Introductory Activity :

Tell the class that you are going to read a story that uses a certain style of writing called alliteration. Explain that alliteration means that the same letter sound will be repeated at the beginning of several words in a sentence. Read Thank-You for the Thistle to the class telling them to listen to the letter sounds they hear at the beginning of each word. Read a short selection and ask which letter sound they hear being repeated.

Body :

After reading the story, tell the class that they are going to write a sentence with alliteration as a group. Put up the word ?cat? on the board and ask the students to think of an adjective that begins with the ?k? sound. Something that describes the cat that begins with a ?c ?or ?k?, but not the ?ch? letter combination because it does not have the ?k? sound. (Crazy, cool, calico, cute) Then ask them to think of a verb that begins with the ?k? sound. What does the cat do? (Caught, climbed, crawled) Now how did the cat do it? Think of an adverb that begins with the letter sound ?k.? (Carefully, carelessly, cautiously) Where did he do it or what did he catch? Continue until a nice sentence is written on the board. Pick another subject and write another sentence together.

Conclusion Activity :

Have them write sentences on their own and then share them with the class. They can pick out their favorite animal for the subject of the sentence. Tell them to watch out for certain letter combinations that do not make the same sound such as the ?kn? combination for the ?k? sound or ?th? combination for the ?t? sound.

If they practice saying their sentences out loud, they will strengthen their lip and tongue muscles which will improve speech and delivery in a fun way!

Vocabulary Words :

• alliteration
  

Evaluation Activity :

Tell the class that they are going to write an alphabet book. They are going to draw a large letter that you assign them. Write a sentence using that letter and draw a picture depicting that sentence. They may use dictionaries to help them think of words to use since all the words beginning with the same letter are categorized together.

Internet Resources Referenced in this Lesson :

www.doriebooks.com