Part I: Behind the Scenes

1. Conceptual Overview: Students will gain understanding of the literary terms

alliteration, assonance and consonance. The teacher will lead students through a
flipped learning instructional video and then guide students in the participation of
group work activities in the form of stations. Students will be able to understand and
also use these literary devices within their own writing.
2. Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative
language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10: Read and comprehend complex literary and
informational texts independently and proficiently.
3. Materials Required: Dr. Seuss book, YouTube Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Hw63kzXgk (Flipped Learning Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pN2f91Ygs (Alphabet Aerobics)
4. Modifications for Diverse Learning Needs: I will address IEPS and make
accommodations when necessary.
Part II: Heart of the Lesson
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Title of Lesson: Assonance, Consonance, and Alliteration

Subject Area: English
Grade Level: 9-12
Objectives: Students will gain understanding of the literary terms assonance,
consonance and alliteration. Students will be able to distinguish one term from
another as well as being able to use these devices within their own writing and poetry.
5. Body of Lesson
a. Introductory Activity: Housekeeping (10 Minutes):
Attendance/Review/Presentations will take place during this time.
b. Procedure:
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YouTube Video, Definitions and Examples (10 Minutes): Students
will watch a YouTube instructional video and then receive and
discuss the definitions of each literary term and the teacher will
give examples of each.
ii.
Stations (30 Minutes): Students will participate in a stations group
activity in order to gain understanding and learn to use each
literary device. Each station will take approximately 7.5 minutes.
Students will divided into four groups.
a. Station 1: Scavenger Hunt Students will be handed a series of
poems and will have to hunt for each literary device.
Students will highlight examples of assonance in yellow and
examples of consonance will be circled. Students will read the

poem line by line aloud while hunting out the examples. (2

Groups at a time, this will take twice as much time)
b. Station 2: Alliteration Alphabet AerobicsStudents will create
an Alliteration poem with the letters of the alphabet. Students
will be able to listen to The Roots song Alphabet Aerobics
c. Station 3: Tongue Twister WorkshopStudents will learn
about alliteration through the reading of tongue twisters and by
creating their own tongue twister.
c. Assessment Plan: Students will be graded upon attendance and participation in
group activity.
d. Concluding Activity: There will be no concluding activity.
Part III: Supporting Material
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Scavenger Hunt Instructions

Scavenger Hunt Poems
Alliteration ABCs Worksheet
Tongue Twister Examples/Create your own Tongue Twister Worksheet

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Scavenger Hunt Activity

Instructions:
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words.
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.
Choose one person to read a poem out loud and then use the highlighters to highlight examples of
assonance in yellow, and circle examples of consonance.

See how many correct examples of Assonance and Consonance you can find in the
poems provided to you.
# of Correct Examples of Assonance_______________________
# of Correct Examples of Consonance_______________________

Fire and Ice

Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.
From what Ive tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

The Lotus-Eaters
Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
Or night-dews on still waters between walls
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Here are cool mosses deep,
And thro' the moss the ivies creep,
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

Frost at Midnight
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee,
Whether the summer clothe the general earth
With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing
Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch
Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch
Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall
Heard only in the trances of the blast,
Or if the secret ministry of frost
Shall hang them up in silent icicles,
Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.

The Road That Has No End

Joseph Burrows
Hast ever tramped along the road
That has no end?
The far brown winding road, your one
Fast friend
A tattered weather-beaten swag,
A silent mate
To send
His dumb warm comfort to the heart,
A fount where dreams ascend.

The Acrobats
Shel Silverstein
I'll swing by my ankles.
She'll cling to your knees.
As you hang by your nose,
From a high-up trapeze.
But just one thing, please,
As we float through the breeze,
Don't sneeze.

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Alphabet Aerobics Activity

Instructions: Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words.
Ex: Great Gatsby has the g sound at the beginning of each word.
A song that demonstrates alliteration is Alphabet Aerobics. Listen to the YouTube clip of the song and
create your own Alphabet Aerobics within your group.

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Tongue Twisters: Alliteration
Instructions: One of the most common uses of alliteration can be found in tongue twisters. Use the
examples of the tongue twisters below and try to master each one. Each group member should
take a turn reading these tongue twisters out loud. Then, read take turns reading the Dr. Seuss
book in order to further your use and knowledge of alliteration. Last, each member should write
their own tongue twister below:
Ex: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? A
woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood.
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shillyshallied south. These sheep shouldnt sleep in a shack; Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
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