Learning intention: Recognise and write alliteration accurately
Success criteria: I know that allocation occurs when sounds at the beginning of words are repeated in the same sentence. I can find examples of alliteration in texts. I can write sentences using alliteration, e.g. Amy articulately asked for art money. Your task: Using the letters in your name, write an acrostic poem using alliteration, e.g.` Laying lazily after school Always asking for attention Unusual teaching but understanding Rarely rude to respectful students Advertising alliteration to all. TUESDAY : Learning intention: I can recognise and write assonance accurately Success criteria: I know that assonance occurs when vowel sounds are repeated. I can find examples of assonance in texts. I can write sentences using assonance, e.g. The wind was whirling and whirring, twirling tumbleweed. Here are a few short assonance examples: "Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe "Try to light the fire" "It's hot and it's monotonous." by Sondheim "The crumbling thunder of seas" by Robert Louis Stevenson "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!" - slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners "I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless." - "With Love" by Thin Lizzy Your task: Write 3 sentences that have assonance in them and underline the repeated sounds. Do this in your Reading Groups book.