L.8 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8
:"Language"
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!
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Summer Analogies
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Summer Analogies
Practice completing analogies with this summer-themed grammar worksheet!
7th Grade
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Transition Words Reference
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Transition Words Reference
Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.
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Commonly Confused Words #2
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Commonly Confused Words #2
Help students hone their language and vocabulary skills with this worksheet in which learners use sentence-level context clues to write the word that correctly completes each sentence.
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Commonly Confused Words #1
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Commonly Confused Words #1
Students use sentence-level context clues and their knowledge of vocabulary as they practice using commonly confused word pairs.
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.
6th Grade
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Latin Root Words #3
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Latin Root Words #3
Dive into the meaning of Latin roots with this vocabulary-building matching activity!
7th Grade
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Reading Comprehension: Excerpt From White Fang
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Reading Comprehension: Excerpt From White Fang
Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.
7th Grade
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Reading Comprehension: Arachne and the Weaving Contest
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Reading Comprehension: Arachne and the Weaving Contest
Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!
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Extended Reading Comprehension: Funding Space Exploration
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Extended Reading Comprehension: Funding Space Exploration
This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.
7th Grade
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Relating Words With Analogies #1
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Relating Words With Analogies #1
Students gain valuable practice understanding how words are related while building their vocabulary with this analogy worksheet.
7th Grade
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Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses #1
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Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses #1
Naming the function of clauses is as easy as pie in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!
7th Grade
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Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
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Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
To infinitives and beyond! This worksheet helps students master the skill of identifying infinitives and infinitive phrases in sentences.
7th Grade
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Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
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Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
Identifying gerunds and gerund phrases is smooth sailing with this simple, one-page worksheet for seventh- and eighth-grade students!
7th Grade
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Academic Vocabulary Tracker
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Academic Vocabulary Tracker
Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.
6th Grade
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Where Are the Stars?
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Where Are the Stars?
Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #2
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #2
Help middle school students strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this one-page worksheet on shades of meaning!
8th Grade
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Participles and Participial Phrases #1
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Participles and Participial Phrases #1
In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.
7th Grade
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Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice #1
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Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice #1
Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet!
8th Grade
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Greek and Latin Affixes #1
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Greek and Latin Affixes #1
Learners analyze words to find the shared Greek or Latin affix. The more affixes they can learn, the more their vocabulary will improve!
8th Grade
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Verb Moods
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Verb Moods
Students learn how writers use verb moods in sentences to indicate the purpose or attitude of the speaker and practice using the different verb moods in context.
8th Grade
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Active and Passive Voice
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Active and Passive Voice
Use this grammar worksheet to give students practice differentiating between active and passive voice by having them identify the type of voice used in various sentences.
8th Grade
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Puns in Context
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Puns in Context
Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!
8th Grade
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Verbal Irony
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Verbal Irony
Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.
8th Grade
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Using the Correct Verb Mood: Indicative and Subjunctive
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Using the Correct Verb Mood: Indicative and Subjunctive
Learners will practice identifying the correct verb form based on the mood of a sentence in this eighth-grade grammar worksheet!
8th Grade
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Correcting Errors in Verb Mood
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Correcting Errors in Verb Mood
Use this one-page grammar worksheet to give your eighth graders practice identifying and correcting indicative and subjunctive mood in sentences!
8th Grade
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Indicate an Omission With an Ellipsis
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Indicate an Omission With an Ellipsis
In this eighth-grade grammar and mechanics worksheet, students will learn how to use an ellipsis to indicate an omission when quoting from a text!
8th Grade
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.
7th Grade
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