Voyages in English 2018, Practice Book, Grade 8

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SECTION 10—Punctuation and Capitalization Daily Maintenance 117 10.1 Periods and Commas 119 10.2 Exclamation Points, Question Marks, Semicolons, and Colons 120 121 10.3 Quotation Marks and Italics 10.4 Apostrophes, Hyphens, and Dashes 122 10.5 Capitalization 123

SECTION 11—Diagramming Daily Maintenance 124 11.1 Simple Sentences 127 11.2 Appositives 128 11.3 Compound Sentences 129 130 11.4 Compound Sentence Elements 11.5 Participles 131 11.6 Gerunds 132 11.7 Infinitives 133 134 11.8 Adjective Clauses 11.9 Adverb Clauses 135 136 11.10 Noun Clauses 11.11 Diagramming Practice 137

WRITING CHAPTER 1—Personal Narratives LESSON 1 What Makes a Good Personal Narrative? 138 LESSON 2 Introduction, Body, and Conclusion 139 LESSON 3 Time Lines 140 141 LESSON 4 Varied Sentences LESSON 5 Exact Words 142

CHAPTER 2—How-to Articles LESSON 1 What Makes a Good How-to Article? 143 LESSON 2 Making Instructions Clear and Concise 144 LESSON 3 Revising Sentences 145 LESSON 4 Roots 146 LESSON 5 Dictionary 147

CHAPTER 3—Business Letters LESSON 1 What Makes a Good Business Letter? 148 LESSON 2 Purpose and Tone 149 LESSON 3 Adjective and Adverb Clauses 150 LESSON 4 Compound Words and Clipped Words 151 LESSON 5 Writing Tools 152

CHAPTER 4—Descriptions LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON

1 2 3 4 5

What Makes a Good Description? 153 Organization 154 Graphic Organizers 155 Thesaurus 156 Figurative Language 157

CHAPTER 5—Expository Writing LESSON 1 What Makes a Good Expository Essay? 158 LESSON 2 Fact and Opinion 159 LESSON 3 Evaluating Websites 160 161 LESSON 4 Noun Clauses LESSON 5 Prefixes 162

CHAPTER 6—Persuasive Writing LESSON 1 What Makes Good Persuasive Writing? 163 LESSON 2 Voice and Audience 164 LESSON 3 Advertisements 165 166 LESSON 4 Transition Words LESSON 5 Suffixes 167

CHAPTER 7—Creative Writing: Plays LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON

1 2 3 4 5

What Makes Good Playwriting? Play Structure and Format Dialogue, Monologue, and Asides Idioms, Slang, and Jargon Free Verse

168 169 170 171 172

CHAPTER 8—Research Reports LESSON 1 What Makes a Good Research Report? LESSON 2 Research and Organization LESSON 3 Citing Sources LESSON 4 Reference Tools LESSON 5 Multiple-Meaning Words

173 174 175 176 177

WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 9—Argumentative Writing LESSON 1 What Makes Good Argumentative Writing? 178 LESSON 2 Logical Relationships 179 LESSON 3 Cause-and-Effect Relationships 180 LESSON 4 Domain-Specific Words and Phrases 181 LESSON 5 Using Formatting and Graphics 182

CHAPTER 10—Literary Reflection LESSON 1 What Makes a Good Literary Analysis? LESSON 2 Analyzing Archetypes LESSON 3 Using Punctuation Effectively LESSON 4 Interpreting Figures of Speech LESSON 5 Reading Secondary Sources

183 184 185 186 187

CHAPTER 11—Poetry LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON

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What Makes a Good Ballad? Elements of a Ballad Vivid Language Consistency in Writing Memorizing a Ballad

188 189 190 191 192

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