ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Alliteration in Headline Poems
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.]
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: All About Alliteration: Responding to Literature Through Poetry
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...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Noodle Alliteration
This lesson allows students an opportunity to explore the dictionary and thesaurus to write creative alliterations about pasta after reading Jack Prelutsky's poem, "Spaghetti, Spaghetti."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Poetry
This lesson focuses on Anglo-Saxon poetry including its elegiac tone, exile themes, and use of figurative language and poetic techniques like alliteration, caesura and kennings. It features links to three poems, each in at least two...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Poetry Games
Students will use this interactive exercise to play with words to strengthen their imaginations and their enjoyment of poetry in this SMART whiteboard activity.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Sound & Rhyme
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...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
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,...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Truth" by Nikki Grimes
This poem appeared in Grimes' book "One Last Word", a collection inspired by poems from The Harlem Renaissance that follow the "Golden Shovel" form. In this poetic form, the poet takes a "striking line" from an inspirational poem and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Dylan Thomas
This lesson from a 20th Century Postmodernism unit focuses on Dylan Thomas and his poetry. It provides links to his biography, two of his poems, and a literary analysis assignment pertaining the literary devices and voice in Thomas's...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Beowulf Introduction
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.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Columbus
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story, poem, or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words...
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
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.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Chants and Street Rhymes [Pdf]
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.
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