Eighth graders explore figurative language through the study of picture books. In this figurative language lesson plan, 8th graders listen to books and chart the figurative language that they hear.  Students discuss examples in groups.

This lesson introduces learners 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.

This lesson allows young scholars an opportunity to explore the dictionary and thesaurus to write creative alliterations about pasta after reading Jack Prelutsky's poem, "Spaghetti, Spaghetti."

In this lesson plan, Potluck by Anne Shelby, is used as a mentor text for word choice. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight alliteration. Each student will use alliteration in a sentence as the student include his/her name, a...

In this lesson, 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...

In this lesson, students will learn or review the topic of "alliteration" in writing. Then each student will create a 25-word headline poem that contains at least three examples of alliteration. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

In this instructional activity, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, names, and nouns that begin with the letter "A" in them. Students will continue to...

In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "B" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "B" words...

In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, names, and nouns that begin with the letter "J" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "J"...

In this lesson, learners will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "P" in them. Learners will continue to generate letter "P" words...

This lesson plan (for students age 4 and up) from the Crayola website, incorporates phonics, adjectives, and visual arts. Students make "Rubbings," with crayons while discovering adjectives that begin with the same letter. Provides...

This lesson plan focuses on the how to approach the analysis of poetry. It provides a series of student activities such as having students read and compare a draft and the final version of William Blake's "Tyger" which is followed by a...

This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.

Using a famous World War II propaganda song, students will explore alliteration by changing the lyrics to create a new version of the song. After discussing what alliteration is and why this particular song was used and enjoyed by the...

In Chris Van Allsburgh's The Z Was Zapped students will see the value of precise word choice by incorporating alliteration. Turn the material into a mini lesson without the book. [PDF]

Contains plans for four lessons that use an ocean theme to teach about alliteration. Uses the book "Look Who Lives in the Ocean" by Allen Baker or another similar book. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...

Online lesson plan offers teachers the ability to teach a "Four-square," strategy technique for poetic terms. Students explore websites and define terms such as alliteration, assonance, simile, and rhyme.

This lesson plan focuses on rhetorical devices and how to use them effectively in public speaking. These include alliteration, antithesis, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition and parallelism, and simile and metaphor.

In this lesson students practice saying tongue twisters, read Dr. Seuss' Oh Say Can You See, and then write orginal tongue twisters of their own.

In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a talk...

Students examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."

Before reading the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf," students should explore the Dark Ages through researching the fundamental characteristics of the art and literature produced during this period. This website provides links for doing...

Looking at three of Robert Browning's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes.[PDF]

Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.