Bell Ringer Response Sheet Week 8 PDF

Bell Ringer Response Sheet: WEEK 8 Monday Mistakes Correct the errors in the following paragraph. If your thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky swear promise you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in japan and it was serious bussiness! Known as yubikiri, witch tra...

Bell Ringer Response Sheet: WEEK 8 Monday Mistakes Correct the errors in the following paragraph. If your thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky swear promise you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in japan and it was serious bussiness! Known as yubikiri, witch translates to ‘finger cutoff,’ it means that if you decide too make a pinky promise and dont keep it, you’ll have to cut off you’re pinky finger! Tuesday Terms Guess what these words mean based on how they are used in context. Once you have made your guess, look the word up to see if you are correct! 1. The police were called to clear up the tumult after excited soccer fans stormed onto the field. I think tumult means: ________________________________________________________________________ tumult Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sally is beginning to vacillate about whether or not she wants to get a summer job or not. I think vacillate means: ______________________________________________________________________ vacillate Definition:_________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday Wise words What is the meaning of the following quote? Do you agree? How does it relate to your life or the world? Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ © Presto Plans Thursday Thoughts After watching the video clip, respond in writing by proving your thoughts on the following question: Do you think the place where you grow up has an influence on the person you become? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Friday Figurative Language Simile&& Metaphor& Personifica3on&& Onomatopoeia&& Oxymoron& Idiom&& Hyperbole&& Allusion&& Allitera3on&& Pun&&& Assonance&& Synecdoche& Irony& © Presto Plans 1. Alice yawned as her eyes cracked open to see the first rays of the morning tiptoeing through her room from the window. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: ______________________________________ 2. When Shane turned 16, his parents bought him his first set of wheels. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: _______________________________