1. January Bell Ringers 2015

2. Short Response 125+ 1.1: 1/7 or 1/8 Short Response:  Try to recall one experience from your winter break that was out of the ordinary. Describe it in detail using all five of the senses. (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)  Add a symbol description to your experience. Did you attach meaning or significance to any one object or thing in your experience? What did it signify and why? (125+)

3. Poe Study Questions (during reading) 1.What is the “red death?” 2.How do the prince and his friends try to escape the Red Death? 3.How do the colors of the last room affect the mood or emotional atmosphere of the story? 4.Describe the seven rooms as you visualize them. 5.What strange effect does the ebony clock have on the partygoers? What might it symbolize? 6.What details suggest that the party is grotesque and bizarre? Why don’t the revelers go into the seventh room? 7.How does the masked figure affect the revelers? 8.How is the masked guest costumed? Who do you predict this is? 9.What happens when the guest is unmasked? 10.Who was the guest? What happens to the revelers?

4. 1.2: 1/9/15 Descriptive Sentences 1.The fire was hot. 2. The toy was magical. 3. The boy was loud.

5. 1.3:1/12/15 Descriptive Sentences 1.The snow came down. 2. The bicycle was new. 3. The girl walked quickly.

6. 1.4: 1/13/15 Descriptive Sentences 1.The tree had many branches. 2. The child was excited. 3. The day was rainy.

7. 1.5: 1/14/15 or 1/15/15 Story Starters: 100+ EACH  There's only one thing in the world I'm afraid of...  They sat next to each other on the train, still pretending to be strangers..

8. Vocabulary Test #16  1. sine  2. cracy  3. antho  4. cata  5. calli  6. ist  7.caust  8. somn  9. chiro  10. jur  11. pos  12. mania  13. algia  14. quadr  15. saur  16. austro  17. terr  18. flu  19. here  20. mund  21. ize  22. err  23. cephalo  24. pithec

9. 1.6: 1/21 SSR: 10 Minutes  Copy down in your Bell Ringers the most descriptive paragraph from your book. Explain in a couple of sentences why you chose that paragraph in particular. How does it relate to the action in the story?  Bonus: Turn this descriptive paragraph into a “boring” paragraph. Rewrite it. How does the tone change?

10. 1.7: 1/22/15 Descriptive Sentences 1.The desk had a secret drawer. 2. The snow fell. 3. The grandmother was wise.

11. 1.8: 1/26/15 Descriptive Sentences 1.The necklace was shiny. 2. The fog was thick. 3. The man was successful.

12. 1.9: 1/27/15 Descriptive Sentences 1. It was pitch black. 2. The building was odd. 3. The scientist made a discovery.

13. 1.10: 1/28/15 or 1/29/15 Story Starters: Choose ONE  He should have never let the stranger into the apartment... 150+  It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement...150+

14. 1.11: 1/30/15 Descriptive Sentences 1. The flashlight was helpful. 2. They found a trap door. 3. The rain fell steadily.

15. Bell Ringer Quiz: Descriptive Sentences: 20+ words each!! 1. The sun was bright. 2. The shell was different from the others. 3. The children played.

16. Bell Ringers January Directions Number and highlight each bell ringer Write which bell ringers you are missing Count up your total 2 points each/1 Total 1.1: 1/7 or 1/8 Short Response 1.2: 1/9 Des. Sent. 1.3: 1/12 Des Sent. 1.4: 1/13 Des Sent. 1.5: 1/14 or 1/15: Story Starters 1.6: 1/21 SSR + 1.7: 1/22 Des. Sent. 1.8: 1/26 Des. Sent. 1.9: 1/27 Des. Sent. 1.10: 1/28 or 1/29: Story Starters 1.11: 1/30: Des. Sent.