Awareness of Alliteration: Enhancing Writing Through Mentor Texts

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Copies of the following books featuring alliteration:
  
  
  • Animalia by Graeme Base
    
    
  • Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears and Other Amazing Alphabet Anecdotes by Valorie Fisher
    
    
  • Walter Was Worried by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
    
    
  • If You Were Alliteration by Trisha Speed Shaskan
    
    
  • The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
    
    
• Computers with Internet access and a projector
  
  
• Chart paper and markers

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 2  |  Student Interactive  |  Learning About Language

ABC Match

ABC Match is a game that has students practice letter-recognition fluency while honing their memories. Students match initial letters with pictures, playing either with a timer or without.

 

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Alphabet Organizer

Students can use this online tool to print an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Alphabet Book Planning Sheet
  
  
• Alliteration Assessment Checklist

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PREPARATION

1. Collect one copy of each of the mentor texts featuring alliteration, as listed in the materials section. You may wish to include additional alphabet/alliteration books in your classroom library for students to read during their independent reading time.
   
   
2. Gather chart paper and markers for modeling.
   
   
3. Bookmark the ABC Match and Alphabet Organizer interactive tools on the computers.
   
   
4. Print out the Alphabet Book Planning Sheet, and make a copy for each student.
   
   
5. Print out the Alliteration Assessment Checklist, and make a copy for each student.
   
   
6. Ensure paper and writing supplies are available for students to use to print and illustrate their alphabet books.

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