Daily Language Review, Grade 8 - Teacher's Edition

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