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IXL Spring Spotlight skill plan - Language arts 8th grade
Keep students learning with IXL's week-by-week skill plan! Find essential IXL skills for solidifying understanding below.
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Days 1-5
Day 1
  • Read and understand informational passages
Day 1
  • Read and understand informational passages
Day 2
  • Identify supporting details in informational texts
Day 2
  • Identify supporting details in informational texts
Day 3
  • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Day 3
  • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Day 4
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Day 4
  • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Day 5
  • Correct errors with verb mood
Day 5
  • Correct errors with verb mood
2
Days 6-10
Day 6
  • Determine the main idea of a passage
Day 6
  • Determine the main idea of a passage
Day 7
  • Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Day 7
  • Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Day 8
  • Which sentence is more formal?
Day 8
  • Which sentence is more formal?
Day 9
  • Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Day 9
  • Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Day 10
  • Suggest appropriate revisions
Day 10
  • Suggest appropriate revisions
3
Days 11-15
Day 11
  • Compare information from two texts
Day 11
  • Compare information from two texts
Day 12
  • Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Day 12
  • Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Day 13
  • Use dictionary definitions
Day 13
  • Use dictionary definitions
Day 14
  • Identify participles and what they modify
Day 14
  • Identify participles and what they modify
Day 15
  • Analyze short stories
Day 15
  • Analyze short stories
4
Days 16-20
Day 16
  • Trace an argument
Day 16
  • Trace an argument
Day 17
  • Choose evidence to support a claim
Day 17
  • Choose evidence to support a claim
Day 18
  • Identify counterclaims
Day 18
  • Identify counterclaims
Day 19
  • Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Day 19
  • Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Day 20
  • Identify plagiarism
Day 20
  • Identify plagiarism
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