34 weekly lessons. Regular lessons present 20 new words, 5 review words, and 4 sections of exercises.

Part "A" acquaints the student with some Latin or Greek roots and their appearance in our words. Etymologies are studied with the help of a dictionary included in the back of the textbook. Near the end of the course, a few lessons teach words that show Spanish, German, and French influences in our language. Part "B" of each lesson exercises building words with affixes. Part "C" practices phonics details taught in earlier courses of this series. Part "D" is a series of studies on semantics and the history of the English language. Review lessons are spaced after 5 lessons, reviewing all the new words and skills. The answer key is in the teacher's guide.

Supplementary items (not included):

Table of Contents

Teacher Materials

• Phonetic Symbols Used in This Book
• Introduction
  • Weekly Lesson Plans
  • Weekly Spelling Tests
  • Review and Final Test
  • Suggestions For Additional Spelling Lessons
• Bibliography
• Spelling Words
• Latin and Greek Roots
• Affixes

Lesson 1

• Introduction
• Language Lineage - The Bible in Our Language

Lesson 2

• Roots: div, theo
• Affixes: -ion
• Language Lineage - Influence of the Printing Press

Lesson 3

• Roots: vita, bio, mort, patho
• Affixes: -tion, -sian
• Language Lineage - The Great Vowel Shift

Lesson 4

• Roots: bene, eu, mal, caco
• Affixes: -or, -ory, -ar, -ary
• Language Lineage - A Shifting Language

Lesson 5

• Roots: pIe, verb, logos
• Affixes: -ology
• Semantic Study: Functional Change

Lesson 6 (Review)

Lesson 7

• Roots: bi, cent, oct, quart, uni
• Affixes: Numerical Prefixes
• Language Lineage - English and the Renaissance

Lesson 8

• Roots: du, tri, tetra, penta, deca
• Affixes: anti-
• Language Lineage - English and the Reformation

Lesson 9

• Roots: magn, macro, mini, micro, quant, qual
• Affixes: syn-, sym-, a-, an-
• Language Lineage - William Tyndale's Translation

Lesson 10

• Roots: mod, metron, chron
• Affixes: apo-, cata-
• Language Lineage - The Influence of Shakespeare

Lesson 11

• Roots: forma, schema, speci, struct, typos
• Affixes: dia-, meta-
• Semantic Study: Weakening Words

Lesson 12 (Review)

Lesson 13

• Roots: not, gnos, cert
• Affixes: -ac, -ic, -ical
• Language Lineage - Standardization of the English Language

Lesson 14

• Roots: audi, phono, lumin, photo
• Affixes: -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency
• Language Lineage - Johnson's Dictionary

Lesson 15

• Roots: cal, therm, frig
• Affixes: -ite
• Language Lineage - Webster's Dictionary

Lesson 16

• Roots: graph, scrib, script, littera
• Affixes: -itis
• Language Lineage - The Oxford Dictionary

Lesson 17

• Roots: popul, demos, urb, polis, civi
• Affixes: -as is, -otic
• Semantic Study: Doublets

Lesson 18 (Review)

Lesson 19

• Roots: scend, curr, curs
• Affixes: en-, em-, ex, ec
• Language Lineage - Modern Dictionaries

Lesson 20

• Roots: soma, psyche, pneuma
• Affixes: epi-
• Language Lineage - The Blue-Backed Speller

Lesson 21

• Roots: philo, sophos
• Affixes: para-, peri-
• Language Lineage - Spelling Revolution

Lesson 22

• Roots: physio, geo, hydro
• Affixes: ana-
• Language Lineage - Spelling Refinement

Lesson 23

• Roots: pract, dyna
• Affixes: -y, -ty, -ity, -ety
• Semantic Study: Euphemism

• Lesson 24 (Review)

Lesson 25

• Roots: gen, arch
• Affixes: -ant, -ent, -ist, -ast
• Language Lineage - American English and British English

Lesson 26

• Roots: Words of French Origin
• Affixes: -eer, -eur, -ee
• Language Lineage - British Vocabulary

Lesson 27

• Roots: Words of French Origin
• Affixes: -eau, -oir, -ois
• Language Lineage - American Dialects

Lesson 28

• Roots: Words of Spanish Origin
• Affixes: -ous
• Language Lineage - Pidgin English

Lesson 29

• Roots: Words of Spanish Origin
• Affixes: -ism
• Semantic Study: Folk Etymology and Back-Formation

Lesson 30 (Review)

Lesson 31

• Roots: Words of German Origin
• Affixes: -heit, -fest
• Language Lineage - Modern Communication

Lesson 32

• Roots: Words of Italian Origin
• Affixes: Plural of Italian Words Ending With O
• Language Lineage - Babel in Reverse?

Lesson 33

• Roots: Words Borrowed From American Indians
• Affixes: -ify, -efy, -ize
• Semantic Study: Common Proper Nouns

Lesson 34 (Review)

Final Test

• The Speller Dictionary