Alliteration all around
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A lesson plan for grades 3–5 English Language Arts
The teacher introduces students to alliteration using one of several picture books by Pamela Duncan Edwards. After hearing techniques used by the author during a read-aloud, students attempt to define alliteration. Then the teacher chooses one passage to show the students without reading the words aloud. After seeing the images, students write one or two alliterative sentences describing the action in the picture. The teacher leads the class in a discussion of why alliteration might be used in the media and popular songs. After reading Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak, the teacher models how to write an acrostic poem, and students are challenged to write their own alliterative acrostic poems using an online interactive tool. When students are more comfortable with alliteration, they will use this poetic device to write either an original alphabet or number book. The final activity in this short unit challenges students to read tongue twisters aloud to each other. Then, after reading “How to Write a Newfangled Tongue Twister” by Bruce Lansky, students write their own tongue twisters and share their favorite alliterative writing assignment with the class. Readwritethink provides several extension opportunities for this lesson.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.04: Increase sight vocabulary, reading vocabulary, and writing vocabulary through:
- wide reading.
- word study.
- listening.
- discussion.
- book talks.
- book clubs.
- seminars.
- viewing.
- role play.
- studying author's craft.
- Objective 1.04: Increase sight vocabulary, reading vocabulary, and writing vocabulary through:
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.04: Use planning strategies (with assistance) to generate topics and to organize ideas (e.g., drawing, mapping, discussing, listing).
Grade 4
- Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.04: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
- wide reading.
- word study.
- knowledge of homophones, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms.
- knowledge of multiple meanings of words.
- writing process elements.
- writing as a tool for learning.
- seminars.
- book clubs.
- discussions.
- examining the author's craft.
- Objective 1.04: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.04: Share self-selected texts from a variety of genres (e.g., poetry, letters, narratives, essays, presentations).
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.03: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
- wide reading.
- word study.
- word reference materials.
- content area study.
- writing process elements.
- writing as a tool.
- debate.
- discussions.
- seminars.
- examining the author's craft.
- Objective 1.03: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.04: Select a self-evaluated composition for publication and justify rationale for selection.
