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        IXL Summer Boost skill plan - Language arts 8th grade
        Help rising eighth graders solidify their understanding of key concepts this summer with IXL's day-by-day skill plan!
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        Days 1-5
        Day 1
        • Identify sensory details
        Day 1
        • Identify sensory details
        Day 2
        • Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
        Day 2
        • Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
        Day 3
        • Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Day 3
        • Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Day 4
        • Determine the themes of short stories
        Day 4
        • Determine the themes of short stories
        Day 5
        • Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Day 5
        • Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        2
        Days 6-10
        Day 6
        • Which sentence is more formal?
        Day 6
        • Which sentence is more formal?
        Day 7
        • Positive and negative connotation
        Day 7
        • Positive and negative connotation
        Day 8
        • Organize information by main idea
        Day 8
        • Organize information by main idea
        Day 9
        • Draw inferences from literary texts
        Day 9
        • Draw inferences from literary texts
        Day 10
        • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        Day 10
        • Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        3
        Days 11-15
        Day 11
        • Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Day 11
        • Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Day 12
        • Find words using context
        Day 12
        • Find words using context
        Day 13
        • Read about science and nature
        Day 13
        • Read about science and nature
        Day 14
        • Analogies: challenge
        Day 14
        • Analogies: challenge
        Day 15
        • Classify figures of speech
        Day 15
        • Classify figures of speech
        4
        Days 16-20
        Day 16
        • Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
        Day 16
        • Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
        Day 17
        • Use the correct frequently confused word
        Day 17
        • Use the correct frequently confused word
        Day 18
        • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Day 18
        • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Day 19
        • Commas: review
        Day 19
        • Commas: review
        Day 20
        • Correct errors with signs
        Day 20
        • Correct errors with signs
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