3rd-5th GradeObjectives

• Studentswillidentifyalliterationasaliterarytool.•Studentswillbuildtheirvocabularybylistingdescriptivewordsthatbeginwitheachletterofthealphabet.

Materials Needed•AnimaliabyGraemeBase•"AlphabetAlliteration"pre-writingsheet•Constructionpaper•Markersorcrayons•Dictionaries

Introduction

IntroducestudentstotheconceptofalliterationbyrealingaloudAnimaliabyGraemeBase.Ask,"Whatdidyounoticeabouttheanimalnamesandthewordsthattheauthorisusingtodescribethem?"(Thewordsbeginwiththesameletter.)Explainthatthisiscalledalliteration.Tellstudentsthatalliterationisaliterarytoolthatwritersusetoaddemphasistowordsorcreateacertainmoodorrhythmintheirwriting.

Procedure

1.Provideeachstudentwithan“AlphabetAlliteration”pre-writingsheet.2.Instructstudentstoquietlybrainstormatleastoneanimalforeachletterofthealphabet.Givestudents

fiveto10minutestoworkontheirownorinsmallgroups.3.Invitestudentstoraisetheirhandsandsharesomeoftheanimalsfromtheirlists.Encouragestudentsto

listenforanyanimalstheymaywanttoaddtotheirownlists.4.Promptstudentstothinkofdescriptivewordsforeachanimalthatstartwiththesameletterastheani-

mal’sname(e.g.,angryalligator,magnificentmonkey,violetvulture,zanyzebraandsoon).Encouragestudentstobecreativewiththeiradjectives!

Independent Practice

1.Oncestudentsunderstandtheconceptofalliteration,assigneachstudentaletterofthealphabet.Explainthatstudentswillbewritingasentenceaboutananimalwhosenamestartswiththeirletter.

2.Havestudentslookthroughadictionarytofindadditionalwordsthatstartwiththeirassignedletter.Promptthemtolookforverbsaswellasothernounsandadjectives.Instructthemtoaddthenewwordstotheirlists.

3.Giveeachstudentasheetofconstructionpaperandcrayonsormarkers.Challengestudentstowriteasentenceaboutananimalusingalliteration.Encouragestudentstobeasseriousoraswhimsicalastheywant.Forexample,studentscouldwrite“EllietheElephanteatseggplanteveryday,”“Thegiantgiraffegesturesgentlytothegerbil,”or“Thequailwasquietlyquilting.”

4.Instructstudentstowritetheirsentenceonthebottomhalfoftheirpaper.Invitethemtoillustratetheirsentenceonthetophalfoftheirpaper.

5.Bindthepagestogetherinalphabeticalordertocreateaclassbook!

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