We studied alliteration.
We then went through these alliterations in class - reading them aloud.
- Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes.
- Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
- Clever Clifford Cutter clumsily closed the closet clasps.
- Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
- Elmer Elwood eluded eleven elderly elephants.
- Floyd Flingle flipped flat flapjacks.
- Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes.
- Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.
- Ida Ivy identified the ivory iris.
- Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello.
- Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
- Lila Ledbetter lugged a lot of little lemons.
- Milton Mallard mailed a mangled mango.
- Norris Newton never needed new noodles.
- Patsy Planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums.
- Quinella Quist quite quickly quelled the quarreling quartet.
- Randy Rathbone wrapped a rather rare red rabbit.
- Shelly Sherman shivered in a sheer, short, shirt.
- Trina Tweety tripped two twittering twins under a twiggy tree.
- Uri Udall usually used his unique, unusual unicycle.
- Vicky Vinc viewed a very valuable vase.
- Walter Whipple warily warned the weary warrior.
- Xerxes Xenon expected to xerox extra x-rays.
- Yolana Yvonne Yarger yodeled up yonder yesterday.
- Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the zany zoo zone.
As a class, we then wrote one for the letter O.
The kids made alliteration books
Cover: Alliteration…what is it? (Students wrote the definition “repeating the same initial consonant sound in neighboring words”)
Page 1 : Choose 4 of the above alliterations and illustrate them.
Page 2: Choose 4 more of the above alliterations and add 3 or 4 alliterative words to each one.
Page 3: Write 5 of your own alliterations.
Page 4: Write 3 alliterations about famous people.
Page 5: Write 3 alliterations about products you use.
Overall, this was a good assignment. Depending on my students, I had to modify the number on each page. Some kids couldn’t handle the 5 of their own.
