Classroom Resource

Awareness of Alliteration: Enhancing Writing Through Mentor Texts

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

Overview

A writing unit focusing on alliteration allows students to strengthen their phonemic awareness while practicing their developing writing skills. Through the use of mentor texts, students construct a definition of alliteration. Using these texts as models, students experiment with creating alliterative sentences. First, working as a class, students create an alliterative book. While studying additional mentor texts, students generate their own sentences to contribute to a class book using the beginning sounds of their names. At the conclusion of the lesson, students use the mentor texts as examples when independently creating their own alliterative books using the Alphabet Organizer interactive.

Content Standards

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Background knowledge
Vocabulary
Discussion

Knowledge

Students know:

Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:

Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing.
Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.R5
Utilize the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Writing process
Plan
Draft
Revise
Edit
Publish
Genres

Knowledge

Students know:

The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish.
Various genres of writing.

Skills

Students are able to:

Plan writings in various genres.
Draft writings in various genres.
Revise writings in various genres.
Edit writings in various genres.
Publish writings in various genres.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier.
There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.2
Actively participate in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions to build background knowledge and learn how oral reading should sound.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Participate
Shared reading
Background knowledge
Oral reading

Knowledge

Students know:

The process of shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions.
Shared reading and collaborative discussions can increase their background knowledge.
How fluent oral reading sounds.

Skills

Students are able to:

Participate in shared reading and discussions to build background knowledge and learn new information.
Describe how oral reading should sound.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Actively participating in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions can build their background knowledge.
Listening to others read aloud can help improve their oral reading skills.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.6
Demonstrate basic to advanced phonological and phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Demonstrate
Phonological awareness skills
Phonemic awareness skills
Spoken words

Knowledge

Students know:

Basic to advanced phonological and phonemic awareness skills.

Skills

Students are able to:

Demonstrate basic to advanced phonological and phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Being able to identify and manipulate the sounds in spoken words will help improve their reading, spelling, and writing abilities.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.39
Improve writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing with guidance from peer editors, responding to their questions and suggestions.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Improve
Writing
Planning
Revising
Editing
Peer editors
Questions
Suggestions

Knowledge

Students know:

The writing process includes planning, revising, and editing, incorporating guidance and suggestions from others.
The process for peer editing and review.

Skills

Students are able to:

Plan, revise, edit, and use suggestions from peers to improve writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

To improve writing they need to follow all of the steps of the writing process.
Responding to peers' questions and suggestions during the peer editing process will help improve their writing.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.43
Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing with guidance and support from adults, working both individually and in collaboration with peers.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Digital tools
Produce writing
Publish writing
Individually
Collaboration with peers
Guidance
Support

Knowledge

Students know:

Digital tools can be used to produce and publish writing.
Writing can be created and published individually or collaboratively.

Skills

Students are able to:

Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.
Produce and publish writing individually.
Collaborate with peers to produce and publish writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Digital tools are available to produce and publish writing.
They can produce and publish writing alone or in collaboration with others.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/awareness-alliterati…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

ReadWriteThink

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License

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Custom

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Learning Resource Type

Awareness of Alliteration: Enhancing Writing Through Mentor Texts

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

ELA21.1.R3 Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.1.R5 Utilize the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.1.2 Actively participate in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions to build background knowledge and learn how oral reading should sound.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.1.6 Demonstrate basic to advanced phonological and phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.1.39 Improve writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing with guidance from peer editors, responding to their questions and suggestions.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.1.43 Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing with guidance and support from adults, working both individually and in collaboration with peers.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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CR Resource Type

Resource Provider

License Type

Custom License Type (URL)

ELA21.1.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

ELA21.1.R5
Utilize the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

ELA21.1.2
Actively participate in shared reading experiences and collaborative discussions to build background knowledge and learn how oral reading should sound.

ELA21.1.6
Demonstrate basic to advanced phonological and phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

ELA21.1.39
Improve writing, as needed, by planning, revising, and editing with guidance from peer editors, responding to their questions and suggestions.

ELA21.1.43
Use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing with guidance and support from adults, working both individually and in collaboration with peers.