The English Alphabetic Code simple code phonemes complex code graphemes key words key pictures /s/ s snake -ss -ce -se ce ci cy sc glass palace house cents city bicycle scissors /a/ a teddy /i/ i insect castle ps apple /t/ t -stpseudonym -tt -ed letter skipped -y cymbals Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com /p/ p pan /n/ n net /k/ c -pp puppet -nn kn gn -ine bonnet k cat /e/ e knot gnome engine -ck ch qu que kit duck chameleon bouquet plaque ea ai egg head said /h/ h hat Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com /r/ r -rr wr rh rat /m/ m map /d/ d dig /g/ g girl /o/ o orange arrow write rhinoceros mm -mb -mn -me hammer thumb columns welcome -dd -ed puddle rained -gg gu gh gue juggle guitar ghost catalogue wa qua alt watch qualify salt Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com /u/ u umbrella /l/ l o -ou -ough son touch thoroughfare -ll ladder /ul/ shell -le -il kettle /f/ f pencil -al -el hospital camel -ff ph -gh feathers /b/ b bat cliff photo laugh -bb bu rabbit buildings Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com /j/ j jug -ge ge gi gy dge cabbage gerbil giraffe gymnast fridge /y/ y yawn /ai/ ai aid /w/ w web ay a tray table sundae cakes prey eight break wh wheel /oa/ oa ow o oak ae a-e -ey eigh -ea bow piano oe o-e -o oboe rope dough Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com plateau eau /igh/ -igh -ie tie i night -y behind /ee/ ee ea e eel eat emu fly -y /aw/ fork /z/ z zebra dawn -zz -s jazz fries /ng/ -ng -n gong sauce bike e-e eider key chief *sunny concrete *monkey *movie /or/ or aw au al or i-e ei chalk sardines oar oor ore our oars door -se -ze cheese -ine snore four /or/ war breeze or /aw/ wardrobe augh ough quar jungle caught Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com thought quarter /ngk/ -nk ink /v/ v -ve violin dove /oo/ oo oul book /oo/ should oo -ue u-e -ew -ui -ou -o moon /ks/ -x fox blue flute crew fruit soup -ks -kes -cks books cakes ducks Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com move ough through /gz/ -x exam /chu/ ture /ch/ ch -tch chairs picture patch /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 www.PhonicsInternational.com /ou/ ou ow -o ouch /oi/ oi ointment /yoo/ owl plough oy toy -ue u statue /er/ er u-e ew eu unicorn ir new pneumatic ur ear wor mermaid birthday /ar/ ar a artist tube father nurse earth world mixer alm alf alv palm half calves Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com -our -re humour theatre /air/ air are ear ere hair hare bear where /eer/ eer ear ere ier deer ears adhere cashier /zh/ -si -s -z television treasure azure -g courgette -ge 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. one sound (phoneme) can be represented by one, two, three or four letters: e.g. k, sh, ng, igh, eigh 2. one sound can be represented by different spellings (graphemes): e.g. /oa/ is represented by: o, oa, ow, oe, o-e, eau, ough 3. one spelling can represent multiple sounds: e.g. ‘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 6-12 /air/, /eer/, /zh/, split digraphs, complex code 6th 7th 8th 9th 5th 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. The programme then expands to teach further spelling and pronunciation variations of the complex Alphabetic Code. Copyright 2008 Debbie Hepplewhite and www.PhonicsInternational.com