“This was the best money I have ever spent on a teaching tool.” ~ a teacher in Wisconsin
When students learn about alliteration, it’s hard to steer them away from goofy tongue-twisters. Certainly, there must be more powerful and practical ways of using alliteration. In this lesson, I draw on delicious examples from Shakespeare to show how a very advanced writer used alliteration. Then, I break those ideas down so students can try them out.
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
Is your students’ use of repetition limited to, “The girl was very, very, very fast.”? Let’s borrow some ideas from Shakespeare!
Nothing could possibly go wrong with a love potion on the loose!
Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
Shakespeare’s Much Ado summarized in just five minutes!
Romeo and Juliet in just about five minutes.
An animated summary of Shakespeare’s utterly ridiculous “Twelfth Night.”
It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!
