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1 The English Alphabetic Code simple code complex code phonemes graphemes key words key pictures /s/ s -ss -ce -se ce ci cy sc -st- snake glass palace house cents city bicycle scissors castle /a/ a ps apple pseudonym /t/ t -tt -ed teddy letter skipped /i/ i -y insect cymbals Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /p/ p -pp pan puppet /n/ n -nn kn gn -ine net bonnet knot gnome engine /k/ c k -ck ch qu que cat kit duck chameleon bouquet plaque /e/ e ea ai egg head said /h/ h hat Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /r/ r -rr wr rh rat arrow write rhinoceros /m/ m mm -mb -mn -me map hammer thumb columns welcome /d/ d -dd -ed dig puddle rained /g/ g -gg gu gh gue girl juggle guitar ghost catalogue /o/ o wa qua alt orange watch qualify salt Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /u/ u o -ou -ough umbrella son touch thoroughfare /l/ l -ll ladder shell /ul/ -le -il -al -el kettle pencil hospital camel /f/ f -ff ph -gh feathers cliff photo laugh /b/ b -bb bu bat rabbit buildings Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /j/ j -ge ge gi gy dge jug cabbage gerbil giraffe gymnast fridge /y/ y yawn

2 /ai/ ai ay a ae a-e -ey eigh -ea aid tray table sundae cakes prey eight break /w/ w wh web wheel /oa/ oa ow o oe o-e -o eau oak bow piano oboe rope dough plateau Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /igh/ -igh -ie i -y i-e ei tie night behind fly bike eider /ee/ ee ea e -y e-e key chief -ine eel eat emu *sunny concrete *monkey *movie sardines /or/ or aw au al oar oor ore our or /aw/ fork dawn sauce chalk oars door snore four /z/ z -zz -s -se -ze /or/ war zebra jazz fries cheese breeze or /aw/ wardrobe /ng/ -ng -n augh ough quar gong jungle caught thought quarter Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /ngk/ -nk ink /v/ v -ve violin dove /oo/ oo oul book should /oo/ oo -ue u-e -ew -ui -ou -o ough moon blue flute crew fruit soup move through /ks/ -x -ks -kes -cks /gz/ -x fox books cakes ducks exam Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /ch/ ch -tch /chu/ ture chairs patch picture /sh/ sh ch -ti -ci -ssi sheep chef station magician admission /th/ th thistle /th/ th there /kw/ qu queen Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /ou/ ou ow -o ouch owl plough /oi/ oi oy ointment toy /yoo/ -ue u

3 U-e ew eu statue unicorn tube new pneumatic /er/ er ir ur ear wor -our -re mermaid birthday nurse earth world mixer humour theatre /ar/ ar a alm alf alv artist father palm half calves Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and /air/ air are ear ere hair hare bear where /eer/ eer ear ere ier deer ears adhere cashier /zh/ -si -s -z -g -ge television treasure azure courgette collage *-y, *-ey, *-ie as word endings are often pronounced between /i/ and /ee/. On this chart examples appear in the /ee/ row. The complexities of the English Alphabetic Code include: 1.

4 One sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters: k, sh, ng, igh, eigh 2. one sound can be represented by different spellings (graphemes): /oa/ is represented by: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough 3. one spelling can represent multiple sounds: ough': /oa/ though, /or/ thought, /oo/ through, /ou/ plough, /u/ thorough Key to the 12 units of Debbie Hepplewhite's Phonics International online synthetic Phonics programme: units1-5 Mainly simple code with options to extend 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6-12 /air/, /eer/, /zh/, split digraphs, complex code 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Debbie's programme introduces a simple code of at least one letter /s-sound correspondence for each of the 44+ sounds of speech of the English language.

5 The programme then expands to teach further spelling and pronunciation variations of the complex Alphabetic Code. Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite a