Mrs. DeSimone's Digital Classroom

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...

If you are interested in extra credit on your Literature Test grade, please complete the following assignment on Google Docs and share with me at bogotaenglish8@gmail.com by Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 by 11:00A.M. You have already completed one retelling for ONE of the stories that we read this marking period. Write another retelling (following the directions on the retelling rating sheet) of a story you DID NOT already write a retelling for.  Your options are: "The Wise Old Woman" "Broken Chain" "The Open Window" You may take photos of the story and the Retelling Rating Sheet and/or borrow a book to take home during Spring Break to complete this assignment. *Must be shared to bogotaenglish8@gmail.com (shared submissions at my other e-mail address will be deleted) *Must be shared by Tuesday 4/3/18 11A.M.

2.5 Days Until Spring Recess/My Maternity Leave! Still So Much to Do! First things First... Almost everyone has to take their Post-Assessment today. Please fill out your Scan Tron in pencil Name: First and Last Subject: English 8 Test No.: Post Date: 3/27/18 Period: 1-2, 2-3, 5-6, or 6.7 *You may not write on the test * You will have the whole period to complete the Post-Assessment, but if you finish early, please complete the following items from our To Do List To Do List 1) Complete Holt Handbook  Page 130: Exercise 8 (we will be going over this tomorrow) 2) Use a Chromebook to work on revisions for personal narrative 3) Hand in SSR Log (if you do not hand it in, you will have a "zero" until I receive it; 5 points off for lateness today) 4) Read Holt Handbook : The Noun Clause (page 130-131) and complete Notes Sheet; Complete Page 131-132: Exercise 9 (just find the noun clauses) 5) Check your homework for The Adverb Clause A on S...

This is our last week together! That means we have some things to wrap up before I leave for maternity leave. Instead of our "regularly scheduled programming," I have made a "To Do List" for today that will carry into tomorrow as well. Things to Do Today 3/26/18 - Mrs. Misa will be coming in for a Naviance lesson - Periods 1 & 3 - Review for Post-Assessment (tomorrow) Period 5 & 7 - Take Post-Assessment (if you so choose -- if not, you MUST take it tomorrow) - Work on Revisions for Personal Narrative (due on Thursday) - Hand in SSR Logs (cannot be handed in later than Thursday) - Review Grammar Worksheets: The Adverb Clause A & B on SmartBoard - Complete Holt Handbook  Page 130: Exercise 8 *YOU WILL BE TAKING A GRAMMAR QUIZ UPON YOUR RETURN FROM SPRING BREAK* Grades That Will Still be Going in for Third Marking Period - Literature Test (test grade) - SSR Timeline Project (project grade) - SSR Logs (test grade) - Personal N...

Do Now SSR Time Complete log Grammar Review homework on Smartboard Introduce "The Adverb Clause" Literature Review for Post-Assessment POST-ASSESSMENT WILL BE GIVEN NEXT WEEK AND WILL COUNT AS A QUIZ GRADE. YOU WILL BE PERMITTED TO RETAKE LATER IN THE WEEK IF YOU WOULD LIKE I WILL BE ASKING SOME STUDENTS TO DO RETAKES, HOWEVER, YOU MAY DO ONE EVEN IF I DO NOT REQUEST THAT YOU DO IT. Homework Grammar Worksheet: The Adverb Clause A & B Read SSR Book (60 minutes) Complete log Work on final draft of personal narrative (due Mar 3/29)

Do Now Holt Handbook  Page 126: Exercise 5 & 6 Grammar  Review Page 126 Review homework on Smartboard Writing Discuss Personal Narrative Due Date: 3/28 Homework Grammar Worksheet: Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs  Work on revision for Personal Narrative due 3/28

Do Now SSR Time (15 minutes) Complete log Grammar Review Holt Handbook Page 122-123 Literature Review Page 168 If time permits... Introduce The Adjective Clause ( Holt Handbook  page 126) Begin "Too Soon a Woman" ( Elements of Literature page 169) Homework Read SSR Book (30 minutes) Complete log SSR Check next week

Do Now Continue to work on SSR Timeline Project  All information is on my website under Resources *You MUST show me what you have accomplished yesterday and today in order to acquire extra time over this weekend. I'd prefer to have you hand this in at the end of class, but as long as you used your time wisely, the project will be due on Monday. Grammar Complete Holt Handbook  Page 122: Exercise 2 *You just have to identify the subordinate clauses* Complete Holt Handbook  Page 123: Exercise 3 *You are WRITING SENTENCES using these clauses. Add an independent clause* Literature Complete Elements of Literature Page 168: Practice 2 *You will have to re-write each sentence* Writing I have finished reading MOST Personal Narratives. Please see my comments and the suggestions that I have made. If you have any questions, please let me know. (Due Date for Final Drafts TBD) Poetry Write a response to "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whitti...

School Walk UP Day In addition to National School Walk OUT Day yesterday to raise awareness and protest gun violence in schools, many schools across the nation sponsored National School Walk UP Day to promote kindness and empathy to other students.  It is always important to be kind to each other and to your teachers. You have no idea how a small act of kindness -- like saying hello to a teacher or another student you don't always talk to -- can make such a big difference in their day. In honor of School Walk UP Day, I'd like to do a similar activity to promote kindness and empathy within our school community. I challenge you to perform SEVENTEEN random acts of kindness in our school over the next two weeks.  Some suggestions: - Invite a student who typically sits alone at lunch to sit with you and your group of friends.  - Smile and say hello to a student (or a teacher) that you do not know. - Write a teacher a thank you note telling him or her...

Do Now #32 How did you feel about yesterday's National Walk Out? If you participated, what else can you do to bring attention to the issue of gun violence in schools? If you did not participate, why not? Grammar Page 122: Exercise 2 *You just have to identify the SUBORDINATE CLAUSE. You do not have to identify subject and verb.* SSR Project You will be creating a TIMELINE for the most important events in your novel. You may use the Chromebooks to complete it (it still must be printed) OR you may use white paper and markers. You will be able to print pictures as necessary from the Chromebooks. Please see link under resources for more details. Poetry Write a response journal to "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier. How does this poem make you feel? What associations can you make, perhaps to the heroes we discussed in class this week? What do you notice about the language? Does this poem leave you with any questions? Homework Read SSR B...

Happy Pi Day! Today, we will be doing an activity in the library with Miss Albirt to celebrate Pi Day (3/14 = 3.14, which is pi!) National School Walk Out Day Period 2-3 will have a shortened period today due to the National School Walk Out Assembly and event, which will occur at 9:30A.M. BHS Morning Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eE_eX3aX3k&feature=youtu.be Period 1-2 should visit the BHS Morning Show link to see the announcements for today. English 8 Reminders * Tomorrow, we will be working on your SSR project IN CLASS. You will have to show me what you have accomplished at the end of class. You will also have time in class on Friday. You should be prepared to submit your project at the end of the period on Friday. If you are not ready, you should be able to show me what you have accomplished in two days, and if you still need a small amount of additional time, you will be permitted to hand in the completed project on Monday. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAV...

HALF DAY SCHEDULE Do Now Complete Elements of Literature: After You Read Reading Check A & B (Page 166) in literature section Grammar Review "The Subordinate Clause" and "Independent and Subordinate Clauses" on SmartBoard Literature Read Elements of Literature:  After You Read Grammar Link (Page 168) Complete Practice 1 & Practice 2 Poetry Write a response journal to "Barbara Frietchie" in your poetry section. How does this poem make you feel? Can you make any associations to this poem, perhaps to other heroes in history or in other stories, like we discussed yesterday? What do you notice about the language? Does this poem leave you with any questions about the characters or events? Homework Read SSR Book (30 minutes) Complete log

Do Now Complete Elements of Literature Page 161: Practice and Practice 2 (literature section) Read SSR Book  Complete log Grammar Introduce "The Subordinate Clause" ( Holt Handbook  Page 121) Complete Page 122: Oral Practice together Literature Read "Before You Read" ( Elements of Literature page 162) Read "Barbara Frietchie" (page 163) Complete Reading Check A & B (page 166) Discuss "After You Read: Grammar Link" (page 168) *We will be working on this narrative poem for 1-2 days* Poetry "Dreams" by Langston Hughes Write a response journal Homework Grammar Worksheets: The Subordinate Clause AND Independent and Subordinate Clauses (both sides) Continue to read SSR Book

Do Now If you could suddenly change places with anyone in your family, who would you choose to be? Why?  What's the first thing you would do as this person? After you finish writing, read SSR Book. Any time you read in class will count toward your 60 minutes for homework. Grammar  Review Grammar Worksheet: Identifying Clauses and The Independent Clause on SmartBoard *Please make sure you are correcting incorrect answers in a red/different color (not black, dark blue, or regular pencil). Do NOT just put stars are 100%. Actually write in the right answer if you are wrong. Remember this is a 100-point homework grade at the end of this chapter.* Review Grammar Chapter 5 Quiz * Please correct your incorrect answers in a red/different color (5 extra credit points) * You mat have your quiz signed by a parent for 5 extra credit points. * An extra credit assignment is up on my website (due next Thursday) for up to 10 points. * If you are still interested in i...

You may make corrections to your quiz when we go over it (most likely on Thursday or Friday) for five points extra credit. You may also have a parent sign your quiz for five more additional points of extra credit. You may complete the following assignment for up to ten points of extra credit. Write your heading (name, English 8, Period, Date) in the left hand corner of your paper. Label your assignment "Grammar Chapter 5 Extra Credit". Write sentences using the following phrases following the directions in parantheses. 1. after the game (use as an adjective phrase) 2. instead of your good shoes (use as a prepositional phrase) 3. in the Shakespeare play (use as a prepositional phrase) 4. going to school every day (use as gerund phrase) 5. living in a small town (use a participial phrase) 6. walking threw the empty lot (use as a gerund phrase as a subject of the sentence) 7. dressed in authentic costumes (use as a participial phrase) 8. to drive a car for the first...

Do Now Add the following terms and their definitions to your vocabulary list for this chapter: text structures, enumeration/sequence, chronology, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, and Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ( Elements of Literature page 156) If you finish this, make sure you have finished your work from yesterday/last week for "Harriet Tubman." If you finished "Harriet Tubman," you may read your SSR Book. Grammar Objective: The student is able to identify clauses. Introduce "What is a Clause?" ( Holt Handbook  page 119) * Please complete the notes sheet as we discuss the clause! Introduce "The Independent Clause" (page 120) * Please complete the notes sheet as we discuss the clause! Complete Page 120-121: Exercise 1 orally together * I'll be using the random name selector, so be ready if you are chosen! HOMEWORK: Identifying Clauses AND The Independent Clause (B...

Do Now Finish reading "Harriet Tubman" ( Elements of Literature page 143) if you have not Complete Page 154: #4 in literature section of notebook if you have not "What INFERENCE about Harriet Tubman's CHARACTER can you draw from the incident with the gun? What type of person is she? What other inferences can you make about the character of Harriet Tubman? Consider her words, actions, or affect on others. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Your answer should be approximately 5-10 sentences." If you have finished this work, you may read your SSR Book. Grammar Be ready to start Chapter 6 on Clauses TOMORROW! Literature Read "Go Down Moses" (page 147) Write response journal in Vocabulary/Poetry Section answering this question: "What is this song LITERALLY about? What is this song FIGURATIVELY about? Why do you think it brought the slaves hope?" Read "Informational Text: Link to 'Harriet Tubman...

Hi, friends. I'm sorry I can't be in today -- I would not miss our cupcake party for no reason! Rosalie has a cough and cold and is running a low fever. One of her friends at school had the flu, so we're going to the doctor today to get it checked out. I promise fresh cupcakes to our February and May birthdays upon my return. I will be busy eating these in the meantime 🤣 DO NOW Copy the bold faced terms and their definitions from pages 134-135 and from page 142, including the   Vocabulary terms. This should go on the literature section of your notebook. Label it Chapter 2: Characters. LITERATURE Start where we left off yesterday and finish reading "Harriet Tubman." Three students owe me work -- they know who they are -- please share with me on Google Docs or give to Mrs. King so I can modify your grade before progress reports.

Do Now SSR Time (15 minutes) Complete log Literature  Read Elements of Literature: Characters (pages 134-135) Discuss how the types of characterization relate to the characters and traits that we discussed yesterday. Read "Before You Read: The Biography" (page 142) Read "Harriet Tubman" (page 143-152) Read "Meet the Writer" (page 153) Complete "After You Read" #4 (page 154) Read "Informational Text" (pages 156-159) Complete "After You Read: Grammar Link (page 161) *We will be working on "Harriet Tubman" through the end of next week* Poetry "Dreams" by Langston Hughes Write a response journal in the Poetry section of your notebook Homework Read SSR Book (30 minutes) Complete log