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Divergent Bellringers #110/31/13 1.The narrator is a member of Abnegation. Why do you think they are not allowed to use mirrors? (pages 1-2) 2.How is the narrator’s brother Caleb different from the narrator? (page 4) 3.Why do you think the other students bully the narrator? (page 6) 4.Which faction do you think the narrator wants to be a member of? (page 7) Today’s Target: I can use close reading strategies to improve my reading comprehension.

Divergent Bellringer #211/07/13 1.What is the name of the initiate who cries at night? 2. What do the initiates do during their first morning of training? 3.How does Tris feel about shooting a gun? Today’s Target: I can use close reading strategies to improve my reading comprehension.

Divergent Bellringer #311/08/13 1.What does Four think it means to be brave? (p.95) 2.What does Eric think it means to be brave? (p.95) 3.Which definition do you agree with most? Why? Today’s Target: I can recognize and apply direct and indirect characterization when analyzing and interpreting texts.

Divergent Bellringer #411/12/13 1.Which initiate captures the other team’s flag? (p. 154) 2.What is the name of the Dauntless born boy who gets paint on Tris? (p. 155) 3.What is the name of the girl with the flirty smile? (p. 155) Today’s Target: I can read a variety of literary and nonliterary forms.

Divergent Bellringer #5 11/14/13 Tori warned Tris not to tell anyone that she is Divergent. 1.Was it wise of Tris to tell her mother? Explain. 2.Would you have shared a secret like that with anyone? If so, who? Explain. Today’s Target: I can read a variety of literary and nonliterary forms.

Divergent Bellringer #6 11/15/13 When Edward is stabbed in the eye, Tris and Christina have good reasons to suspect that Peter is the one who did it. 1.Do you think they should have told a leader? Explain. 2.What would you have done? Why? 3.Is it ever ok to “snitch” on someone when they have committed a crime? Explain. Today’s Target: I can identify, analyze and evaluate the author’s purposeful use and effect of literary devices.

Divergent Bellringer #7 11/19/13 Tris almost gets into a fight with other initiates when they read the Erudite report that criticizes her father. 1.How do you feel when people talk bad about your family? 2.Are you close to your family? 3.What kind of “family pride” does your family have? Today’s Target: I can identify, analyze and evaluate the author’s purposeful use and effect of literary devices.

Divergent Bellringer #8 11/21/13 1.After Tris gets assaulted, why does Four advise her to look and act weak? (Hint: Look on page 286.) 2.How would she rather act? Today’s Target: I can identify, analyze and evaluate the author’s purposeful use and effect of literary devices.

Divergent Bellringer #9 11/25/13 The day after Four professes his love for Tris, he acts really cold towards her. 1.Why do you think Four is acting differently in public than he does in secret? 2.Why might he not want others to know that he likes Tris? 3.Have you ever had a friend act differently towards you depending on the situation? Explain. Today’s Target: I can identify, analyze and evaluate the author’s purposeful use and effect of literary devices.

Divergent Bellringer #10 11/26/13 Beatrice and Tobias both changed their names when they joined Dauntless (to Tris and Four). 1.Why did Four change his name? 2.Does your name fit your identity? 3.If you were going to change your name, what would you change it to? Why? Today’s Target: I can identify, analyze and evaluate the author’s purposeful use and effect of literary devices.

Divergent Bellringer #11 12/03/13 1.List four of the seven fears that Tris faces in her Initiation Day simulations. 2.If you were going through the fear landscape, what do you think your simulations would be? Explain why. Today’s Target: I can use close reading strategies to improve my comprehension of a text.

Divergent Bellringer #12 12/05/13 1.What happens in chapter 33 to the Dauntless faction? 2.What is Tris’s plan to handle this situation? 3.What happens to Tris at the end of the chapter? Today’s Target: I can use close reading strategies to improve my comprehension of a text.

Divergent Bellringer #1312/10/13 1. Which initiate does Tris kill? 2. Why is Caleb not with the Erudite? 3. How do Tris and the Abnegation fugitives decide to deal with the situation? 4. Where does Tris think the computers that control the minds of the Dauntless are stored? (Hint: Where does she decide to go to shut the program down?) Today’s Target: I can use close reading strategies to improve my comprehension of a text.

Divergent Bellringer #1412/12/13 Write a journal about your reaction to the novel and the novel’s ending. Use the questions below to help you:  What did you like or dislike about this novel? Explain why.  What characters did you like or dislike? Explain why.  How did you feel about the novel’s ending? Was there enough resolution for you?  Predict what you think will happen in in the second book Insurgent. Today’s Target: I can recognize and apply direct and indirect characterization when analyzing and interpreting texts.