1. Friday, December 14, 2018
Homework: Your presentation is due through Flip Grid—follow the directions on the blog! Put your belongings under your desk. Take out your bell ringers and blue or black ball point pen Final Bell Ringer for 2018 – skip a line –date—skip a line topic Topic: First Semester Reflection (long one-10 minutes)Reflect upon your first semester in 7th grade. What have you noticed about 7th grade? What have you noticed about yourself in the last 5 months? Have you changed? What have been your successes and failures?

2. Organize Bell Ringers --
Chronological order
MLA heading on the page 1(November 26)
Pagination on all other pages
Write your class student # in the top right corner of page 1
Work on the vocabulary.
Presentations

3. Presentation Etiquette- It’s all about RESPECT
Respect Others & Yourself
Don't try to make others feel embarrassed. Don't make fun of others, or roll your eyes, or make faces when they are speaking.
Keep your eyes on the presentation- pay attention
Do not talk or make comments during presentations
After presentations we will snap 3 times to show our appreciation
Be kind to yourself; do not say derogatory things about yourself– you have done the assignment—be proud 

4. Listening & Responding in Writing
Complete the form for each speaker; you will have time after each one.
1. Your need to write the first name of each speaker.
Do not ask how to spell it; spell it the way it sounds
2. Write the title of the story (use quotation marks & capitalization rules)
3. “Easy to understand” rate (1-5): 1 not easy 5 very easy to understand
4. “Eye contact”--Keep a tally up to 5
5. “Clear pronunciation”: rating of 1-5
6. One complete sentence regarding SPECIFIC element