Blue Seagull Skill Builders: Grade 8 Language Arts

A complete leveled textbook and workbook for Grade 8 language arts, with 46 lessons in 7 units: Elements of Fiction; Narrative Writing; Sentence Craft and Grammar; Figurative Language and Symbolism; Research Skills; The Informative Essay; Reading a Novel Closely.

Every lesson teaches the skill with a worked example, then gives practice at three levels: Take Off (with hints), Glide (on your own) and Soar (challenge). Extend and Challenge tasks apply each skill to real problems and push deeper thinking. Each lesson is labeled with the standard it practices (Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts).

The complete parent answer key is included at the back of the book.

Format: Digital PDF, 8.5 × 11 in, 268 pages. Print at home or at school.

Choose your license:

• Family license – copy pages for the children in your own household.
• Classroom license – one teacher may copy pages for their own students and share them in a password-protected class site. Each additional teacher needs their own license.

For a school or district license, please contact Blue Seagull Publishing.