Pearson English 8 Activity Book, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (September 10, 2015) © 2016

  • Mark Stracey
  • Leanne Matheson

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781488610400
Pearson English 8 Activity Book
Published 2015

Title overview

The 2nd Edition of the Pearson English 8 Activity Book offers updated texts, activities, design, and coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English. It caters to students of all abilities, including students with English as an Additional Language.

The Pearson English Activity Books are designed to develop and consolidate students’ knowledge and understanding of the English language and grammar. They integrate cumulative learning in the Language strand of the curriculum, as well as in the Literature and Literacy strands.

Using the Activity Books, students develop higher-order language and literacy skills. They are supported with a solid language foundation, clear explanations, and scaffolded learning. Students are exposed to rich and varied literature sources and text types, including contemporary and classic texts, Australian Aboriginal storytelling, and news articles.

Each level of the Activity Books includes core units that offer clear Language explanations followed by scaffolded activities to use the language in context and build on grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, and writing skills. At the back of the book, four revision units support students in preparing for summative assessment. Teachers will also find extension activities, tests, pedagogical support, Australian Curriculum correlation charts, and more online for free.

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Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Unit 1 Nouns
  • Unit 2 Definite and indefinite articles
  • Unit 3 Verb
  • Unit 4 Subject–verb agreements
  • Unit 5 Tenses
  • Unit 6 Adjectives
  • Unit 7 Personal and possessive pronouns
  • Unit 8 Demonstrative pronouns
  • Unit 9 Interrogative pronouns 
  • Unit 10 Adverbs (Part 1)
  • Unit 11 Adverbs (Part 2)
  • Unit 12 Subjects and verbs
  • Unit 13 Subjects and predicates
  • Unit 14 Clauses
  • Unit 15 Phrases
  • Unit 16 Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
  • Unit 17 Simple, compound and complex sentences
  • Unit 18 Shortened forms
  • Unit 19 Similes
  • Unit 20 Metaphor
  • Unit 21 Personification
  • Unit 22 Alliteration and onomatopoeia
  • Unit 23 Hyperbole
  • Unit 24 Pardon the pun
  • Unit 25 Clichés
  • Unit 26 Spelling rules (Part 1)
  • Unit 27 Spelling rules (Part 2)
  • Unit 28 Spelling rules (Part 3)
  • Unit 29 The 'sh' sound

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