Mrs. DeSimone's Digital Classroom

Hi, Friends! I have finished your marking period three grades! Now I can put these swollen feet up and relax! Mr. Murphy will pass back the rest of the Grammar Chapter 5 Quizzes (Period 2-3, 5-6, and 6-7) with the updated extra credit grades. He will also pass back the grading rubrics for your personal narratives. Personal Narrative Grades -   I modified the rubric that I used for your Compare and Contrast Essay, which is also the rubric used on the PARCC. Essentially, I was looking for a fully developed plot/story, fully developed characters and setting, and appropriate and frequent dialogue that was punctuated correctly. I wrote this in on most rubrics. The Period 6-7 and any rubrics   for essays submitted after April 9th are not included in what is being passed back today. All of your grades are in Real Time for the third marking period. Everything else I have in my possession will be passed back next week. If you have any questions, please e-mail me, but I wil...

Hi, friends! I have finished grading all SSR Logs and they have been returned to school with their checklists. All grades appear in Real Time. I organized them by class period and Mr. Murphy will pass them back to you today. If by some chance, you still have an SSR Log that you would like graded, you must speak to Mr. Murphy about it. You will lose 20 points for lateness, and whether or not Mr. Murphy chooses to grade them for this final test grade of marking period three is entirely up to him. I have awarded extra credit as appropriate on the Grammar Chapter 5 Quizzes for corrections, signatures, and extra credit assignments completed. All updated grades appear in Real Time, but only Period 1-2 quizzes have been returned to school. I have begun to grade the Literature Test Extra Credit and Personal Narratives. Grades appear in Real time for Period 1-2 only. However, it appears that many people failed to share their final draft with me as I asked. It is possible that your ...

Hello, friends! Please be nice to Mr. Murphy today and for the rest of the school year :) He will be handing back the following items - Some things I forgot to give some classes before Spring Recess - SSR Timelines and their attached Grading Checklists - MOST of your SSR logs * All of these grades appear in RealTime * If you have any questions, please e-mail me at ldesimone@bogotaboe.com (Remember that Mr. Murphy will most likely be using my e-mail address as well, so make sure I know the e-mail is for me!) You will be taking your Grammar Chapter 6 Quiz today. You may use Holt Handbook , your notebook, your notes sheet, and your homework packet. If I remember correctly, I did not check every page with every class. If you would like your work checked and it isn't checked, please speak to Mr. Murphy; I have sent him the answer key.  Please copy and paste this link into the browser of your Chromebook: https://goo.gl/forms/gogagbVbzEa5e2kk1 After ...

I have graded all Literature Chapter One Tests. The grades are in RealTime. If you are interested in Extra Credit, please see the separate post and share with me on Google Docs by Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 at 11:00A.M. Period 6-7 ONLY will have until Thursday, April 5th, 2018 at 11:00A.M. to complete extra credit because their grades went in significantly later than the other classes. I apologize for that. Please make sure you title the document Literature Extra Credit, as I will have personal narratives in my inbox and I do not want to get them confused. I have begin to grade the SSR Timeline Projects. All of Period 1-2's grades are listed in Real Time. If a zero appears, you have not handed in this assignment in. You may submit your Timeline for late credit (50 points) by Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 at 11:00A.M. I will not accept this assignment later than that, as I will be finished grading them by then. All Timelines that I have in my possession will be graded for FULL credit, ev...

Do Now # 33 Do you have any special plans for Easter or for the rest of Spring Break? Grammar Review Page 132: Review A Review Grammar Worksheet: "The Noun Clause" Review Grammar Worksheet: Adverb, Adjective, and Noun Clause Literature/Writing Use Chrome Book to finish personal narrative. Share with me at bogotaenglish8@gmail.com ANYTHING SHARED AT LDESIMONE@BOGOTABOE.COM WILL BE DELETED. You may share this as late at Tuesday 11AM for full credit. HOMEWORK Complete Extra Credit for Literature Test (due Tuesday 11AM) *Take photos of Broken Chain or The Wise Old Woman or The Open Window and the Retelling Rating Sheet so you are ready to complete this if you so choose* Complete SSR Timeline Project for LATE CREDIT (due Tuesday 11AM) PERSONAL NARRATIVE DUE BY TUESDAY 11AM STUDY FOR GRAMMAR CHAPTER 6 QUIZ (MONDAY) GRAMMAR CHAPTER 6 HOMEWORK PACKET DUE MONDAY Our time together has come to an end! Welcome Mr. Murphy! I will post updat...

1.5 Days Left Until Spring Recess/Maternity Leave! Things To Do *HAND IN YOUR SSR LOG IF YOU HAVE NO ALREADY DONE SO* 1) Check Real Time to see if you are interested in taking a Post-Assessment re-take today. I will be asking some people to take re-takes, but if I do not ask you, and you would like to do it, please let me know today. 2) Use Chrome Books to look at comments and revise personal narratives as necessary. Please ask me today if you have any questions on your personal narratives. 3) We will be going over Holt Handbook  Page 130 and catching up on discussing grammar together. 4) Complete Holt Handbook  Page 132: Review A. You MUST be able to accurately find the clauses. We will talk about how to figure out what part of speech they are acting as, but you will not need to do this for regular credit on your quiz. 5) IF YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING ALL OF YOUR GRAMMAR HOMEWORK AND EXERCISES CORRECT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS EXERCISE -- Holt Handbo...