As you know, alliteration is the stuff that tongue-twisters are made of. According to dictionary.com, it's "the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern."
You will need 1 regular die and 1 20-sided die from a Scattergories game. You are ready to teach alliteration. Roll 'em. If you get a 1 on the regular die, or a vowel on the Scattergories die, roll again.
The object of this games is to create alliterative headlines. Say you roll a 3 and a T. Your headline could be Thumbelina Throttles Thor. Grrrrr. This is a fun way to spend a few extra minutes of class, or introduce alliteration to your masses. You may choose to award the most ridiculous headlines; writers generally want to share their creations when it comes to this game.
Keep your eye out for Scattergories when you visit thrift stores. There's also a good chance that you have a friend with a dusty edition of that game who would be happy to set it free from storage.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
It's tricky to rock a rhyme that's right on time.
That's why I like free verse. I leave the meter to the high school teachers. Our state standards do require knowledge of sound devices by 8th grade though. Consonance, assonance, alliteration, repetition...all those little tricks to appeal to the Dr. Seuss "in a box with a fox" part of your brain.
Now, before you start thinking that I am a rap superstar masquerading as a middle school teacher, let me assure you that I am not. My knowledge of rap is old school and the Legendary Roots Crew. My Adidas spend most of their time on a closet shelf. But my English teacher ears intuitively know the difference between someone with flow and a suckah M.C. I think.
Let rap help you teach sound devices. Please make sure that you check out the lyrics first. If you don't have time for that, may I recommend "Run's House"? Try it for free here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMJZHrG_94
Many teens are familiar with at least Rev. Run of rap pioneers Run-DMC as he recently had a successful MTV reality series that showcased his family life. You can check that out here: http://www.mtv.com/shows/runs_house/season_6/series.jhtml
I have created a worksheet that includes the lyrics of "Run's House" as well as definitions of the sound devices and instructions for identifying them on the handout. It can get a little messy, and fascinating. Whatever your feelings about rap, it gets the job done when you need to teach sound devices, and the poems in your literature book leave you hanging.
Now, before you start thinking that I am a rap superstar masquerading as a middle school teacher, let me assure you that I am not. My knowledge of rap is old school and the Legendary Roots Crew. My Adidas spend most of their time on a closet shelf. But my English teacher ears intuitively know the difference between someone with flow and a suckah M.C. I think.
Let rap help you teach sound devices. Please make sure that you check out the lyrics first. If you don't have time for that, may I recommend "Run's House"? Try it for free here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xMJZHrG_94
Many teens are familiar with at least Rev. Run of rap pioneers Run-DMC as he recently had a successful MTV reality series that showcased his family life. You can check that out here: http://www.mtv.com/shows/runs_house/season_6/series.jhtml
I have created a worksheet that includes the lyrics of "Run's House" as well as definitions of the sound devices and instructions for identifying them on the handout. It can get a little messy, and fascinating. Whatever your feelings about rap, it gets the job done when you need to teach sound devices, and the poems in your literature book leave you hanging.
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