1. MRS. RUSSELL’S DAILY BELL RINGERS Days 1-15

2. Day 1  Journal Once upon a time…  Vocabulary abate, banter, admonish, breach, circumspect  Literary terms archetype, lexicon

3. Day 2  Journal What is your favorite book and why?  Vocabulary abhor, bawdy, debris, muddle, relinquish  Literary terms antagonist, protagonist

4. Day 3  Journal What is your favorite movie and why?  Vocabulary cajole, diffuse, adjourn, feint, lucrative  Literary terms dynamic character, static character

5. Day 4  Journal Which day do you like best…Saturday or Sunday and why?  Vocabulary caustic, tantalize, irate, pilfer, usurp  Literary terms epiphany, foil

6. Day 5  Journal Tell me about your family…  Vocabulary chastise, abscond, daunt, intrepid, pliant  Literary terms flat character, round character

7. Day 6  Journal What is your favorite subject at school?  Vocabulary coerce, pompous, revile, brazen, opaque  Literary terms motivation, stock

8. Day 7  Journal What food won't you eat, no matter what?  Vocabulary comely, paramount, rebut, servitude, succumb  Literary terms direct characterization, indirect characterization, detail

9. Day 8  Journal My favorite season is … and why.  Vocabulary connoisseur, atone, ghastly, impoverished, prim  Literary terms diction, connotation, denotation

10. Day 9  Journal My favorite holiday is … and why.  Vocabulary crass, lucid, tenacious, adieu, malign  Literary terms dialect, dialogue

11. Day 10  Journal Create a soundtrack for your life.  Vocabulary cynical, disparity, meander, pensive, shoddy  Literary terms euphemism, idiom

12. Day 11  Journal What makes you laugh?  Vocabulary decorum, tirade, vagrant, dwindle, flippant  Literary terms imagery, mood

13. Day 12  Journal Describe your room.  Vocabulary demure, liability, candid, envoy, flair  Literary terms plot, conflict, farce

14. Day 13  Journal What is your favorite TV show and why?  Vocabulary acrimony, dilemma, horde, rasping, scuttle  Literary terms flashback, foreshadowing

15. Day 14  Journal Do you have a special talent…describe?  Vocabulary divulge, effigy, repugnant, adept, chide  Literary terms spatial, chronological

16. Day 15  Journal I am really lousy at…  Vocabulary docile, emaciated, exploit, languid, mire  Literary terms transitional devices, suspense