IXL Winter Adventures skill plan - Language arts 8th grade

Keep students learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan! Find essential IXL skills for solidifying understanding below.

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Days
Day 1: What's your point?		1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Identify thesis statements
Day 1: What's your point?
1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Identify thesis statements

Day 2: Root of the problem		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match problems with their solutions
Day 2: Root of the problem
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Match problems with their solutions

Day 3: A hard sell		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Activity: Find five ads online or in a magazine. Figure out if they're appealing to ethos, pathos, or logos.
Day 3: A hard sell
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Activity: Find five ads online or in a magazine. Figure out if they're appealing to ethos, pathos, or logos.

Day 4: A theme come true		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Day 4: A theme come true
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories

Day 5: Lost and found		1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Find words using context
Day 5: Lost and found
1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Find words using context

Day 6: Historically in the past		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Irregular past tense: review
Day 6: Historically in the past
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Irregular past tense: review

Day 7: Keep it real		Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.
Day 7: Keep it real
Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.

Day 8: Just right		1. Organize information by topic 2. Use thesaurus entries
Day 8: Just right
1. Organize information by topic 2. Use thesaurus entries

Day 9: In a perfect world...		1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 Activity: Design your perfect society. What would you make sure each person has? What would you make sure people did not experience?
Day 9: In a perfect world...
1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 Activity: Design your perfect society. What would you make sure each person has? What would you make sure people did not experience?

Day 10: The gift that keeps on giving		1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Activity: Have you ever wished a book, movie, or TV series ended differently? Write your own alternate ending to the story.
Day 10: The gift that keeps on giving
1. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Activity: Have you ever wished a book, movie, or TV series ended differently? Write your own alternate ending to the story.

Day 11: The bandwagon was jumped upon		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Day 11: The bandwagon was jumped upon
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Day 12: Make no mistake		1. Correct errors with frequently confused words 2. Correct errors in everyday use
Day 12: Make no mistake
1. Correct errors with frequently confused words 2. Correct errors in everyday use

Day 13: Just as I pictured		1. Use personification 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Day 13: Just as I pictured
1. Use personification 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Day 14: Come back to the fold		Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!
Day 14: Come back to the fold
Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!

Day 15: Causes and clauses		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Day 15: Causes and clauses
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Day 16: Information overload		1. Read and understand informational passages 2. Read graphic organizers
Day 16: Information overload
1. Read and understand informational passages 2. Read graphic organizers

Day 17: Come to your senses		1. Identify sensory details Activity: Think about your favorite restaurant. Write a paragraph describing what it's like to be at that restaurant, using as many different types of sensory details as you can.
Day 17: Come to your senses
1. Identify sensory details Activity: Think about your favorite restaurant. Write a paragraph describing what it's like to be at that restaurant, using as many different types of sensory details as you can.

Day 18: Believe it or not		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Trace an argument
Day 18: Believe it or not
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Trace an argument

Day 19: Double whammy		Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 19: Double whammy
Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 20: Not what you say but how you say it		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Interpret figures of speech
Day 20: Not what you say but how you say it
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Interpret figures of speech