Jill Atkins is a prolific children's author and to date has had over 50 books published, for a variety of ages. Jill began her career as a teacher, but her interest in being a children's author saw her successfully complete an MA in Writing for Children at Winchester University. In the past she has lectured part-time on the subject of early childhood, and she is a member of the Society of Authors and the Children's Book Circle.
Interest Age:
7
Reading Age:
5
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Experience the tale of Anne Frank and how she hid away from evil for so long. Part of Reading Stars Achieve Phonics - our brand-new programme of 98 fully decodable, age-appropriate phonics readers for KS2/KS3 students who are still on their phonics journey - The Secret Annexe is a Phase 5 book. It introduces alternative spellings for the phonemes: i/ (donkey), /ar/ (father) This book uses letters and sounds and common exception words that are found in Phases 2, 3 and 4, plus the Phase 5 new graphemes for reading and alternative pronunciations of known graphemes for reading. It also uses the following from Phase 5: Alternative spellings for the phonemes: /n/ (knit), /r/ (wrap), /s/ (house), /z/ (please), /u/ (some), /i/ (happy, donkey), /ar/ (father) Common exception words: their, people, called, where, through, because, friends