Grade 8 English Language Arts

Capitalizing titles

Capitalizing titles

Formatting titles

Formatting titles

Formatting and capitalizing titles

Formatting and capitalizing titles

What does the punctuation suggest?

What does the punctuation suggest?

Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Formatting titles

Formatting titles

Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Commas with compound and complex sentences

Commas with compound and complex sentences

Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupter...

Commas with coordinate adjectives

Commas with coordinate adjectives

Commas: review

Commas: review

Is it a direct object or an indirect object?

Is it a direct object or an indirect object?

Formatting titles

Formatting titles

Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Identify vague pronoun references

Identify vague pronoun references

Identify all of the possible antecedents

Identify all of the possible antecedents

Use parallel structure

Use parallel structure

Identify prepositions and their objects

Identify prepositions and their objects

Identify prepositional phrases

Identify prepositional phrases

Are the modifiers used correctly?

Are the modifiers used correctly?

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

Correct errors with subjectverb agreement

Correct errors with subjectverb agreement

Correct errors with indefinite pronounverb agreement

Correct errors with indefinite pronounverb agreement

Is it a phrase or a clause?

Is it a phrase or a clause?

Identify prepositional phrases: set 1

Identify prepositional phrases: set 1

Identify prepositional phrases: set 2

Identify prepositional phrases: set 2

Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Combine sentences using relative clauses

Combine sentences using relative clauses

Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

Form and use plurals: review

Form and use plurals: review

Form and use plurals of compound nouns

Form and use plurals of compound nouns

Form the singular or plural possessive

Form the singular or plural possessive

Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 1

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 1

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 2

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 2

Suggest appropriate revisions

Suggest appropriate revisions

Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Choose between subject and object pronouns

Choose between subject and object pronouns

Identify pronouns and their antecedents

Identify pronouns and their antecedents

Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

Use reflexive pronouns

Use reflexive pronouns

Use relative pronouns: who and whom

Use relative pronouns: who and whom

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

Compound subjects and objects with pronouns

Compound subjects and objects with pronouns

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?

Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?

Distinguish facts from opinions

Distinguish facts from opinions

Identify thesis statements

Identify thesis statements

Choose evidence to support a claim

Choose evidence to support a claim

Identify supporting details in informational texts

Identify supporting details in informational texts

Classify logical fallacies

Classify logical fallacies

Identify supporting details in literary texts

Identify supporting details in literary texts

Identify participles and what they modify

Identify participles and what they modify

Identify gerunds and their functions

Identify gerunds and their functions

Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Remove redundant words or phrases

Remove redundant words or phrases

Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Identify active and passive voice

Identify active and passive voice

Irregular past tense: review

Irregular past tense: review

Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Form the progressive verb tenses

Form the progressive verb tenses

Form the perfect verb tenses

Form the perfect verb tenses

Identify transitive and intransitive verbs

Identify transitive and intransitive verbs

Identify linking verbs

Identify linking verbs

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Find words using context

Find words using context

Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Determine the meaning of domainspecific words with pictures

Determine the meaning of domainspecific words with pictures

Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Words with pre-

Words with pre-

Words with re-

Words with re-

Words with sub-

Words with sub-

Words with mis-

Words with mis-

Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-

Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-

Words with -ful

Words with -ful

Words with -less

Words with -less

Words with -able and -ible

Words with -able and -ible

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Use personification

Use personification

Interpret the meaning of allusions

Interpret the meaning of allusions

Identify the source of allusions

Identify the source of allusions

Classify figures of speech

Classify figures of speech

Interpret figures of speech

Interpret figures of speech

Identify author's purpose

Identify author's purpose

Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements

Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements

Compare passages for tone

Compare passages for tone

Which sentence is more formal?

Which sentence is more formal?

Identify the narrative point of view

Identify the narrative point of view

Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y

Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y

Form plurals: review

Form plurals: review

Form and use plurals: review

Form and use plurals: review

Determine the main idea

Determine the main idea

Identify text structures

Identify text structures

Use the correct homophone

Use the correct homophone

Which sentence matches the definition?

Which sentence matches the definition?

Which definition matches the sentence?

Which definition matches the sentence?

Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Is the word an adjective or adverb?

Is the word an adjective or adverb?

Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Use relative pronouns: who and whom

Use relative pronouns: who and whom

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Use relative adverbs

Use relative adverbs

Use the correct frequently confused word

Use the correct frequently confused word

Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Analogies

Analogies

Analogies: challenge

Analogies: challenge

Describe the difference between related words

Describe the difference between related words

Positive and negative connotation

Positive and negative connotation

Choose the synonym

Choose the synonym

Choose the antonym

Choose the antonym

Choose between the past tense and past participle

Choose between the past tense and past participle

Use guide words

Use guide words

Use thesaurus entries

Use thesaurus entries

Use dictionary definitions

Use dictionary definitions

Use dictionary entries

Use dictionary entries

Alphabetical order

Alphabetical order

Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence

Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence

Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence

Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence

Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence

Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence

Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)

Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)

Identify plagiarism

Identify plagiarism

Use intext citations with MLA formatting

Use intext citations with MLA formatting

Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry

Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry

Use in-text citations with MLA formatting

Use in-text citations with MLA formatting

Correct capitalization errors

Correct capitalization errors

Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst

Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst

Formatting street addresses

Formatting street addresses

Formatting quotations and dialogue

Formatting quotations and dialogue

Correct errors with signs

Correct errors with signs

Correct errors in everyday use

Correct errors in everyday use

Commas with series dates and places

Commas with series dates and places

Commas with compound and complex sentences

Commas with compound and complex sentences

Commas with direct addresses introductory words interjections and interrupters

Commas with direct addresses introductory words interjections and interrupters

Commas with coordinate adjectives

Commas with coordinate adjectives

Commas review

Commas review

Use semicolons colons and commas with lists

Use semicolons colons and commas with lists

Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Choose evidence to support a claim

Choose evidence to support a claim

Identify supporting details in informational texts

Identify supporting details in informational texts

Classify logical fallacies

Classify logical fallacies

Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Identify text structures

Identify text structures

Create a sentence based on the model

Create a sentence based on the model

Choose the synonym

Choose the synonym

Find synonyms in context

Find synonyms in context

Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

Use thesaurus entries

Use thesaurus entries

Interpret the meaning of allusions

Interpret the meaning of allusions

Identify the source of allusions

Identify the source of allusions

Identify plagiarism

Identify plagiarism

Use intext citations with MLA formatting

Use intext citations with MLA formatting

Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors

Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors

Use in-text citations with MLA formatting

Use in-text citations with MLA formatting

To be: use the correct form

To be: use the correct form

Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Is it a direct object or an indirect object?

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Identify vague pronoun references

Identify all of the possible antecedents

Are the modifiers used correctly?

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

Correct errors with subjectverb agreement

Correct errors with indefinite pronounverb agreement

Is it a phrase or a clause?

Identify prepositional phrases: set 1

Identify prepositional phrases: set 2

Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Combine sentences using relative clauses

Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

Form and use plurals: review

Form and use plurals of compound nouns

Form the singular or plural possessive

Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 1

Identify dependent and independent clauses: set 2

Suggest appropriate revisions

Choose between subject and object pronouns

Identify pronouns and their antecedents

Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

Use reflexive pronouns

Use relative pronouns: who and whom

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

Compound subjects and objects with pronouns

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?

Identify participles and what they modify

Identify gerunds and their functions

Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Identify active and passive voice

Irregular past tense: review

Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Form the progressive verb tenses

Form the perfect verb tenses

Identify transitive and intransitive verbs

Identify linking verbs

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Find words using context

Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Determine the meaning of domainspecific words with pictures

Words with pre-

Words with re-

Words with sub-

Words with mis-

Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-

Words with -ful

Words with -less

Words with -able and -ible

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Use personification

Interpret the meaning of allusions

Identify the source of allusions

Classify figures of speech

Interpret figures of speech

Identify author's purpose

Which sentence is more formal?

Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements

Identify the narrative point of view

Determine the main idea

Identify text structures

Use the correct homophone

Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Is the word an adjective or adverb?

Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Analogies

Analogies: challenge

Describe the difference between related words

Positive and negative connotation

Choose the synonym

Choose the antonym

Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)

Identify plagiarism

Use intext citations with MLA formatting

Correct capitalization errors

Formatting quotations and dialogue

Commas with series dates and places

Commas with compound and complex sentences

Commas with direct addresses introductory words interjections and interrupters

Commas with coordinate adjectives

Commas review

Use semicolons colons and commas with lists

Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Create a sentence based on the model