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        IXL Weekly Plan - Eighth grade
        Boost learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan, which provides comprehensive coverage of eighth grade Reading strategies, Writing strategies, Vocabulary, and Grammar and mechanics topics!
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        1
        Week 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order topics from broadest to narrowest
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
        • 2
          Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
        • 2
          Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
        2
        Week 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
        3
        Week 3
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        4
        Week 4
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify thesis statements
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify thesis statements
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with pre-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with pre-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a phrase or a clause?
        • 2
          Identify appositives and appositive phrases
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is it a phrase or a clause?
        • 2
          Identify appositives and appositive phrases
        5
        Week 5
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct frequently confused word
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct frequently confused word
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with re-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with re-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the punctuation suggest?
        • 2
          Commas with nonrestrictive elements
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          What does the punctuation suggest?
        • 2
          Commas with nonrestrictive elements
        6
        Week 6
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read and understand informational passages
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read and understand informational passages
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use parallel structure
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use parallel structure
        Vocabulary
        Vocabulary
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify dependent and independent clauses
        • 2
          Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
        • 3
          Commas with compound and complex sentences
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify dependent and independent clauses
        • 2
          Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
        • 3
          Commas with compound and complex sentences
        7
        Week 7
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in informational texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Alphabetical order
        • 2
          Use guide words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Alphabetical order
        • 2
          Use guide words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use relative pronouns: who and whom
        • 2
          Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
        • 3
          Combine sentences using relative clauses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use relative pronouns: who and whom
        • 2
          Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
        • 3
          Combine sentences using relative clauses
        8
        Week 8
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors in everyday use
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors in everyday use
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use plurals: review
        • 2
          Form and use plurals of compound nouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use plurals: review
        • 2
          Form and use plurals of compound nouns
        9
        Week 9
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Suggest appropriate revisions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Suggest appropriate revisions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        10
        Week 10
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2
        • 2
          Read graphic organizers
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2
        • 2
          Read graphic organizers
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
        • 2
          Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
        • 2
          Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
        11
        Week 11
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Trace an argument
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Trace an argument
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
        • 2
          Commas with series, dates, and places
        • 3
          Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
        • 2
          Commas with series, dates, and places
        • 3
          Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
        12
        Week 12
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose evidence to support a claim
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose evidence to support a claim
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -ful
        • 2
          Words with -less
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with -ful
        • 2
          Words with -less
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
        • 2
          Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
        • 2
          Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
        13
        Week 13
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose
        • 2
          Which sentence is more formal?
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose
        • 2
          Which sentence is more formal?
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify counterclaims
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify counterclaims
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
        • 2
          Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
        • 2
          Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
        14
        Week 14
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Classify logical fallacies
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Classify logical fallacies
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find words using context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find words using context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
        • 2
          Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
        • 2
          Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
        15
        Week 15
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify pronouns and their antecedents
        • 2
          Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify pronouns and their antecedents
        • 2
          Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
        16
        Week 16
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify sensory details
        • 2
          Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify sensory details
        • 2
          Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify vague pronoun references
        • 2
          Identify all of the possible antecedents
        • 3
          Choose between subject and object pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify vague pronoun references
        • 2
          Identify all of the possible antecedents
        • 3
          Choose between subject and object pronouns
        17
        Week 17
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the narrative point of view
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the narrative point of view
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify active and passive voice
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify active and passive voice
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
        • 2
          Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
        • 2
          Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
        18
        Week 18
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        • 3
          Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        • 3
          Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
        19
        Week 19
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Recall the source of an allusion
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Recall the source of an allusion
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Rewrite the sentence in active voice
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Rewrite the sentence in active voice
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Simple past, present, and future tense: review
        • 2
          Irregular past tense: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Simple past, present, and future tense: review
        • 2
          Irregular past tense: review
        20
        Week 20
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret figures of speech
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Interpret figures of speech
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use personification
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use personification
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
        • 2
          Form the progressive verb tenses
        • 3
          Form the perfect verb tenses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
        • 2
          Form the progressive verb tenses
        • 3
          Form the perfect verb tenses
        21
        Week 21
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Classify figures of speech
        • 2
          Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Classify figures of speech
        • 2
          Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with mis-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with mis-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the verb mood
        • 2
          Correct errors with verb mood
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the verb mood
        • 2
          Correct errors with verb mood
        22
        Week 22
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Describe the difference between related words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Describe the difference between related words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify participles and what they modify
        • 2
          Identify gerunds and their functions
        • 3
          Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify participles and what they modify
        • 2
          Identify gerunds and their functions
        • 3
          Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
        23
        Week 23
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
        • 2
          Compare passages for tone
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
        • 2
          Compare passages for tone
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify supporting details in literary texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Positive and negative connotation
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Positive and negative connotation
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Misplaced modifiers with pictures
        • 2
          Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Misplaced modifiers with pictures
        • 2
          Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
        24
        Week 24
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match the quotations with their themes
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match the quotations with their themes
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with frequently confused words
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with frequently confused words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Are the modifiers used correctly?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Are the modifiers used correctly?
        25
        Week 25
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of short stories
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of short stories
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with sub-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with sub-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        26
        Week 26
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the author's point of view
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the author's point of view
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Order adjectives
        • 2
          Commas with coordinate adjectives
        • 3
          Use hyphens in compound adjectives
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Order adjectives
        • 2
          Commas with coordinate adjectives
        • 3
          Use hyphens in compound adjectives
        27
        Week 27
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze short stories
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Analyze short stories
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use thesaurus entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        28
        Week 28
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Remove redundant words or phrases
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Remove redundant words or phrases
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
        • 2
          Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
        • 2
          Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
        29
        Week 29
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
        • 2
          Words with -able and -ible
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
        • 2
          Words with -able and -ible
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
        • 2
          Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
        • 2
          Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
        30
        Week 30
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
        • 2
          Use dashes
        • 3
          Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
        • 2
          Use dashes
        • 3
          Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
        31
        Week 31
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct capitalization errors
        • 2
          Capitalizing titles
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Correct capitalization errors
        • 2
          Capitalizing titles
        32
        Week 32
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare two texts with different genres
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare two texts with different genres
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify plagiarism
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify plagiarism
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies: challenge
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Analogies: challenge
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Formatting titles
        • 2
          Formatting quotations and dialogue
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Formatting titles
        • 2
          Formatting quotations and dialogue
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