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alliteration

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

alliteration
You can...
  • tell someone what it is.
  • find it in text.
  • use it!

You know...
  • one reason why we use it.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Marvel Universe or Disney?

Slide 3 - Poll

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Peter Parker belongs to #1.
Peter Parker
Bruce Banner
Winter Soldier
Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd
Bucky Barnes
Incredible Hulk
Spiderman

Slide 4 - Sleepvraag

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Donald Duck belongs to #1.
Donald Duck
Captain Hook
Snow White
Mickey Mouse
Huey Duck
Peter Pan

Slide 5 - Sleepvraag

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Severis Snape belongs to #1.
Severus Snape
Albus Dumbledore
Ron Weasley
Peter Pettigrew
Luna Lovegood
Godric Gryffindor
Dracoy Malfoy
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Rowena Ravenclaw
Lord Voldemort

Slide 6 - Sleepvraag

What is
the pattern?
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Slide 7 - Open vraag

Each part of the name starts with the same letter.

This is alliteration.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Can you think of any other characters whose names are alliterative?

Slide 9 - Woordweb

Alliteration is when several words that occur close to each other have the same beginning sound.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
beard
filthy
frumps
feathery

Slide 11 - Sleepvraag

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
sells
shells
shout

Slide 12 - Sleepvraag

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
penny
fish
phone

Slide 13 - Sleepvraag

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
give the text 
RHYTHM
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
would not take the garbage out.
from Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout in 
'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
EMPHASIZE WORDS
" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."
from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
EMPHASIZE WORDS
" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."
from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
What do all the d-words have in common? What is being emphasized?

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
create a
MOOD
slimy snakes slither silently

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
create a
MOOD
slimy snakes slither silently
What mood is created with 

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

slimy snakes slither silently
Gross snakes wriggle without a sound.
Do these sentences create the same mood?

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Alliteration can be used to
make writing FUNNY
or more interesting
Stinky Sam stank because she stupidly circled a skunk. 

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Stinky Sam stank because she had stupidly circled a skunk.
-
Lucy smelled really gross because she had encountered a skunk.
Which sentence is funnier/more interesting?

Slide 22 - Tekstslide

Your turn!

Use alliteration. Write something about:
a ball OR a fish OR a sister OR a brother
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Slide 23 - Open vraag

What is one reason to use alliteration?
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Slide 24 - Open vraag

Are there any of these things you still need to work on?
A
Nope!
B
One of them.
C
Some of them.
D
All of them!

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

  1. Choose which exercise you want to do in the next slides: #1 is easiest, #3 is most difficult. Choose the one that fits your knowledge of English!
  2. Do it. 
  3. Post your results on the class Padlet. Click on your class to get to the padlet. ⬇️
  4. When you're done, read/listen toThe Twits part 2 and do the quiz!
Problems posting? This may help ↙️
Your turn!

Slide 26 - Tekstslide

#3 : Write a sentence using alliteration. 
For a place to start, use your first name. 
Make sure to post it to the class padlet.

Now it's your turn! 
 #1 is easiest, #3 is most difficult. Choose the one that fits your knowledge of English!
Example:
Molly mowed the moonlit meadows masticating the marvelous meal.
Can't quite comprehend this queer curiosity? 
Kids, the conundrum in question is a cow.

Slide 27 - Tekstslide

#2 : Write 3 short descriptions using alliteration.
  1. Choose a noun. Ideas: something in your room; an animal
  2. How do you describe it? Think of words in English AND Dutch.
  3. Use a dictionary and/or a thesaurus to check for words with the same first letter.
  4. Write down and repeat!
  5. When you have 3, post to the class padlet!
Now it's your turn! 
 #1 is easiest, #3 is most difficult. Choose the one that fits your knowledge of English!
example:
1. Book. 
2. long, words, no pictures, non-fiction, interesting
3. long ≈ boundless; words -> wordy -> bountiful; non-fiction ≈ believable
4. boundless believable bountiful book 

Slide 28 - Tekstslide

#1: Animal Alliterations
  1. Choose ten animals starting with ten different letters.
  2. Write descriptions of the animals using alliteration. 
  3. Post your results on your class padlet!

To help, here is a Dutch to English dictionary and an English thesaurus 
Now it's your turn! 
 #1 is easiest, #3 is most difficult. Choose the one that fits your knowledge of English!
examples
  • Quivering questioning quail
  • Shy shaking shellfish
  • Elegant emo emu

Slide 29 - Tekstslide

Which will you choose?

Slide 30 - Tekstslide

Which will you choose?
#3: a sentence
#2: short descriptions
#1: animal alliterations

Slide 31 - Poll

Put your homework for Tuesday in the order that was suggested.
Post alliteration in Padlet.
Choose alliteration exercise.
Do alliteration exercise.
Read / listen toThe Twits. 
Take The Twits quiz

Slide 32 - Sleepvraag

While you are reading The Twits, pay attention to how Roald Dahl (the author) uses alliteration.

(He's very good at it!)

Questions?

Go forth!  
You don't have to come back to the Meet,
but it will be open if you have questions. 


Everything you need to do is also in the planner and magister!

Slide 33 - Tekstslide