Book 2 • Week 14 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 14 Building Spelling Skills • Orthographic Mastery

LEVEL C • STUDENT PRACTICE SHEET

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Level: C

1 Orthographic Handwriting Practice: Read each word aloud, observe the suffix patterns, and write it cleanly twice.

Academic Roots & Prefix (Words 1–5)

1 mu•sic

2 mis•spell

3 mag•a•zine

4 light•ning

5 o•pin•ion

Suffix <-ent> Words (Words 6–10)

6 ben•e•fit

7 dif•fer•ent

8 pa•tient

9 in•tel•li•gent

10 in•de•pend•ent

Suffix <-ence> Words (Words 11–15)

11 dif•fer•ence

12 in•de•pend•ence

13 ref•er•ence

14 ex•ist•ence

15 con•ve•ni•ent

2 Morphology & Suffix Sorting: Group the 15 words according to their suffix forms and morphological patterns.

Suffix <-ent> (5 words)

Suffix <-ence> (4 words)

Double Intro • Prefix (2 words)

Academic Roots (4 words)

3 Homophone Distinctions: Distinguish between patience and patients in context.

Pair: patience (calm endurance) • patients (persons under medical care)

a. The caring doctor had several new waiting in the hospital lobby.

b. Learning complex scientific concepts requires steady practice, focus, and great .

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 14

Rule 1 • Base in <-ent> Uses <-ence>

If a base word ends in -ent, the noun form uses -ence (different → difference, independent → independence).

Rule 2 • Double Intro Rule

When adding a prefix to a base beginning with the same letter with which the prefix ends, the letter remains doubled (mis•spell).

Rule 3 • Latin Suffixes <-ent> / <-ence>

-ent forms adjectives/nouns, while -ence forms state or quality nouns (reference, existence, convenient).

Rule 4 • Homophone Distinction

Distinguish homophones: patience (virtue of calm waiting) vs. patients (medical clients).