LO: To write a poem using alphabetical order and

alliteration.

What does alphabetical order mean?

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

Did you get them in the right order?Cheetah GiraffeMonkeySnake Spider Zebra

Which two were the most difficult to order quickly? Why do you think that is?

What is an adjective? Can you think of an adjective to describe these?

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

This time, can you think of an adjective that starts with the same

letter as the animal?

Using adjectives and alliteration can make writing more exciting!

• Daniel - disgusting Daniel

• Lizzy - lazy Lizzy

• Cardiff - cold Cardiff

DON’T FORGET TO USECAPITAL LETTERS INTHE CORRECT PLACES!

Capital letters

When do we use them?

CAPITAL LETTERS

• Proper nouns –

People’s 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.

What’s 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?

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

alliteration!

1. Sutton

2. dog

3. carrot

Alphabet Name poemA my name is AmyAnd my friend’s name is Alan.We come from AberdeenAnd we like apples.

B my name is BobAnd my friend’s name is Betty.We come from BirminghamAnd we like basketball.

How could we make the poem more interesting?

C my name is charming Charlie

And my friend's name is cute Cathy.

We come from cold Cardiff

And we like chilly churches.