Catch the Write Waves

Twenty-one slides of image grammar. This lesson can be adapted from independent learning or teacher lead. Engage your students in a fun, hands-on way to improve their descriptive writing! This lesson helps students practice using **appositive, participial, gerund, and infinitive phrases** to create rich, varied sentences. Students will observe an image and craft descriptive sentences using the targeted phrase types, enhancing their writing impact and sentence variety. Use your own images in the

Looking for a meaningful end-of-the-year project that requires zero prep, keeps students engaged, and is incredibly easy to grade? A Life in Progress: A Primary Source Project transforms reflection into a creative, personal artifact students will genuinely treasure for years to come. Instead of researching historical figures, students become the “primary source” — documenting their own experiences, growth, challenges, memories, and identity from the school year through symbolic objects, visua

CONNECT Strategy | Guided Essay Template | Evidence & Inference Scaffolds Help your students confidently write STAAR-ready Extended Constructed Responses (ECRs) using paired passages! This guided writing workshop teaches students how to organize evidence from multiple texts, make strong inferences, and develop a clear thesis—all using a simple, memorable strategy. This resource is perfect for English I and II teachers, STAAR prep, intervention, and on-level classrooms where students st

AP Language Bell Ringers: Researching Historical Exigence (5-Day Set) Help students master one of the most essential AP Language and Composition skills identifying and explaining exigence through these engaging, low-prep bell ringers. This 5-day bell ringer bundle builds students’ ability to research historical contexts and clearly articulate why a text, speech, or movement emerged when it did. Students will analyze real historical events, conduct brief research, and explain the exigence in

AP Argument Prep: 4 Days of Bell Ringers & Skill-Building ActivitiesHelp your AP students build confidence before they write an argument essay with these four days of targeted bell ringers or short practice activities designed to sharpen essential AP skills. This resource is intended to be used prior to the free argument prompt also available in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop, making it a perfect scaffold for essay readiness. Each day focuses on a critical skill students need for strong AP arg

You will get 5 days of slides! Help students think deeper with this highly engaging activity! What Can You Infer from Teen Style? Engaging, low-prep prompts designed to strengthen students’ inference and evidence skills using visuals that reflect teen aesthetics and personal style. Each bell ringer/slide features an image showcasing a different teenage aesthetic or fashion style. Students are prompted to: Make one reasonable inference about the person’s style or personality Support it wit

You will get 5 slides with different images for students to practice inferencing skills. Bell Ringers for the week... DONE! Help students think deeper from the very first minutes of class! These Inference Bell Ringers: What Can You Infer from a Cup? are engaging, low-prep prompts designed to strengthen students’ inference and evidence skills using relatable, real-world images. Each bell ringer features a picture of a drinking cup students may recognize or own such as a Yeti, travel mug, s

Help students build strong rhetorical analysis skills early in the year using a powerful excerpt from Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. This mini-analysis sequence guides students from close reading to rhetorical insight, with bell ringer included directly in the slides to reinforce analysis habits. Students analyze how King uses narrative, repetition, contrast, imagery, and symbolism to develop purpose and urgency—without device hunting or summary. The structure mirrors the AP

Help your students sharpen their analysis skills before they ever touch the argument prompt. This resource includes ready-to-use bell ringers built around famous Civil Rights–era quotations that ask students to think critically, make real-world connections, and practice analytical writing. Each bell ringer pairs a powerful, historically significant quote with concise, scaffolded directions that require students to: Establish relevant context Select and explain appropriate evidence Devel

🎉 New Year Bell Ringer for ELA: Short Rhetorical Analysis Activity Start the new year with a low-stress, high-engagement analysis activity that helps students ease back into critical thinking after Christmas break. This 2-slide, New Year–themed resource is designed for use on the first day back from winter break and works perfectly as a bell ringer, warm-up, or lesson opener. Students are prompted to analyze ideas using complete sentences while reactivating core ELA skills without feeling

This ready to use 3 slide resource uses an excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's powerful "Man in the Arena" speech to target three essential AP Language and Composition skills: rhetorical analysis, argumentation, and syntactical precision. Great for Bell Ringers or Exit Tickets!

Engage students with this no-prep main idea lesson that blends visuals, text, and interactive strategies to boost comprehension and build independent thinking.  Perfect for bell ringers, exit tickets, or targeted practice!

Engage your middle or high school students in critical thinking and argumentative writing with this 5-day bell ringer set centered on one of today’s most relevant topics: Artificial Intelligence. Each bell ringer poses a thought-provoking question like “Should AI be embraced or regulated?” and challenges students to support their stance with specific evidence. Designed for the 21st-century learner, these bite-sized writing prompts include: ✔ Daily writing tasks focused on argument and evidenc

Engage students with this no-prep main idea lesson that blends visuals, text, and interactive strategies to boost comprehension and build independent thinking.  Perfect for bell ringers, exit tickets, or targeted practice!

Free AP-Style Quick Argument Practice EssayLooking for a fast, meaningful way to give your AP students argument writing practice without committing to a full essay cycle? This free quick argument essay prompt is designed specifically for AP teachers who want focused, efficient practice aligned with AP expectations. This resource works perfectly as: A timed writing practice An in-class assessment A sub plan or review activity A low-stakes check for argument skills Students are prompted to d