Alliteration Anchor Chart (plus freebie!)

It is Anchor's Away Monday, and today I'm sharing this alliteration anchor chart with you!

I love teaching alliteration.  Why?  It gives me yet another opportunity to use Margie Palatini's books as mentor texts!  I became her #1 fan 17 years ago when I first read Piggie Pie to my second graders, and I have enjoyed every book she has ever written.  When I pick up one of her books, I know that I will laugh out loud. As a bonus, they are perfect mentor texts for teaching many literary devices. (Amazon affiliate link follows.)

Bedhead is a favorite Margie Palatini book to use when teaching alliteration.  Another favorite is Moosetache!

Alliteration seems like a pretty easy concept, right?  That was my assumption before I taught this skill, and for the most part, students do seem to learn it quickly.  However, I have noticed three areas that sometimes confuse students:

Alliteration occurs when two or more nearby words have the same beginning sounds.

#1- Two words is enough to make a phrase alliterative.

Yes, Leah licked a luscious lemon lollipop is alliterative.  But A caravan of camels was seen in the distance is also alliterative.

#2-  The words have to be near each other.  

Steph drove to Walmart to buy a new stereo is not alliterative.  There are too many words between Steph and stereo to make that sentence alliterative.

#3-  The beginning sounds are the same, not the beginning letters.

Unfortunately, the photograph was fuzzy is alliterative, but They found a green gem is not alliterative.

Click on the image below to download this FREE practice worksheet.

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