English (et.al.) Grades 5 to 9

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Alliteration in Poems

Look at this sentence, what can you see?

Dozy Doug dug a deep ditch.

Most of the words start with the same letter, D. This is called

alliteration.

Task One

Here are some sentences for you to complete. The end word is missing

each time. Can you fill in the missing word, thinking about alliteration as

you fill it in.

For example:

Twenty terrible

tigers.

One awful ....... .

Two horrid ....... .

Three smelly ....... .

Four frightened ....... .

Five frisky ....... .

Six smiley ....... .

Seven sickly ....... .

Eight evil ....... .

Nine naughty ....... .

10.

Ten trembling ....... .

Task Two

Can you think up some four-line verses that show alliteration in each line.

The lines do not all have to be based around the same letter. Your verses

can be about anything you like; school, animals, sport etc.

For example:

Big Bad Ben

In the playground he pushes, pinches and pulls people,

He’s always naughty and nasty – not nice to know.

He bounces boys back and forth

And burps and belches at bell-time!

See if you can make a few little verses like these.

Challenge

Can you find examples of alliteration in any of the poems we have read as

a class, or in poems you have read yourself.

Write down a few examples of lines from poems that show alliteration.

(Make sure you write down which poem they are from please.)

La vérité cachée sur les enfants en difficulté

The hidden truth about struggling children

Sentence 1

French: Les enfants sont malins.
English: Children are clever.

malins = clever, smart (basic adjective)
Simple present tense.

Sentence 2

French: Pas pour faire du mal, mais pour se protéger.
English: Not to do harm, but to protect themselves.

faire du mal = to do harm
se protéger = to protect oneself (reflexive verb)

Sentence 3

French: Quand quelque chose ne va pas, ils ne disent souvent rien.
English: When something is wrong, they often say nothing.

quelque chose = something
ne va pas = is not going well
ils ne disent rien = they say nothing

Sentence 4

French: Ils cachent le problème.
English: They hide the problem.

cacher = to hide
Simple present tense

Sentence 5

French: Ils jouent un rôle.
English: They play a role / pretend.

jouer un rôle = to pretend or act

Sentence 6

French: Et parfois, les adultes ne voient rien… jusqu’à ce qu’il soit trop tard.
English: And sometimes, adults see nothing… until it’s too late.

parfois = sometimes
jusqu’à ce que = until (used with subjunctive)
il soit = subjunctive of "être" (to be)
Advanced: just note this is a complex structure; learners can understand the meaning without mastering it yet.

Sentence 7

French: Par exemple : la vue.
English: For example: vision.

la vue = eyesight, vision

Sentence 8

French: Beaucoup d’enfants qui ont de mauvaises notes ne sont pas paresseux.
English: Many children who have bad grades are not lazy.

beaucoup de = many
mauvaises notes = bad grades
paresseux = lazy

Sentence 9

French: Ils ne voient pas bien.
English: They do not see well.

voir = to see
bien = well

Sentence 10

French: Ils plissent les yeux.
English: They squint.

plisser les yeux = to squint

Sentence 11

French: Ils copient sur un camarade.
English: They copy from a classmate.

copier sur = to copy from
camarade = classmate

Sentence 12

French: Ils écoutent beaucoup.
English: They listen a lot.

écouter = to listen
beaucoup = a lot

Sentence 13

French: Ils devinent.
English: They guess.

deviner = to guess

Sentence 14

French: Et ils disent toujours : « Je vois bien. »
English: And they always say: “I see well.”

toujours = always
je vois = I see

Sentence 15

French: Pourquoi ?
English: Why?

Easy question word.

Sentence 16

French: Parce qu’ils mentent.
English: Because they lie.

mentir = to lie (irregular verb)

Sentence 17

French: Pas méchamment.
English: Not meanly.

pas méchamment = not in a mean way
méchant = mean, bad

Sentence 18

French: Souvent, ils ont peur.
English: Often, they are afraid.

ils ont peur = they are afraid
Uses avoir (to have) for expressing fear

Sentence 19

French: Ils ne veulent pas déranger.
English: They don’t want to bother.

vouloir = to want
déranger = to disturb, bother

Sentence 20

French: Ils pensent que c’est normal de voir flou.
English: They think it’s normal to see blurry.

penser que = to think that
flou = blurry

Sentence 21

French: Ils font tout pour paraître normaux.
English: They do everything to seem normal.

faire tout = to do everything
paraître = to seem
normaux = plural of "normal"

Sentence 22

French: Et vous leur faites confiance.
English: And you trust them.

faire confiance à quelqu’un = to trust someone
leur = to them

Sentence 23

French: Alors vous les croyez.
English: So you believe them.

croire = to believe
les = them (object pronoun)

Sentence 24

French: Mais le problème reste.
English: But the problem stays.

rester = to remain, to stay

Sentence 25

French: Ce n’est pas juste pour les yeux.
English: It’s not just about the eyes.

ce n’est pas juste = it’s not just
pour les yeux = about the eyes

Sentence 26

French: Un enfant peut être harcelé et rester silencieux.
English: A child can be bullied and stay silent.

harcelé = bullied
rester silencieux = stay quiet

Sentence 27

French: Un autre peut avoir mal ou être très fatigué.
English: Another may be in pain or very tired.

avoir mal = to hurt
fatigué = tired

Sentence 28

French: Un autre peut avoir des troubles et les cacher.
English: Another may have problems and hide them.

avoir des troubles = to have difficulties
les cacher = to hide them

Sentence 29

French: Les enfants s’adaptent.
English: Children adapt.

s’adapter = to adapt (reflexive verb)

Sentence 30

French: Ils apprennent à faire semblant.
English: They learn to pretend.

faire semblant = to pretend

Sentence 31

French: Ils sont très bons pour cacher ce qu’ils ressentent.
English: They are very good at hiding what they feel.

cacher = to hide
ressentir = to feel

Sentence 32

French: Les adultes doivent faire attention.
English: Adults must pay attention.

devoir = must
faire attention = pay attention

Sentence 33

French: Regardez si l’enfant change.
English: Watch if the child changes.

regarder = to watch
changer = to change

Sentence 34

French: Si les notes baissent.
English: If grades go down.

baisser = to go down, drop

Sentence 35

French: S’il devient triste ou silencieux.
English: If he becomes sad or quiet.

devenir = to become
triste = sad
silencieux = quiet

Sentence 36

French: S’il donne de drôles d’excuses.
English: If he gives strange excuses.

drôle = funny / strange
excuses = excuses

Sentence 37

French: L’amour est important.
English: Love is important.

Very basic sentence

Sentence 38

French: Mais il faut aussi agir.
English: But we must also act.

il faut = one must / we must
agir = to act, to do something

Sentence 39

French: Poser des questions.
English: Ask questions.

poser une question = to ask a question

Sentence 40

French: Faire un test de vue.
English: Do a vision test.

faire un test = to do a test

Sentence 41

French: Parler à un médecin ou à un professeur.
English: Talk to a doctor or a teacher.

parler à = to talk to

Sentence 42

French: Parfois, une simple paire de lunettes peut tout changer.
English: Sometimes, a simple pair of glasses can change everything.

parfois = sometimes
tout changer = change everything

Sentence 43

French: L’enfant voit mieux.
English: The child sees better.

voir mieux = to see better

Sentence 44

French: Il apprend mieux.
English: He learns better.

apprendre mieux = to learn better

Sentence 45

French: Il est heureux.
English: He is happy.

heureux = happy

Sentence 46

French: Mais il ne vous le dira pas.
English: But he won’t tell you.

dire = to tell
vous le dira = will tell it to you

Sentence 47

French: C’est à vous de le voir.

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