Bell ringers
Of Mice and Men Daily Bell Ringers: 3-5 Minute Warm-Ups, Honors and Academic
Open class with a ready-made warm-up. Three weeks of Of Mice and Men bell ringers for Honors and Academic classes: a slide to project, a response slip for each student and a 3- or 5-minute timer video.
A close-read opener for each of the six chapters, plus six kinds of warm-up (Word, Device, Fix It, Think, Photo and Voices), fill 14 of the 15 class days on the full unit's 3-week path. Use all three weeks, or take just the days you want.
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- Grades
- Listed for grades 8-11
- Size
- 222 pages and slides in 35 files
- Length
- 3 to 5 minutes
- Tracks
- Honors and Academic tracks
- Answer key
- Teacher key for each track
WHAT'S INSIDE: 222 pages and slides in 35 files
- Weekly slide files for Weeks 1, 2 and 3, one set for Honors and one for Academic, each with a projectable PDF and a black-and-white print PDF.
- Timer videos: a 3-minute timer for each week and a 5-minute timer for Weeks 1 and 3.
- Daily response slips for students, Honors and Academic, in color and in black and white.
- A teacher key for each track.
- Terms of use.
HOW IT RUNS
- It opens class: 3 to 5 minutes, with timer videos for 3 or 5 minutes. Project the week's slide, add a timer video if you like, and students answer on a slip, color or black and white.
- Prep: open the week's slide file and print the slips.
- Honors and Academic classes use their own track's files.
PRINT AND DIGITAL
Slide files (.pptx), projectable PDFs, print PDFs and .mp4 timer videos, plus printable slips.
FAQ
- Do I have to use all three weeks?
- No. Pick the days you want.
- Does it work without the rest of the unit?
- Yes. It is a stand-alone warm-up set; the bell ringers are about the novel, so your class should be reading it.
- Is there an answer key?
- Yes, a teacher key for each track, in the teacher folder.
- Where are the full terms?
- In TERMS_OF_USE_TEACHER.pdf in the 00_Start_Here folder of your download.
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(c) 2026 Rubric & Ruler. The unit is licensed for one classroom teacher's own students.
Not affiliated with, authorized or endorsed by any film adaptation of Of Mice and Men, nor any publisher of the novel.
The name "The Of Mice and Men Experience" refers to this independent teaching unit only. It is not a program, exhibit, or product of the Steinbeck estate, its agents, or any publisher, and it is not sponsored, authorized, or endorsed by any of them.
Quotations, where used, are taken from the novel's text and verified against the 1993 Penguin edition.
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Font credits are in the Terms of use file in your download.
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