Product Description
Give your eighth-graders the focused language arts practice they need to keep their language skills sharp.
36 weeks of practice cover standards-based skills such as:
Vocabulary/Word Study
• affixes
• analogies
• base/root words
• figurative language
• homophones
• idioms
• spelling
Punctuation
• end of sentence
• apostrophes: contractions and possessives
• commas: series, dates, addresses, direct address/interjections, compound sentences, after an introductory phrase/clause, and with nonrestrictive appositives
• punctuation and capitalization: dialogue and friendly business letters
• quotation marks: songs, poems, and short stories
• unnecessary commas
• run-on sentences
• semicolons, dashes, and parentheses
Capitalization
• beginning of a sentence
• books, songs, and poems
• proper nouns
Grammar and Usage
• active/passive voice
• conjunctions
• correct article, adjective, adverb
• comparative/superlative
• predicate adjectives and nouns
• easily confused words
• sentences: parts, types, structure, fragments, and combining
• verbs: parts, tense, usage, and spelling
• nouns: possessive, singular/plural, and concrete/abstract
• pronouns: subject/object, possessive, and antecedents
• prepositional phrases/prepositions/objects of a preposition
• double negatives
Other Skills
• dictionary guide words
• syllabication
• outlines
Details:
Pages: 128
Published: 2010
Grades: 8
