Publication Date: January 1, 2010 | Series: Daily Language Review
Page Count: 128EAN: 9781608236572Give 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 Studyaffixes
analogies
base/root words
figurative language
homophones
idioms
spelling
Punctuationend 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
Capitalizationbeginning of a sentence
books, songs, and poems
proper nouns
Grammar and Usageactive/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 Skillsdictionary guide words
syllabication
outlines
