Game-Changer
• I Admit It. I Overreacted.
• Life in 20 Years
• My School Filter Rant
• Friends Who Are Like Family
• What the Younger Generation Can Teach the Older Generation

This engaging resource includes the following materials:

• Pdf Teacher's Guide with Google Drive resource links and implementation notes
• Directions for Microsoft Office users
• 100 Bell Ringer Topics with Eye-Catching Images on Google Slides
• Writing Journal Response Sheet with labeled topics
• Prompts relating to common literature themes
• Scaled Bell Ringer Grading Rubric

Help your students connect and reflect with this resource!

See what other TEACHERS like YOU are saying!

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My students love the prompts. It wonderful that the slides can be edited for specific grade level content and understanding. And the vivid slides are great. I'd like more!

Emily L

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I'm using these as weekly journal topics with my creative writing students. It was great to have all of the work done for me; it saved a LOT of time. Thanks!

Hoppe Helpers

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