New Cumberland

Middle School

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8th Grade Language Arts

Reading
Comprehension

Asking Questions
A Questioning Toolkit

Antonyms/Synonyms
Synonyms

Locate Information

Identify Plot Elements On A Concept Map
Concept Maps Explained
Short Story Elements

Main Idea
Main Idea
Reading Comprehension

Cause And Effect
Making The Relationship Explicit Between Ideas

Cause And Effect Diagrams

Drawing Inferences

Prediction

Vocabulary
Vocabulary University

Author's Purpose
Reading For A Purpose
Different Types of Text
The Writer's Purpose And Voice
Finding The Purpose Of Each Paragraph
Writing To Persuade

Integrated Units
Walk To Two Moons

Poetry Terms
Poetry Terms

Identify Examples Of Simile, Metaphors, Alliteration, Etc.

Alliteration Or Simile
Bud, Not Buddy
Do You Know Your Metaphors
Do You Know Your Similes
Figurative Language Quiz
Literary Devices Quiz
Literary Devices Quizzes
Metaphor Battleship
Metaphor Quiz

Analogies
Analogy Of The Day
Analogy Quiz
Awesome Analogies

Recognizing Propaganda
Text Types

Point Of View
Point Of View
Point Of View - 2 Heads Aren't Always Better Than One
Character's And Point Of View

Common Foreign Phrases
Foreign Words And Phrases

Character And Dialogue
Narrative And Dialogue
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony

Reading Comprehension
Which Writing Is Right?

Writing

Sentence Combining Techniques
The Colon
Semicolon and Colon Quiz
Semicolons
Using Colons Effectively

Complete Notes
Bibliographic Blunders

Select Appropriate Transitional Devices
Using Transitions
Writing Research Papers
Chart Of Transitional Devices
A Handbook Of Rhetorical Devices

Identify The Purpose For Writing
Critical Reasoning
Cohesion

Identify Irrelevance

Information Elimination
Straying Off The Point

Identify Reliability
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Evaluating Web Pages

Thesis Statements
Compose A Thesis Statement
How To Write A Thesis Statement

Figurative Language

Selecting Vivid Language

Correct Punctuations
Quiz On Quotation Marks
Gallary Of Misused Quotation Marks

Product
Expository Essay Collection
Types Of Paragraphs
Prompt Review

Elements Of Language

Prepositions
Recognizing Prepositions
Preposition Quiz
Prepositions At The Crossword 1
Prepositions At The Crossword 2
Prepositions At The Crossword 3
Recognizing The Functions Of Phrases

Nouns
Catastrophes Of Apostrophic Proportions
Interactive Grammar Quizzes
Online Grammar Quizzes
Plural And Possessive Nouns
Possessives And Irregular Plurals

Verbs
Controlling Shifts In Verb Tense
Subject Verb Agreement
Subject And Verb Agreement
Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
There Is/There Are
Tag Questions
The CopyCat Game
Making Subjects And Verbs Agree
Transitive Verb Quiz
Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Transitive/Intransitive Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
The Grammar Outlaw
Tense Activity 1
Tense Activity 2
Word Skills 1
Word Skills 2
Word Skills 3

Pronouns
Pronoun - Antecedent Agreement
Pronoun Case
Comparative and Superlative
Conjunctions
Repairing Run On Sentences
Combining Sentences For Variety And Clarity
Interjections
Interjection Quiz
Pronoun Agreement
Pronoun Agreement Quiz

Recognize Usage Errors Within Content

Commas And Colons
Commas And Colons
Quiz On Comma Usage
Conjunctions - Quiz 1
Conjunctions - Quiz 2
Conjunction-itis Pop-Ups

Subject Verb Agreement
Quiz On Subject Verb-Agreement
Third Quiz On Subject-Verb Agreement

Pronoun Case
Pronoun Case-Quiz
Pronoun Case Activity
Double Negatives
Double Negatives Quiz

Comparative/Superlatives
Comparative/Superlative Quiz
Quiz on Forms Of Who

Confusing Words
Sit Or Set Quiz
Raise Or Rise
The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 1
The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 2
The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 3
The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 4
The Notorious Confusables - Quiz 5
The Sentence - Please!
A Test Of The Emergency Grammar System
Infinitives
Introduction To Appositives
Jeopardy Appositives

Appositive Quiz

Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronoun Usage Quiz

Sentence Body Parts