SYLLABUS FOR GRADE 8
| Unit | Description |
|---|---|
|
Unit 1 |
|
|
Short Vowel Spellings
|
|
|
Long Vowel Spellings
|
|
|
Double Consonants
|
|
|
Silent Consonants
|
|
|
Unit 2 |
|
|
Spelling the \ô\ Sound
|
|
|
Spelling the Schwa Sound
|
|
|
The “Seed” Sound
|
|
|
Words with ie and ei
|
|
|
Unit 3 |
|
|
Doubling the Final Consonant
|
|
|
Dropping the Final Silent e
|
|
|
Keeping the Final Silent e
|
|
|
The Final y
|
|
|
Unit 4 |
|
|
The Suffixes -ize, ise, -yze
|
|
|
The Suffixes -ary and -ory
|
|
|
The Suffix -ion
|
|
|
The Suffix -ous
|
|
|
Unit 5 |
|
|
The Suffixes -ible and -able
|
|
|
Adding Prefixes
|
|
|
Assimilated Prefixes
|
|
|
The Prefixes sub- and super-
|
|
|
unit 6 |
|
|
The Latin Word Roots duc and port
|
|
|
The Latin Word Roots mort and vit/viv
|
|
|
The Latin Word Roots bene and mal
|
|
|
Words Often Confused
|
|
|
Unit 7 |
|
|
Plurals of Nouns Ending in a Vowel + o
|
|
|
Plurals of Nouns Ending in a Consonant + o |
|
|
Plurals of Nouns Ending in f and fe
|
|
|
Plurals of Nouns Ending in s, ch, sh, x, and z
|
|
|
Unit 8 |
|
|
Unusual Plurals
|
|
|
Spelling Possessive Forms
|
|
|
Spelling Compound Words
|
|
|
Words Easily Misspelled |