In this lesson plan, students will listen to a book, A My Name Is by Alice Lyne, and they will learn about alliteration and alliterative words. After reading the book, students will use print and online resources to brainstorm their own...

This lesson introduces students to the concept of alliteration through the works of the author Pamela Duncan Edwards. Students interpret her illustrations and then create their own alliteration, sharing with the class.

Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...

Study the conventions of poetry with Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade". In preparation for the British GCSE test, this site offers a great tutorial for students learning about alliteration, emotion, historical context,...

Students will use this interactive exercise to play with words to strengthen their imaginations and their enjoyment of poetry in this SMART whiteboard activity.

This is an introduction to Beowulf, an epic and alliterative poem in the Old English from the 11th century. It features a link to the British Library with an image of the manuscript and information about Beowulf.

This lesson discusses the use of sound in poetry, mainly focusing on the use of rhyme. Various kinds of rhyme are defined (rhyme scheme, perfect rhyme, forced rhyme, slant rhyme, masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, visual rhyme, and...

This resource provides a great history and explanation of Anglo-Saxon accentual poetry along with some excellent examples. Before the article, a number of related terms are defined including the following: alliteration, assonance,...

This is a two-page PDF of the "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" which provides 20 literary techniques with their definitions from GrammarAbout.com.

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

Four pages of with chants and street rhymes. Three of the pages are reproducible examples and information useful to students, and one page gives lesson ideas for teachers.

This article by Eric McMillan focuses on comparing the translations of Beowulf with passages from the original Old English translation and four other translations. He discusses translations in poetry and in prose, with alliteration and...