EMC Number: 5738

EAN: 9781608239078

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