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Spelling Diagnostic Assessment Checklist

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Spelling Diagnostic Assessment Checklist

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📝 WALT: Identify spelling patterns and assess current spelling knowledge

Success Criteria: I can recognise different spelling patterns and identify words I need to practise.

Section A: Multisyllabic Words with Schwa Phonemes

compliment

medicine

chemical

spectacular

instructor

helicopter

excellent

available

information

considerable

administration

international

development

comparison

magnificent

possibility

demonstrator

particular

Section B: Less Common Letter Patterns (French Origin)

apostrophe

neutral

premiere

recipient

naive

souvenir

silhouette

technique

tournament

camouflage

critique

bouquet

necessary

conscience

Section C: Assimilated Prefixes

adjoin

accompany

affront

assign

allocate

attend

annihilate

combine

collaborate

correlate

cohabit

conform

Section D: Derivational Suffixes

explanation

definition

compulsion

commendation

confession

hilarious

atrocious

ambitious

courteous

verbose

fictitious

spatial

facial

merchandise

disinfectant

dependent

convenient

reference

brilliance

refugee

Section E: Words with Greek Roots

autobiography

microwave

epilogue

biological

chronicle

dynamite

dystopian

grammatical

paragraph

dehydration

hyperactive

hypothesis

geology

mechanical

megaphone

paralysis

arachnophobia

microphone

pseudonym

psychology

periscope

technology

thermometer

Section F: Less Common Plurals

cacti

fungi

foci

octopi

nuclei

crises

analyses

criteria

phenomena

bacteria

indices

appendices

🎯 Differentiation & Extension Activities

For Diverse Learners:

• Tick words you can spell confidently

• Circle words you find challenging

• Use a dictionary to check meanings of unfamiliar words

Extension for Advanced Learners:

Choose 3 words from each section and write a sentence using each word:
Reflection: Which spelling pattern do you find most challenging and why?

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