Evan-Moor EMC2798 Daily Language Review Gr 8

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