Students will write a poem that includes those common characteristics. Students will define and identify examples of alliteration. The teacher shows the students an object and they use as many adjectives as they can think of to describe it. The teacher shares several poems from Ride a Purple Pelican and the students identify the common characteristics of the poems. The poems include the name of a place, animal, and food.
Alliteration is defined and students identify examples in the poems.
The students then find the place they mentioned in the poem on a map. Next, they draw the perimeter of the country or state on construction paper and glue the final draft of their poem to it. Students will study a fruit or vegetable and brainstorm thoughts and feelings associated with it. Students will write a poem from the point of view of the fruit or vegetable. The students then pass the book to the left and choose another word.