Additionally, students explore word origins and word spelling-meaning relationships.

Unit I: Prefixes
Sort 1 Prefixes
(in-, un-, dis-, mis-)
Sort 2
Prefixes
(pre-, post-, fore-, after-)
Sort 3 Prefixes (re-, ex-, in-, de-)
Sort 4
Prefixes (sub-, com-, pro-, en-)
Assessment for Sorts 1 -4
Unit II:
Derivational Suffixes
Sort 5
Suffixes (-y and --ly)
Sort 6 comparative suffixes (-er, -est, -iest, -ier)
Sort 7 Noun Suffixes (-er, -or, -ist, -ian)
Suffixes (-ment, -less, -ness)
Sort 9 Siffixes (-ary, -ery, -ory)
Sort 10 Suffixes (-ty and --ity)
Sort 11 suffixes (-al, -ial, -ic)
Sort 12 Adjective Suffixes (-ful, -ous, -ious)
Sort 13 Ver b Suffixes (-en, -ize, -ify)
Assessment for Sorts 5 -- 13
Unit III: The Suffix -ion
Sort 14 Adding --ion to Base Words, No Spelling Change
Sort 15
Adding --ion and --ian, no spelling change
Sort 16
Adding --ion
e-drop and Spelling Change
Sort 17
Adding --ation, -cation, and --ition
Assessment for Sorts 14 - 17
Unit IV:
Spelling-Meaning Patterns
Sort 18
Consonant Alternation
Sort 19 Vowel Alternation -- Long to Short
Sort 20 Vowel Alternation -- Long to Short/Schwa
Sort 21 Adding Suffixe -ity: Vowel Alternation, Schwa to Short
Sort 22 Vowel Alternation, Long, Short, and Schwa
Sort 23 Adding -ion: Vowel Alternation -- Spelling Change
Sort 24 Multiple Vowel Alternations
Assessment for
Sorts 18 - 24
Unit V:
Greek and Latin Elements I
Sort 25 Greek Number Prefixes
mono- , uni-, bi-, tri-)
Sort 26 More Number Prefixes
Sort 27
Greek and Latin Elements: Size (micro-, mega-, super- hyper-)
Sort 28
Greek Roots (tle, phon, photo, graph)
Sort 29 More Greek Roots (geo, therm, scope, meter, logy)
Sort 30 Latin Roots
(spect, port, form)
Sort 31 Latin Roots
(dic, aud, vis)
Sort 32 Latin Roots
(gress, rupt, tract, mot)
Sort 33 Latin Roots
(fract, flect.flex, ject, mist./mit)
Sort 34 Latin Roots
(man, scrib/script, cred, fac)
Assessment for
Sorts 25 - 34
Unit VI:
Greek and Latin Elements II
Sort 35
Latin Roots
(duc/duct, sequ/sec, flu, ver/vert)
Sort 36
Latin Roots ( bene, mal) and Prefixes (ante-, post-)
Sort 37 Greek and Latin Elements: Amount (magni, min, poly, omni)
Sort 38 Greek and Latin Elements: Body (cap, corp, dent/don't, ped/pod)
Sort 39 Greek and Latin Elements: (terr, astr/aster, hydra/hydro, bio)
Sort 40 Latin Roots (gen, mort, bio)
Sort 41 Latin Roots (ven/vent, junct, spir, sec/sect)
Sort 42 Latin Roots (jud, leg, mod, biblio)
Assessment for Sorts 35 - 42
Unit VII:
Greek and Latin Elements III
Sort 43
Latin and Latin Roots (voc, ling/lang, mem, psych)
Sort 44 Greek and Latin Roots (path, sens/sent, med/medi, sol)
Sort 45
Prefixes (intra-, inter-, intro-, circum-)
Sort 46
Latin Roots
(press, pur/purg, fus, pend)
Sort 47
Latin Roots
(pos, loc, sist, sta/stat/stit)
Sort 48
Latin Roots
(ced/cess/ceed, ten/tend, lit)
Sort 49
Predictable Spelling Changes in Word Roots (ceive/cept, tain/ten, nounce/nun)
Assessemnt for Sorts 43 -
49
Unit VIII: Advanced Spelling-Meaning Patterns
Sort 50 Suffixes (-ent/-ence, -ant/-ance)
Sort 51 Suffixes (-ent/-ence/-ency, -ant/-ance/-ancy)
Sort 52 Suffixes
(--able, -ible)
Sort 53 Adding
-able (e-drop and y to i)
Sort 54 Accent and Doubling
Sort 55 Words from French
Assessment for Sorts 50 -- 54
Unit IX: Prefix Assimilation
Sort 56 Prefix Assimilation: in-
Sort 57 Prefix Assimilation: com-
Sort 58 Prefix Assimilation: sub-
Sort 59 Prefix Assimilation: ex- and --ob
Sort 60 Prefix Assimilation: ad-
Assessment for Sorts 56 - 60
Appendices
Blank Template
Word Work at Home
Word Sort Corpus