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        IXL Spring Spotlight 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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        1
        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
        • Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
        Day 6
        • Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
        Day 7
        • Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
        Day 7
        • Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
        Day 8
        • Which sentence is more formal?
        Day 8
        • Which sentence is more formal?
        Day 9
        • Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Day 9
        • Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        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
        • Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Day 19
        • Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Day 20
        • Identify plagiarism
        Day 20
        • Identify plagiarism
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