{
    "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/",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
    "credit": "Daily Bell Ringers (dailybellringers.org)",
    "filters": {
        "subject": "ELA",
        "grade": "All"
    },
    "generated": "2026-10-13T16:22:41+00:00",
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        {
            "id": 84,
            "date": "2026-10-13",
            "grade": "Grades 9–12",
            "subject": "ELA",
            "topic": "Three ways to fix a comma splice",
            "prompt": "This sentence is a comma splice. Fix it three different ways: once with a period, once with a semicolon, and once with a comma plus a conjunction.\nThe bus was late again, most of us missed the start of first period.",
            "answer": "Period: The bus was late again. Most of us missed the start of first period.\nSemicolon: The bus was late again; most of us missed the start of first period.\nComma + conjunction: The bus was late again, so most of us missed the start of first period.\nA comma splice joins two complete sentences with only a comma. A comma alone can't hold two independent clauses together. Ask which version best shows that the second idea is caused by the first (the \"so\" version makes it explicit).",
            "sources": "",
            "url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringer/ela-bell-ringer-grades-9-12-three-ways-to-fix-a-comma-splice/",
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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.",
            "sources": "",
            "url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringer/ela-bell-ringer-grades-6-8-similes-versus-metaphors/",
            "set_url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringers-grades-6-8-2026-10-13/",
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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": "",
            "url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringer/ela-bell-ringer-grades-6-8-their-there-and-theyre/",
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        },
        {
            "id": 74,
            "date": "2026-10-12",
            "grade": "Grades 9–12",
            "subject": "ELA",
            "topic": "Active versus passive voice",
            "prompt": "Rewrite this sentence in the active voice so it is shorter and clearer:\nThe decision was made by the committee after the votes were counted.",
            "answer": "Possible answer: The committee made the decision after it counted the votes.\nIn active voice, the one doing the action (the committee) comes first. Ask students who did each action; that is their subject.",
            "sources": "",
            "url": "https://dailybellringers.org/bell-ringer/ela-bell-ringer-grades-9-12-active-versus-passive-voice/",
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}