Bell Ringers

By: Katie Stirling

In English class, almost every period has a bell ringer at the beginning of class. This is everyday except Mondays. It is a short writing assignment about four sentences long. There is a different activity every day displayed on the board.

On Tuesdays in Composition class, we do descriptive writing. There is a picture on the board and we have to write sentences about it. We describe what we see in several sentences.

On Wednesdays we write a journal. This can be a variety of different things. There are different questions we get asked every week. Sometimes it’s a “what if” question. In this case, you are given a situation and you have to explain what you would do if that happened. There can also be opinion writing. This is where you state your opinion and reasoning for it.

We write from a perspective on Thursdays. We are given a point of view and are asked to write from that viewpoint. These viewpoints can be a number of different things. It could be from the view of an animal, person, object, plant, etc.

On Fridays we do a journal prompt again. This is sometimes similar to Wednesday’s and sometimes completely different. We get asked on things we value, have strong opinions about, and more. We get to use our imagination quite often also.

Although bell ringers can seem pointless sometimes, we do them for a reason. They help our writing skills and help us develop new vocabulary.