Alliteration poems for ids continues to be one of our most popular categories of creative children's poems. That's probably because they are so much fun to read, and even more fun to write. One of the reasons kids find this type of poetry so compelling is that the genre provides them with a tremendous challenge. Poems that fall into this category must use the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. For example "Chuck is a champ at changing baby chimps." Remember, it is not the letter itself, but the sound of the letter that makes a poem alliterative. So, “gum” and “gigantic” do not alliterate, but “knee” and “nap” do.

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?




Vocabulary

creative- inventive
compelling-captivating
genre- type of writing
tremendous- huge
category- group
consonant- letter of the alphabet other than a e i o u

Vocabulaty activity
Students will create a vocabulary book identifying the definition of the word, a synonym, and an illustration that shows what the word means.


Grammar point
Students will be able to identify the alliteration of a given poem

Grammar activity
studenst will create an alliteration poem on a food of their choice.