Mrs. DeSimone's Digital Classroom

Your SUMMER READING COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY is due on Sunday, October 1st, 2017 at 8:00P.M. Please SHARE your completed document with me at bogotaenglish8@gmail.com  by this time. Any essay that comes in after this date/time will be deleted. If you are submitting an essay to me after this time, you must schedule an after-school appointment with me to discuss your essay so I can provide commentary. You will not receive credit. All essays that come in on time will earn a 50/50 for a homework grade. I will provide my commentary for use for revisions for your final draft. (due date to be determined).

Do Now Study for Grammar Chapter One Quiz for five minutes Grammar Chapter One Quiz * You may use your Grammar Chapter One Packet during the quiz * You MUST complete your quiz in DARK BLUE OR BLACK ink. Please let me know if you need a pen. Review A * EXTRA CREDIT: Turn the sentence fragments into sentences (write in the words you'd add right next to the fragment) Review B UNDERLINE THE COMPLETE SUBJECT ONCE UNDERLINE THE COMPLETE PREDICATE TWICE UNDERLINE NEATLY EVERY WORD SHOULD BE UNDERLINED ONCE OR TWICE DO NOT CIRCLE THE SIMPLE SUBJECT OR VERB. There is no Review C. It is not a mistake Review D Make sure you look at the rules on your Grammar Packet to help you here. After you finish... You may use a Chromebook to finish your essay. No more time will be given in class to complete this essay. You must share it with me at bogotaenglish8@gmail.com in order receive full homework credit and my comments. Anything received after this ti...

Part A 1. S 2. F - Just as Miguel entered the Korean restaurant, he saw Terry. 3. S 4. S 5. S 6. F - Gina was excited by the news that Grandfather was to come soon. 7. F - Do you know    where the horses are stabled? 8. S 9. F - I read about    Jesse Owens, who run four Gold Medals in the 1936 Olympics. 10. S Part B 11. P - gave 12. S - boat 13. S - Trees, bushes 14. P - was splashed 15. S - bicycle 16. S - creek 17. P - dived 18. S - Fridays, days 19. P - played, walked 20. P - Does want Part C 21. Dec; . 22. Exc; ! 23. Int.; ? 24. Imp.; . 25. Dec.; . 26. Dec.; . 27. Dec.: . 28. Int.; ? 29. Dec.; . 30. Exc.; ! Part D (subjects listed first, then verbs) 31. Charles de Gaulle, was 32. Lille, is 33. de Gaulle, served and fought (Compound Verb) 34. he, was 35. he and Free French Forces (Compound Subject), led 36. de Gaulle, hoped 37. he, returned 38. people, elected 39. crisis and support (CS), led 40. de Gaulle, died

Pre-Assessment You will take your Reading Pre-Assessment today. It will NOT count as a grade for this marking period. However, you will take the SAME test in January, after we have worked on many of these skills, and then it will count as a QUIZ grade.  You must use a PENCIL for the SCAN TRON. Please let me know if you do not have a pencil and I will provide you with one. Name: First and Last Subject: English 8 Test Number: PreA Date: 9/28/17 Period: 1-2, 2-3, 5-6, or 6-7 (whichever class you are in) Please fill out the Scan Tron appropriately. It is here, on the Smartboard, and I say it aloud. Please follow directions. You must spend a minimum of 30 minutes on your Pre-Assessement. After the timer goes off you have three choices: 1) Continue working on Pre-Assessment 2) Take a Chromebook to continue working on Compare-Contrast Essay (Notes and a Sample Essay are in Resources) 3) Complete Holt Handbook  Pages: 21-22 Chapter One Review (answ...

Part A 1. Sentence 2. Fragment - Stamps with pictures of animals or famous people are popular. 3. Fragment - I just bought  a block of four different, colorful stamps that commemorate Earth Day. 4. Fragment - These stamps are interesting  because all four of the winnign designs for the Earth Day 1995 stamps were created by young people. 5. Sentence Part B 6. Complete Subject; much 7. Complete Predicate; can name 8. Complete Subject; Mount Everest 9. Complete Subject; seven 10. Complete Predicate; towers 11. Complete Subject; Alps, Rockies, Andes 12. Complete Predicate; have been discovered 13. Complete Subject; range 14. Complete Predicate; rise, form 15.  Complete Subject; islands Part C 16. Declarative; period. 17. Interrogative; question mark? 18. Exclamatory; exclamation point! 19. Imperative; period. 20. Declarative; period.

Do Now #6 If you could make it rain anything except water, what would you make it rain? (You can choose anything you want -- be as silly as you wish!) How would this new type of rain affect people and the environment? SSR Time (5-10 minutes) *Please pay attention to the clock yourself because everyone will be beginning to read at different times. Complete a log *Make sure you add ONE SENTENCE about HOW you read to EVERY log from now on, including the logs you complete at home. Grammar Review Classifying Sentences by Purpose A & B on Smart Board OPTIONAL Complete Pages 2-3: Diagnostic Preview (Grammar Section of Notebook -- make sure you date and label) *Answers will be posted on my website later today Writing Today, we will have the Chromebooks! Yay! Please type any body paragraphs you have written in your notebook. We will be working on on conclusion today. How to Write A Compare and Contrast Conclusion 1) Restate your claim/thesis stat...

Do Now SSR Time (10 minutes) Complete Log Add this under your regular log: HOW did you read? (For example, were you distracted? Did you find words and sentences that you didn't understand? Did you stay focused the entire time? Did you understand everything you read? Did you need to re-read passages? Did you question any character's choices?" WRITE ONE SENTENCE ABOUT HOW YOU READ "I read fast" or "I read slow" or "I read well" are not acceptable answers because they are not specific. I can tell if you read quickly or slowly from the number of pages you read. Use the above questions as a guide. Grammar Classifying Sentences by Purpose A & B (homework if you have not already completed it) Writing Share one student's introduction and first body paragraph on SmartBoard; Revise, edit proofread Write second and third body paragraphs using directions from YESTERDAY's post * You must use at least one exact qu...