Bell ringers that prepare your high school English students for the *big tests*, but don't feel like test prep.
Think: 5 minutes at the beginning of class where students practice ACT or EOC skills like evaluating bias in an article or analyzing figurative language - except with topics and texts that don't feel like test-prep torture for high school students.
These are for you if you're bored with the same “What does the color symbolize?” worksheets from the depths of 2007 Google Drive folder.
If you’re using the first 5 minutes of class to take attendance, answer three questions about the rhetorical analysis essay that was due yesterday, and track down Jamal’s Chromebook—you need these.
These High School English Bell-Ringers Are:
- ✅ Quick (5–8 minutes tops) so you can handle business while students settle in
- 🧠 Critical-thinking based—no easy Googles or Quizlet copy + paste here
- 🎯 EOC/ACT-friendly (without screaming “standardized test!”)
- 🎭 Not boring—every day has a different focus (poetry, literary analysis, creative writing, fiction, nonfiction...)
- 📚 Actually made for high schoolers—think How would the tone change if a rhetorical question was added–level analysis, not "What's the main idea?"
- 💻 Google Slides format—project ‘em, print ‘em, whatever works for your classroom chaos
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