The Gray Book - 8th Grade Skills
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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 for 8th graders. 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 of the 8th grade language arts book is even easier to use with new lessons and analogies study.
Our 8th grade English curriculum combines engaging lessons with classic 8th grade literature to enhance critical thinking and comprehension. Designed with age-appropriate materials, diction passages are taken from books usually recommended for 8th grade reading.
The Gray Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Gray Teacher Book! It offers a well-rounded selection of reading books for 8th graders to inspire a love for literature and improve reading skills. Everything in one gray work book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. The Gray SAB provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in The Teacher Book.)
Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.
Four Book Studies are designed to expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. The updated third edition of the 8th grade language arts book 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.
Our 8th grade English curriculum combines engaging lessons with classic 8th grade literature to enhance critical thinking and comprehension. Designed with age-appropriate materials, diction passages are taken from books usually recommended for 8th grade reading.
The Gray Student Activity Book is the perfect companion for the Gray Teacher Book! It offers a well-rounded selection of reading books for 8th graders to inspire a love for literature and improve reading skills. Everything in one gray work book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. The Gray SAB provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in The Teacher Book.)
Please note: The Student Activity Book cannot be used independently.
I love that through dictation the student learns all about punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing and a love of classical literature is encouraged through the carefully chosen excerpts.
- Shirley Ann, The Curriculum Choice
Read the full review here.
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Spelling:
Book Study Units:
Reading:
Reading Activities:
Grammar:
Research and Study Skills:
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Creative Expression
Penmanship
- Copying words
- Spelling rules
- Studying words
Book Study Units:
- Daddy Long Legs
- A Lantern in Her Hand
- Eric Liddell
- God's Smuggler
Reading:
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Cliché
- Figurative language (similes, metaphors)
- Rhyme scheme and meter
- Comparing
- Comprehension
- Literature appreciation
- Understanding historical fiction
- Prose analysis
- Narration styles (1st, 2nd, 3rd persons)
- Poetry appreciation
- Vocabulary, roots, and suffixes
Reading Activities:
- Silent and oral reading
Grammar:
- Nouns (common, proper, plural, possessive)
- Pronouns (personal, subjective, objective, possessive, demonstrative, relative)
- Verbs (action, linking, helping, transitive, intransitive, irregular, regular)
- Adjectives and adverbs (comparative, superlative)
- Articles
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Complete and incomplete sentences
- Simple, compound, and complex sentences
- Clauses: independent, dependent, adjective, adverb, noun
- Predicates: simple, complete, nominative, adjectives
- Gerunds, participles, infinitives, and phrases (prepositional, participial, infinitive)
- Direct and indirect objects
- Parenthetical and introductory phrases
- Speech tags
- Apostrophes
- Commas
- Semicolons
- Quotations
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Subject-verb agreement
- Problem words
- Alliteration
- Poetry: cinquain, limerick, diamante, structural poetry
- Character sketches
- Riddle poems
- Writing dialogue
- Autobiography, biography
- Cause-and-effect paper
- Compare-and-contrast paper
- Persuasive paper
- Research paper
- Business letter
- Friendly letter
- Writing a story with a moral
- Developing a writing plan
- Drafting (first and final)
- Revising
- Proofreading
- Sentence construction
- Thesis statements
- Topic outlines
- Topic sentences
Research and Study Skills:
- Bibliography
- Concordance
- Internet
- Gathering sources
- Interviewing
- Listening skills
- Memorization
- Note-taking
- Outlines
- Research
- Revision
- Writing plan
Higher Order Thinking Skills
- Memorization
- Outline creation
- Vocabulary study
- Word parts
Creative Expression
- Creative writing
- Poetry
- Prose
Penmanship
- Copy passages
- Writing final drafts
FAQs
What topics are covered in the 8th Grade Skills Gray Book?
The Gray Book covers grammar, writing, vocabulary, and 8th grade literature to provide a comprehensive English curriculum.
Is this curriculum suitable for independent learning?
Yes, the lessons are designed for both independent learners and teacher-led instruction, making it flexible for various learning styles.
Does the Gray Book include reading books for 8th graders?
Yes, it includes a curated selection of 8th grade books to read and related activities to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.
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