LO: To write a poem using alphabetical order and alliteration.

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LO To write a poem using alphabetical order and
alliteration.
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What does alphabetical order mean?

• How quickly can you order these?
• 
  Giraffe
• Monkey
• Zebra
• Spider
• 
  Snake
• Cheetah

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Did you get them in the right order?

• Cheetah
• Giraffe
• Monkey
• Snake
• Spider
• Zebra
• Which two were the most difficult to order
  quickly? Why do you think that is?
  

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What is an adjective?

• Can you think of an adjective to describe these?

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What is alliteration?

• When the same letter is used more than once to
  emphasise words in the text.
• For example
• The creepy creaky castle.
• My marvellous magic mirror.

• Alliteration can also be used when choosing an
  adjective.
• .
• For example
• terrible tiger
• cheeky cheetah
• scary spider

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This time, can you think of an adjective that
starts with the same letter as the animal?
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Using adjectives and alliteration can make
writing more exciting!

• Daniel - disgusting Daniel
• Lizzy - lazy Lizzy
• Cardiff - cold Cardiff

DONT FORGET TO USECAPITAL LETTERS INTHE
CORRECT PLACES!
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Capital letters

• When do we use them?

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CAPITAL LETTERS

• Proper nouns
• Peoples names
• Amy, Ben, Molly
• Places
• England, Sutton, London

• At the start of a sentence
• After . ? !
• The first line of a poem usually starts with a
  capital letter.

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Whats wrong here?

• ben goes to liverpool to visit his friend whose
  name is claire!
• she has a cute cat called colin
• What do you notice about this last sentence?

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Now with your partner,make up your own adjectives
for these words, using alliteration!

• 1. Sutton
• 2. dog
• 3. carrot

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Alphabet Name poem

• A my name is Amy
• And my friends name is Alan.
• We come from Aberdeen
• And we like apples.
• B my name is Bob
• And my friends name is Betty.
• We come from Birmingham
• And we like basketball.

How could we make the poem more interesting?
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• C my name is charming Charlie
• And my friend's name is cute Cathy.
• We come from cold Cardiff
• And we like chilly churches.