Full Description
Making connections between language and literacy skills and cross-curricular interests. Connecting English, A skills workbook Year 8 addresses the language and literacy strands of the Australian Curriculum: English in a workbook format that is ideal for both classroom use and homework. Each unit examines a particular skill, with an Understanding section containing explanations and exercises to help students grasp the theory, and an Applying section that lets them put it into practice with real-world texts and activities. Texts in the Applying section are drawn from identified cross-curricular areas, and there is also a set of activities to connect directly with the current area of classwork.
Contents
Introduction; About the authors; Acknowledgements; LANGUAGE; PARTS OF SPEECH; 1. Noun groups; 2. Pronouns; 3. Verb groups; 4. Modals and modality; 5. -ing and -ed; 6. Complex adjectives; PUNCTUATION; 7. Commas, brackets, dashes and hyphens; 8. Direct and indirect speech; SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION; 9. Prepositional phrases; 10. Compound and complex sentences; 11. Sentence anomalies; SPELLING; 12. Silent letters; 13. Challenging and difficult words; 14. Words ending in -or, -er, -ar, -ous and -ious; VOCABULARY; 15. Tone, connotations, denotations and values; 16. Confusing words; LITERACY; TEXT CONSTRUCTION; 17. Subject-verb agreement; 18. Letters and emails; LITERARY DEVICES; 19. Sound imagery; 20. Symbolism; GENRE; 21. Persuasion; 22. Poetry; 23. Drama; 24. Non-fiction; 25. Picture books; LITERARY ANALYSIS; 26. Language of comparison; Glossary
