Vocabulary: alliteration, rhetoric

Building Background: Introduce alliteration by displaying sentences and phrases on the board with illustrations. Ask for volunteers or read aloud the sentences. Ask the class if they notice any similarities in the sounds or letters of the sentences or phrases.

Examples of alliteration:

• Sara saw a snake.
• Each nation knows
• The boy bought books.

Teacher Modeling:  Introduce the vocabulary by following the Exc-ELL 7 steps.

1.  The teacher asks students to repeat the words seven times. (Say, clap it out, act it out)
2.  The teacher states the word in context from the text.
3. The teacher says the dictionary definition
4. The teacher provides the student-friendly definition
5. The teacher highlights the features of the word (part of speech, homonyms, etc.)
6. Students practice with the teacher provided sentence starters
7.  The teacher informs students when/how to use the word later

Read Aloud: Read aloud each rhetoric and literature piece. Ask the students to follow along and mark any words that they do not understand. After reading each piece, stop to discuss the unknown words. 

Paired Reading: Assign each student a paragraph from the "Alliteration in Literature" activity sheet.  With a partner,  students will read aloud the text and attempt to identify the alliteration. After several minutes, review the paragraphs with the class.

After Reading Strategy: After identifying the alliteration in each text,  have the students discuss which sounds were shown in the answers.