Another spelling question - Latin related

[Cindy in C-ville]

Can you all handle another spelling question from me? I'm still really confused. DD - 9th grade, my one who is very bright, highly disciplined, motivated, etc., but struggles with spelling - will be starting her second year of Henle Latin. I'm wondering if there's something that combines Latin studies with spelling. Thoughts?

TIA!
Cindy

[Jenn in CA]

But it's a fabulous book: English Words from Latin and Greek Elements by Donald M. Ayers (http://www.amazon.com/English-Words-Latin-Greek-Elements/dp/0816508992/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217031577&sr=8-2). You can buy a workbook to go with it.

It's more of a vocab book but it covers a lot of spelling too. It seems to be a high school/college level book. A great tie-in with Latin. It explains the "why" of a lot of tricky spelling things such as -ible vs. -able and other things which come directly from Latin.

My son used this to study for the National Spelling Bee.

[Anne/Ankara]

The WTM recommends the Vocabulary from Classical Roots series in high school (I think I'm right saying that), and that is a great series that teaches the vocabulary of Lating and Greek words, but you could require spelling mastery of the word lists as well. It is a very nice workbook series.

http://www.epsbooks.com/dynamic/catalog/series.asp?seriesonly=2252M