Inspirational Quotes ELA Bellringers - Print & Digital
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Get students excited about learning every day! This bundle includes three sets of full-year ELA bellringers for middle school. If you need daily bell work for multiple grade levels, this bundle makes it easy to get your students reading and thinking right away. Based on my class's 6th grade languagePrice $48.00Original Price $60.00Save $12.00
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Start each class on a positive note using an inspirational quote of the day and teach reading comprehension while you're at it! Your students will come alive as they discuss a thought-provoking ELA bellringer while using skill-based questions to practice vital reading skills like inference, context clues, figurative language, and more.
In this Quote of the Day middle school bellringer resource, you'll get a full year of 180 inspirational quotes, perfect as daily warm-ups for your middle school English or ELA classroom!
With one quote per day, you'll regularly spiral through the following skills:
- Figurative language
- Words in context
- Inference
- Cause and effect
- Paraphrasing
- Author's purpose
- Point of view
- Word choice
- Attitude
- Connotation
- Character education
...and more!
This resource includes digital Google Slides versions of all slides and worksheets!
Use this full-year resource in a variety of ways:
- Post and discuss as a class (simple and effective - my favorite!)
- Display the quote on an interactive whiteboard, allowing students to add answers and receive feedback
- Have students complete the daily quote on that week's worksheet and discuss answers using the PowerPoint slide
- Collect the worksheet for a classwork grade at the end of the week
- Do several quotes at a time to practice a specific skill
- Use Google Slides version for distance learning
Here's everything you need for a year of inspiration!
- PowerPoint slides for 180 quotes, including three skill-based questions each
- Weekly worksheets (PDF) for 36 weeks containing five quotes each, plus the questions for students to answer on their own
- Table of contents (PDF) for each "month" of 20 quote slides, containing each quote's author, topic, and skills covered
- Index of quotes (PDF) listed alphabetically by author
- Google Slides versions of all quote slides and weekly worksheets
- Answer key (PDF) with suggested answers to prompt discussion
*Month 6 was created with Black History Month in mind; many quotes come from notable African Americans.
*Month 7 was created with Women's History Month in mind; many quotes come from notable women.
I've made it easy to choose quotes by author, topic, or skill using the handy Quote Index that is included in the file! I often choose quotes relating to specific events going on in my school or classroom, and when we cover topics like figurative language and poetry terms, I try to find quotes that reinforce those skills.
I am constantly amazed by the relevance of these quotes, even though many of them were written centuries ago! So often the quote I choose at random touches on a specific issue going on in my class that day. I hope your students are as inspired by these wonderful quotes as mine have been over the years!
A detailed answer key is included for each bellringer!
A note about copyright:
In creating this resource, I made every effort to respect copyright laws, which still protect the intellectual property of most 20th century writers and speakers. Therefore, the quotes used in this resource come from works in the public domain.
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