Alliteration and Text Is this fun or what

Alliteration and Text Is this fun or what… A tale of two poems…tongue twisters….

EQ. How does a reader demonstrate understanding of alliteration when reading? What examples of alliteration can be found within text? Today you will… • learning how to identify alliterations and why an author uses them • learn how to provide evidence that a text has or does not have alliteration

Alliteration and Poetry A tale of two poems…. . Slithery, Slidery, Scaly Old Snake Slithery, slidery, scaly old snake, surely your body must be a mistake. You eyes, mouth and tongue wisely stay on your head. It seems that your body is all tail instead. You gobble your dinner, you swallow it whole -a mouse or a frog or a turtle or mole. Ugh! Why don‘t you eat ice cream or chocolatey cake! Oh slithery, slidery, scaly old snake. by Denise Rodgers Copyright© Denise Rodgers A Little Bit of Nonsense Spaghetti! You’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce And you’re sprinkled with cheese, Spaghetti! Oh, give me some please. Jack Prelutsky

What is Alliteration? The repetition of usually an initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables is called alliteration. When writers want to emphasize certain words, they may use alliteration. It is often used in poetry and tongue twisters. n They are written for the fun they bring when they are read.

Example: n Sheila Shorter sought a suitor; Shelia sought a suitor short. Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her; Short’s the suitor Sheila sought! by Michael Rosen Notice how the author repeated the initial sound of “S”

Graphic Organizer Sample Poem # or Tongue Twister Evidence this poem has alliteration. Evidence this poem does not have alliteration. (List Phrases here and explanation in the Language of the standard) Example Poem (above) Sheila Shorter sought a suitor Shelia sought a suitor short. This text uses an “s” sound repeated in its initial spot. This is alliteration. Do you and your partner think this poem has alliteration? (yes, no)

The Task: n n n Divide into learning teams Each member of the team read the poem for fluency two times Use your graphic organizer to determine if the poem has alliteration Record evidence about this in your organizer Decide yes or no if the text use alliteration. At the end we will review your teams responses.

Text 1 Down the slippery slide they slid Sitting slightly sideways; Slipping swiftly see them skid On holidays and Fridays.

Text 2 A fly and a flew up in a flue. Said the fly to the flea, “What shall we do? ” “Let’s fly, ” said the flea. “Let’s flee, ” said the fly. So they fluttered and flew up a flaw in the flue.

Text 3 “Night, night, Knight”, said one Knight to the other knight the other night. “Night, night, Knight. ”

Text 4 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and of all the king’s horses and all of the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Just for fun…Super Tongue Twister! Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. Oh, the wood that Wood would saw! One day Esau Wood saw a saw wood as no other woodsaw Wood ever saw would saw wood. Of all the woodsaws Wood ever saw wood, Wood never saw a woodsaw that would saw wood like the woodsaw Wood saw would saw wood. Now Esau Wood saws with that saw he saw wood.

Poems with Alliteration on the Internet n n n Now let’s venture into the following websites to search for alliteration poems. http: //www. veeceet. com/kids/better. ht ml http: //www. gigglepoetry. com/poetryrac e. cfm

Time For Review! Complete the Ticket Out the Door Be very careful in your response…this will show me what you are understanding from today’s lesson. Name _____________ Date _____________ Ticket out the Door: Alliterations Directions: Read the phrases from poems and decide if they use alliteration. Be sure to provide evidence in your response. Sample Poem # or Tongue Twister Terrible taunts were taken by the teacher. Marty Smarty went to a party. Evidence this poem has alliteration. Evidence this poem does not have alliteration. (List Phrases here and explanation in the Language of the standard) Do you and your partner think this poem has alliteration? (yes, no)