Daily Language Review 8 (Revised)

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