{
    "name": "Daily Bell Ringers Library",
    "description": "Free bell ringers (3–5 minute classroom warm-ups) for grades 6–12, with answers and teacher notes.",
    "url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringer-library/ela/grades-6-8/",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
    "credit": "Daily Bell Ringers (dailybellringers.org)",
    "filters": {
        "subject": "ELA",
        "grade": "Grades 6–8"
    },
    "generated": "2026-10-13T16:25:19+00:00",
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        {
            "id": 79,
            "date": "2026-10-13",
            "grade": "Grades 6–8",
            "subject": "ELA",
            "topic": "Similes versus metaphors",
            "prompt": "Label each sentence as a simile or a metaphor. Then write one of your own about your morning.\n- After the bell, the hallway was a river of backpacks.\n- My little brother eats cereal like a vacuum cleaner.\n- The full moon looked like a shiny coin in the sky.",
            "answer": "1. Metaphor. 2. Simile. 3. Simile.\nA simile compares two things using \"like\" or \"as.\" A metaphor says one thing is another. Quick check: if you can spot \"like\" or \"as\" doing the comparing, it's a simile. For the student sentences, ask what the comparison helps the reader picture.",
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        {
            "id": 69,
            "date": "2026-10-12",
            "grade": "Grades 6–8",
            "subject": "ELA",
            "topic": "Their, there, and they're",
            "prompt": "Fix the two mistakes in this sentence:\nTheir going to the library after school, but they left there backpacks in the classroom.",
            "answer": "Corrected: They're going to the library after school, but they left their backpacks in the classroom.\nThey're = they are. Their = belongs to them. There = a place. Quick test: if \"they are\" fits, use they're.",
            "sources": "",
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}