Secondary ELA Bell Ringers Collection — Prompts, PPT's, Activities, & MORE!

This no-prep bundle of bell ringer resources will start your students off each day on an exciting and stimulating thinking, writing, listening, analyzing, and/or writing adventure! Teachers or parents will find these bell ringers easy to present and explain to learners, and you’ll be amazed at the great learning opportunities the 250+ bell ringers in this collection will spur in your classroom.

PLUS: Included in this bundle are two resources that provide you with all the tools you need to create ENDLESS poem AND song analysis bell ringer activities!

You’ll be amazed at the great writing AND conversations these bell ringers will spur in your classroom.

This bundle includes L-EA's popular Travel Writing Prompts, Fall Seasonal Picture Prompts, Winter Seasonal Picture Prompts, Growth Mindset Writing Prompts, Song Analysis Bell Ringers, SAT Word of the Days, and AND MORE...(this is a growing bundle, so buy now and get more as new bell ringer resources get added!)

Writing Prompt resources for this bundle Include (See individual resource's PREVIEWS):

• FOUR PowerPoint presentation files (PDF also included) that includes 115 writing prompts, 90 with an accompanying picture, directions, and either fun facts, daily goals, or a Google Earth tour link
• Printable daily writing journals with cover page templates and prompt response pages
• FOUR one-page lists of prompts for easy reference
• FOUR digital writing prompt journals (provided as Google Forms), each distributed in two formats for workflow flexibility and included with distribution instructions

Song Lesson Bell Ringers resources include (See individual resource's PREVIEWS):

• An introduction with lesson planning advice and the definitions of 5 literary devices (Detail, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone)
• Literary devices worksheets to develop students' deeper understanding of the concepts at the heart of the song lesson resources
• 25 song lessons. Each lesson includes a pop song (music and lyrics available via included web link), an annotation activity, and three close reading analysis questions that ask students to examine the selected song through the lens of the literary concepts of Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone
• An answer key for each included song
• 5 Create Your Own Song Lesson Assignments that allows students to share their favorite music while also demonstrating their understanding of literary devices. Each assignment worksheet includes a rubric tied to 2 ELA Common Core Standards
• A song lessons template resource. This file includes a fill-in-the-blank song lesson activity and 4 teacher resources pages that include "template-ready" literary devices terms and 50 (!) sample analysis questions. You'll be able to create a song analysis lesson for any song in minutes!
• A Song Analysis Presentation assignment that invites students to share their favorite music with their classmates while keeping an academic focus. This presentation project is tied to 3 ELA Common Core standards
• 5 Literary Devices Writing Prompts (tied to Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone). Great for final assessments of each concept or sub plans!

SAT Word of the Day resources include (See individual resource's PREVIEWS):

• FOUR 35-slide PowerPoint presentations that include for each word: the part of speech, definition, example sentence, language of origin, and prompt for students to record their own sentence in their digital “word journal”
• A link to a copy of a Google Slide Word Journal that can be shared with students, allowing them to record the word of the day and their unique sentence in a secure place while also generating a repository of answers to make assessment a breeze!
• FOUR narrative essay summative assessment (genres included: science-fiction, fantasy, tragedy, and realistic fiction) that asks students to incorporate their learned vocabulary words into original pieces of writing. Each narrative assignment handout includes writing tips, peer edit checklist, and ELA Common Core aligned rubric (CCRA.W.3, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L2, CCRA.L.4)

Create Your Own Poem Bell Ringers resource includes (See individual resource's PREVIEW):

TEMPLATE RESOURCES:

• A POEM ANALYSIS ACTIVITY TEMPLATE: Create an activity that give students the opportunity to read and analyze a poem via an annotation activity and accompanying analysis questions. Ideal for a bell ringer!
• A CREATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE: Provide students the opportunity to further develop their understanding of your selected literary concept with a creative poem writing assignment (tied to one Common Core Writing Standard). Ideal for sub plans!
• A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY TEMPLATE: This essay assignment builds on students' understanding of a literary concept and your chosen poem. The assignment handout includes essay guidelines, analysis prompt, literary analysis writing tips, and a peer review checklist. The included rubric is tied to 4 Common Core ELA Standards and includes a link to an editable rubric that allows for grading customization and seamless integration into Google Classroom and many other Learning Management Systems (LMS's)

TEACHER RESOURCES:

• LITERARY CONCEPTS LIST: This list contains 20 literary concepts (with definitions) prepared specifically to fit in the correct template boxes. Copy/paste one of ours, or choose one of your own. Your choice!
• FAMOUS POETS' BIOGRAPHY LIST: This list includes 14 short (2-4 sentence) poet biographies already written specifically to fit the Poem Analysis Activity Template! Copy/paste one of ours, write your own, or omit the biography part of the worksheet all together. Your choice!
• SAMPLE ESSAY PROMPTS LIST: This list includes 12 "mad libs" essay prompt questions. Don't bother sweating a good question for a short literary analysis assignment. Use one of ours! All you have to do is fill in the details!

BELL RINGERS:

Daily Writing Prompts for Fall : Daily Writing Prompts for Winter : Daily Writing Prompts for Spring : Daily Writing Prompts for Summer : Daily Writing Prompts Bundle : Exploration & Visualization Writing Prompt Bundle : Growth Mindset Writing Prompts : SAT Words of the Day (Book 1) : SAT Words of the Day (Book 2) : SAT Words of the Day (Book 3) : SAT Words of the Day (Book 4) : SAT Words of the Day Bundle : Secondary ELA Bell Ringers Collection : Song Lessons: The Complete Set List : Song Lessons: Details : Song Lessons: Diction : Song Lessons: Imagery : Song Lessons: Point of View : Song Lessons: Tone : Travel Writing Prompts

LESSONS, UNIT, AND  BUNDLES:

A Christmas Carol Complete Unit Bundle : Choice Reading Unit : ELA Essays Assessments Bundle : ELA Writing Workshops Bundle : Create Your Own Children’s Book : Create Your Own Holiday Children’s Book : Create Your Own Superhero Project : Creative Writing Workshops Bundle : Daily Writing Prompts Bundle : Deepfake Awareness Training : Experiential Learning Projects Bundle : Expository Workshops MEGA Bundle : Family Narrative Bundle : Great Expectations Complete Unit Bundle : Growth Mindset Writing Prompts : Greek and Latin Vocabulary Bundle : Letter to Your Future Self (FREE) : Literary Devices: Creative Writing Prompts (FREE) : Literary Devices: Creative Writing Worksheets (FREE) : Literary Terms Units Bundle :Narrative Guides: 6-Genre Creative Writing Bundle : Persuasive Letter to Santa : Research Guide: 50 Topics Bundle : Research Unit Bundle : SAT Words of the Day Bundle : Seasonal Narrative Guides: 7-Holiday Creative Writing Bundle : Show & Symbolism Narrative Writing Assignment : Six Word Autobiography : Song Lessons: Analyzing Literary Devices Through Pop Music : Student Choice Biography Research Project : To Kill a Mockingbird Complete Unit Bundle : Travel Writing Prompts : Veterans Day Research Project : Writing Literary Analysis Bundle

FILE FORMATS:

The Language of Educational Art’s bell ringer resources are provided in PowerPoint Show, Google Forms, and print-ready, bookmarked, and adjustable PDF files. Please contact me if different file types or page edits are desired.

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