The Gray Book - 8th Grade Skills Student Activity Book (E-Book)
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THE GRAY BOOK
8TH GRADE SKILLS
Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book. A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words. Four Book Studies are designed to expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. The updated third edition is even easier to use with new lessons and analogies study.
- 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
- Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills. Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more.
- Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words.
- Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing.
- Four Book Studies (listed in the order they appear):
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
- A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
- Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift
- God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
- A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words.
- The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
- Reviews Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
- Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.
The following reviews are for the 2nd edition of the Gray book. Some changes have been made in the 3rd edition.
Spelling
copying words - spelling rules - studying words
Reading
a Book Study Unit on: Daddy Long Legs, A Lantern in Her Hand, Eric Liddell, God's Smuggler - alliteration - assonance - cliché - comparing - comprehension - consonance - figurative language - historical fiction - literature appreciation - metaphor - meter - narration - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - poetry appreciation - prose - rhyme scheme - roots - similes - silent/oral reading - suffixes - vocabulary
Grammar
action verbs - adjective clauses - adjectives - adverbs - adverb clauses - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - commas - common nouns - comparative adjectives - complement - complete predicate - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound predicate nominative - compound sentences - conjunctions - coordinating conjunctions - declarative sentences - demonstrative pronouns - dependent clause - direct object - exclamatory sentences - gerunds - helping verbs - imperative sentences - incomplete sentences - independent clause - indirect object -infinitive phrases - infinitives - interrogative pronouns - interrogative sentences - intransitive verbs - introductory phrase - irregular verbs - linking verbs - nouns clause - nouns - object of a preposition - objective pronouns - parenthetical phrase - participial phrase - participles - personal pronouns - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - plural nouns - possessive nouns - possessive pronouns - predicate - predicate adjectives - predicate nominative - preposition- prepositional phrase - problem words - pronouns - proper nouns - punctuation - quotations - regular verbs - relative pronouns - semicolon - sentence length - simple predicate - simple subjects - speech tags - subjects - subjective pronouns - subordinating conjunctions - synonyms - transitive verbs - types of sentences - verbs - verbs tenses
Composition
alliteration - autobiography - biblical fiction - biography - business letter - cause and effect paper - character sketch - cinquain - combining sentences - compare and contrast paper - comparison - cover sheet - descriptive paragraph - developing a writing plan - diamante - final draft - first draft - formal and informal writing - friendly letter - interviews - limerick - metaphors - modeling poetry - narrative paper - narrative paragraph - non-standard English - ordinal numbers - paraphrase - parts of a letter - persuasive paper - proof reading - reports - research paper - revision - riddle poems - sentence construction - standard English - structural poetry - supporting an opinion - thesis statement - topic outline - topic sentences - types of sentences - writing a story with a moral - writing dialogue
Research and Study Skills
bibliography - concordance - encyclopedia - gathering sources - interviewing - listening skills - memorization - note-taking - outlines - research - revision - writing plan
Higher Order Thinking Skills
memorization - outline - vocabulary study - word parts
Creative Expression
creative writing - poetry - prose
Penmanship
copy passages - final draft
copying words - spelling rules - studying words
Reading
a Book Study Unit on: Daddy Long Legs, A Lantern in Her Hand, Eric Liddell, God's Smuggler - alliteration - assonance - cliché - comparing - comprehension - consonance - figurative language - historical fiction - literature appreciation - metaphor - meter - narration - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - poetry appreciation - prose - rhyme scheme - roots - similes - silent/oral reading - suffixes - vocabulary
Grammar
action verbs - adjective clauses - adjectives - adverbs - adverb clauses - antecedents - antonyms - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - commas - common nouns - comparative adjectives - complement - complete predicate - complete sentences - complete subjects - compound predicate nominative - compound sentences - conjunctions - coordinating conjunctions - declarative sentences - demonstrative pronouns - dependent clause - direct object - exclamatory sentences - gerunds - helping verbs - imperative sentences - incomplete sentences - independent clause - indirect object -infinitive phrases - infinitives - interrogative pronouns - interrogative sentences - intransitive verbs - introductory phrase - irregular verbs - linking verbs - nouns clause - nouns - object of a preposition - objective pronouns - parenthetical phrase - participial phrase - participles - personal pronouns - persons - 1st 2nd 3rd - plural nouns - possessive nouns - possessive pronouns - predicate - predicate adjectives - predicate nominative - preposition- prepositional phrase - problem words - pronouns - proper nouns - punctuation - quotations - regular verbs - relative pronouns - semicolon - sentence length - simple predicate - simple subjects - speech tags - subjects - subjective pronouns - subordinating conjunctions - synonyms - transitive verbs - types of sentences - verbs - verbs tenses
Composition
alliteration - autobiography - biblical fiction - biography - business letter - cause and effect paper - character sketch - cinquain - combining sentences - compare and contrast paper - comparison - cover sheet - descriptive paragraph - developing a writing plan - diamante - final draft - first draft - formal and informal writing - friendly letter - interviews - limerick - metaphors - modeling poetry - narrative paper - narrative paragraph - non-standard English - ordinal numbers - paraphrase - parts of a letter - persuasive paper - proof reading - reports - research paper - revision - riddle poems - sentence construction - standard English - structural poetry - supporting an opinion - thesis statement - topic outline - topic sentences - types of sentences - writing a story with a moral - writing dialogue
Research and Study Skills
bibliography - concordance - encyclopedia - gathering sources - interviewing - listening skills - memorization - note-taking - outlines - research - revision - writing plan
Higher Order Thinking Skills
memorization - outline - vocabulary study - word parts
Creative Expression
creative writing - poetry - prose
Penmanship
copy passages - final draft
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