Below you’ll find our free, printable K12reader high school spelling words program that helps students master words that are most commonly misspelled. The program is designed for developing spelling proficiency for students in 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade and 12th grade. However, you may also find the program helpful for those in 8th grade.
The K12reader High School Spelling program is based on comprehensive research conducted originally by Thomas Clark Pollock and printed in The English Record (English Record; v22 n1 p46-53 Fall 1971), with permission granted to K12reader by the New York State English Council. Click here to view more detail about the background research.
Five major groups of errors were noted in the research: (1) misspelling of endings of words, (2) misspelling of vowels, (3) misspelling of homonyms or near homonyms, (4) misspelling of consonants and (5) misspelling of prefixes and combining forms.
Master Spelling Words List
Master High School Spelling List (36 weeks)
The master list includes each week’s word list as well as an overview of the different areas covered by each week. Download Master High School Spelling List
Spelling Rules Handout
Here’s a handy spelling rules handout that students can use when they are studying.
Student Materials – High School Spelling List Worksheets (PDF Format)
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Week 1 Word List and Activities Week 1 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ant and -ent |
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Week 2 Word List and Activities Week 2 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: I |
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Week 3 Word List and Activities Week 3 Spelling Words –Consonants: Double or Single? |
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Week 4 Word List and Activities Week 4 Spelling Words – Homophones: Alike but Different |
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Week 5 Word List and Activities Week 5 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: O |
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Week 6 Word List and Activities Week 6 Spelling Words – Ending Words with an S |
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Week 7 Word List and Activities Week 7 Spelling Words – Vowels Concerns: Using O |
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Week 8 Word List and Activities Week 8 Spelling Words – Consonants: Single or Double? |
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Week 9 Word List and Activities Week 9 Spelling Words – Words with a Prefix |
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Week 10 Word List and Activities Week 10 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ant, -ent, -ence, -ance, -ary, and -ery |
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Week 11 Word List and Activities Week 11 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: A |
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Week 12 Word List and Activities Week 12 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ous |
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Week 13 Word List and Activities Week 13 Spelling Words – Consonants: Double Trouble |
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Week 14 Word List and Activities Week 14 Spelling Words – Homophones: Sounding the Same |
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Week 15 Word List and Activities Week 15 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ed or -ing |
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Week 16 Word List and Activities Week 16 Spelling Words – Vowels: Using AU/UA and IA/AI |
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Week 17 Word List and Activities Week 17 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ar, -or, and -er |
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Week 18 Word List and Activities Week 18 Spelling Words – Consonants: More on Doubling |
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Week 19 Word List and Activities Week 19 Spelling Words– Vowels: Words with AI |
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Week 20 Word List and Activities Week 20 Spelling Words – Word Endings: Adding -ing to -y or -e |
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Week 21 Word List and Activities Week 21 Spelling Words – Consonants: Commonly Confused |
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Week 22 Word List and Activities Week 22 Spelling Words – Near Homophones: Almost Alike |
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Week 23 Word List and Activities Week 23 Spelling Words – Word Ending: Adding a Suffix |
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Week 24 Word List and Activities Week 24 Spelling Words – Vowels: Concerns with EE/EA |
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Week 25 Word List and Activities Week 25 Spelling Words – Words Ending in E: Adding -ly |
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Week 26 Word List and Activities Week 26 Spelling Words – Consonants: Words with Silent Letters |
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Week 27 Word List and Activities Week 27 Spelling Words – Combining Words |
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Week 28 Word List and Activities Week 28 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: IE/EI |
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Week 29 Word List and Activities Week 29 Spelling Words – Word Ending Concerns |
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Week 30 Word List and Activities Week 30 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: More with E |
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Week 31 Word List and Activities Week 31 Spelling Words – Consonants Blends: SC and GH |
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Week 32 Word List and Activities Week 32 Spelling Words – Near Homophones: Nearly Alike |
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Week 33 Word List and Activities Week 33 Spelling Words – Vowel Concerns: Using E |
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Week 34 Word List and Activities Week 34 Spelling Words – Words Ending in -ly |
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Week 35 Word List and Activities Week 35 Spelling Words – Vowels: More Concerns |
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Week 36 Word List and Activities Week 36 Spelling Words – Consonants: More Concerns |