Book 2 • Week 17 • Level C • Student Practice Sheet

BOOK 2 • WEEK 17 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 base roots and suffix endings, and write it cleanly twice.

Bases & Confusables (Words 1–5)

1 af•fect

2 ef•fect

3 sug•gest

4 pre•pare

5 con•tin•ue

Bases & Derivatives (Words 6–10)

6 i•mag•ine

7 con•cen•trate

8 ed•u•ca•tion

9 na•tion•al

10 de•scribe

<-tion> & Morphology (Words 11–15)

11 de•scrip•tion

12 re•peat

13 rep•e•ti•tion

14 pro•nun•ci•a•tion

15 i•den•ti•fy

2 Morphological & Suffix Sorting: Group the words by grammatical form, suffix pattern, and base structure.

Nouns with <-tion> (4 words)

Verbs Ending in <-e> (4 words)

Prefix & Base Words (3 words)

Confusables & Verbs (4 words)

3 Confusable Word Distinctions: Choose the correct form (affect [verb: to influence] or effect [noun: result]) to complete each sentence.

Confusable Pair: affect (action / influence) • effect (result / outcome)

a. Getting a good night's rest will positively your concentration and test scores.

b. The scientist measured the powerful of the chemical reaction in the laboratory.

c. Did the new rule have any lasting , or did it fail to overall behavior?

📚 Rules to Remember • Week 17

Rule 1 • Suffixes <-tion> & <-ation>

These Latin suffixes convert verbs into abstract nouns (describe → description, repeat → repetition, educate → education).

Rule 2 • Confusable <affect> vs. <effect>

Remember RAVEN: Affect is a Verb (to influence); Effect is a Noun (the end result).

Rule 3 • Tricky <pronunciation>

Notice the base spelling changes from pronounce to pro•nun•ci•a•tion (spelled with nun, never *noun*).

Rule 4 • Vowel Alternations

Notice vowel shifts when adding suffixes: long /ī/ in describe shifts to short /ĭ/ in description; long /ē/ in repeat shifts to short /ĕ/ in repetition.