Women's History Month: Respond to Quotes for the Google Classroom

This Google Slides Resource works well for Distance Learning. With this bell ringer, your students can respond to a quote by famous women for Women's History Month or any time of year. This digital resource in Google Slides allows students to choose a prewrite template to fit their response to a quote each day. of Womens History Month. Students write a paragraph in response to each quote. Then, they do a brief research activity. This Bellringer / Do Now activity works for the beginning of class and can be a great conversation starter.

Contains one or two quotes from each of the following:

•Malala Yousafzai

•Rosa Parks

•Amelia Earhart

•Anne Frank

•Marie Curie

•Helen Keller

•Susan B. Anthony

•Sonya Sototmayor

•Madeleine Albright

•Gloria Steinem

•Ayn Rand

•Judy Garland

•Estee Lauder

•Michelle Obama

•Eleanor Roosevelt

•Anne Lamott

•Alice Walker

•Condoleezza Rice

•Hilary Clinton

You will download a pdf with teacher tips and instructions. In that pdf, you will find a link to a student resource in Google Slides.

The student Google Slides resource contains:

⇒Page 1: Title Slide

⇒Page 2: Directions Explains how to choose a prewrite and paste it before the quote.

⇒Page 3-6: Prewrite Templates

⇒Pages 6-26: Quote Prompts

⇒Page 27-28: Research

Students choose their favorite quote and then briefly research the speaker. They are challenged to think about how the speaker's life relates to what was said.

The expectations for the amount of writing can be differentiated based on the ability of the students.

This resource could be used with Middle School or High School students as a free write response. You would just delete the paragraph templates before assigning.

If you are looking for a year long bell ringer where students respond to quotes, check out A Quote a Day or the Growth Mindset resource which includes quotes to respond to.

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