• This resource would work great in grades 6th-8th.
• These bell ringers are quick, simple, but most importantly, meaningful and engaging at the same time.
• The focus is getting your middle school students to work right away, but still introducing them to quality ELA concepts and content.
• This resource has 9 weeks of bell ringers or morning work for your middle school and high school students.
• All work is based on the 6th-9th grade ELA Common Core standards and the 7th and 8th grade Core Knowledge Topics.

Monday: Vocabulary Word of the Week {Commonly misspelled/confused}

Students write, define, break-up, use the word in a sentence, and illustrate an 7th grade vocabulary word or CCSS vocabulary word. Based on the commonly misspelled word list for 7th and 8th graders and high school students.

Tuesday: Grammar Skill of the Week

Students correct a grammatically incorrect sentence based on the CCSS middle school language standards.

Wednesday: Root Word of the Week

Students write the root word, its meaning, two examples, and draw pictures for each example. Selected from grades 7th-10th most used Greek and Latin roots.

Thursday: Foreign Phrase of the Week

Student write a commonly used foreign phrase, its country of origin, time-frame origin, use the phrase in a sentence, and then illustrate the foreign phrase

Friday: Quote of the Week

Students read a quote and write what the quote means to them or makes them think of. Many quotes chosen from popular/award-winning novels.