Level 6
Level 6 consists of 36 lists of one to four bases each. The number of bases in each list depends on the size of the word family. (One base is divided into two lessons because of the number of words in the word family.) The activities focus on the four questions of Structured Word Inquiry: (1) What does a word mean? (2) How is the word built? (3) What are morphological and etymological relatives of the word? and (4) What are the sounds that matter? What are the letters doing? The goal of Level 6 is to study the spelling of English words using the Structured Word Inquiry framework. Level 6 builds on the spelling rules introduced in Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5. Level 6 also reinforces the prefixes, suffixes, and connecting vowels from Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5 while introducing additional prefixes and suffixes.
Level 6 is recommended for ages 11 to 13 in sixth grade through eighth grade. Level 6 covers two years of spelling work.
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Updates
Printings with a “Last updated” date of February 23, 2025 or later contain a Morpheme Glossary and Question 4 Answers. The following PDF provides the updated pages for previously printed copies.
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Corrections
May 27, 2024
In List 36, the bases should be <ter(r)> and <hor(r)>. If you own a copy of the workbook dated before May 27, 2024, please update List 36 with the following corrected pages: Level 6 Spelling Corrections.
August 3, 2026
On page 12, the word sum for janitor should read “Jane + i + t(o)r.” Add -t(o)r to Glossary.
On pages 73 and 74, remove the junior word family and the corresponding word sums because the relationship between June and junior is disputed and uncertain.
On page 89, the word sun for Augustinian should read “August + ine + ian.”
On page 109, the word sum for septilateral should read “Sept + i + Later + al.” On page 122, the word sum for octolateral should read “Oct + o + Later + al.” Add <Later> to the Glossary.
On page 109, the words sums for septenarius and septenarii should read “Sept + en + arius” and “Sept + en + arii.” Add -arius and -arii to the Glossary.
On page 110, the word sums for septennium and septennia should read “Sept + Enn + ium” and “Sept + Enn + ia.” On page 121, the word sums for octennium and octennia should read “Oct + Enn + ium” and “Oct + Enn + ia.” Add -ia to the Glossary.
On page 154, the word sum for studio should read “Stude + io.” On page 193, the word sum for oratorio should read “Ore + ate + or + io.” Add -io to the Glossary.
On page 170 and 173, the morpheme Heter should be a capitalized because <Heter> is a base, not a prefix. On page 441, hetero should read <Heter + o>. Change the Glossary entries for heter- and hetero- to Heter.
On page 171, the word sum for exonym should read “Ex + Onym.” Change the Glossary entry for ex- to Ex.
On page 232 and 234, change exo to Exo because <Exo> is a base. Change the Glossary entry for exo- to Exo.
On page 5, change the line for <nomen> to <nomen> and <nomine>. On page 185, change the information in the gray box to: Base: <nome> and <nomine> “name, word”/Etymology: from Latin nomen and nominis (genitive form of nomen). On pages 185 to 186, all the word sums that contain Nome + in should read Nomine. Add Nomine to the Glossary.
On page 193 and 393, change ac + le to acle. Add -acle to the Glossary.
On page 5 and 211, the base should read Extingue because <Extingue + ish -> extinguish>. On page 212, change all Extinguish to “Extingue + ish” in the word sums.
On page 216 under <leve>, remove any <levite>. The word sums for the levitate words should read “Leve + itate.” Add -itate to the Glossary.
On page 243, the word sums for aquarium, aquarist, Aquarius, Aquarii, aquarial, and aquarian should read “Aqu + arium,” “Aqu + arist,” “Aqu + arius,” “Aqu + arii,” “Aqu + arial,” and “Aqu + arian.” Add -arium, -arist, -arius, -arii, -arial, and -arian to the Glossary.
On page 485, the denotation of -ime should read “Latin numeral (ordinal) ending.”
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