1. Poetry is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form. What are the components of poetry? I.e. rhyme, stanzas, etc. Give detail information about each. Setting the Tone: Journal Writing

2. Purpose 4 What are you learning? –Understand alliteration 4 Why are you learning this? –To understand how words are grouped together, according to sound, to create an expression in poetry.

3. Grammar: Combining Sentences 4 Combine each pair of sentences by writing them as one sentence. 1. We followed the signs carefully. We still got lost. (but) 2. Lance fell into a stream flowing across our trail. He was in the lead at the time. (who) 3. Many ranchers lived in Argentina. Sheepshearers did also. (and) 4. You friends can attend the ceremony. They can also wait outside. (or) 5. The rabbit hid in the hedge. It saw danger approaching. (when)

4. ALLITERATION 4 Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words 4 Tongue twisters If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Crafting the Lesson (Me)

5. 4 Read each item below. 4 Pick out the phrases that contains alliteration. Crafting the Lesson (We) 1.Susie sells seashells by the seashore. 2.Death of a Salesman 3.“County braces for hurricane winds” 4.“Colts clobber rivals from Caledonia” 5.Black Beauty 6.The more, the merrier. 7.Raiders of the Lost Ark

6. Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon; This way, and that, she peers, and sees Silver fruit upon silver trees; One by one the casements catch Her beams beneath the silvery thatch; Couched in his kennel, like a log, With paws of silver sleeps the dog; From their shadowy cote the white breast prep Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep; A harvest mouse goes scampering by, With silver claws, and silver eye; And moveless fish in the water gleam, By silver reeds in a silver stream. Crafting the Lesson (Me) 4 Read the poem. 4 Pick out the phrases that contains alliteration. 4 Does the poem use end rhyme? 4 How many stanzas are in the poem? 4 Does the poem use refrain?

7. Composing Meaning (Two) 4 With a partner, read the poem, “The Fear.” 1. Circle the alliteration 2. Underline end rhyme 3. Label rhyme scheme 4. Number stanzas 5. Is there any refrain in the poem? 6. Also, the questions on the paper.

8. Composing Meaning (You) 4 Read the poem, “maggie and milly and molly and may.” 4 Follow the directions on the sheet.

9. Reflecting: 4 What is the end rhyme of a poem? 4 How do you determine the number of stanzas in a poem?