{"id":681,"date":"2014-12-25T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2015-07-07T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T15:55:54","slug":"alliteration-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/alliteration-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Give ’em the Rigamarole"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"emilylaugh\"Have you ever been given the “rigamarole”? The dictionary says the word rigamarole<\/em> is a noun that means: a set of confused and meaningless statements or a long and complicated and confusing procedure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rigamarole<\/em> is also the name of an old fashioned American tongue-twisting classroom game . “Give ’em the rigamarole<\/em>” and your students will learn the writing and speaking skill of alliteration<\/em> and never forget it! (An alliteration<\/em> is the repeated use of the same beginning sound.)<\/p>\n

To play Rigamarole, you will need 3 to 6 players (a family of children is just right!)<\/p>\n

The first player makes up a sentence using the number one<\/em>. All the words in the sentence must begin with o<\/em><\/strong> like the word one<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"orangutan-681664_1280\"<\/p>\n

One orange orangutan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now the second player must repeat<\/strong> the crazy one<\/em><\/strong> sentence and follow it with a two<\/em><\/strong> sentence, in which the words all begin with a t<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"brothers-457237_1280\"
\nTwo tiny tots.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The third player has to repeat both sentences<\/strong> and come up with a three<\/em><\/strong> sentence, in which the words begin with a th<\/em><\/strong>, the beginning sound of three:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"zebras-606867_1280\"<\/p>\n

Three thirsty things.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, the next player has to repeat all sentences<\/strong> up to this point before making up an alliteration with the letter\u00a0f<\/strong>, since it is the\u00a0fourth\u00a0<\/em>sentence and starts with the “f” sound :<\/p>\n

\"cakes-217088_1280\"<\/em><\/p>\n

Four fudgy fistfuls of fantastic flavor!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Make it as creative as you can! \u00a0As players make mistakes, they are “out”. The winner is the remaining player that can repeat things correctly, and invent a new sentence.<\/p>\n

Have fun! (Hey, this counts for English in homeschool!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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May I recommend:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nReady…Set…Grammar!
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\"3kids_goldmine\"
\nQuirky English
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\nPoems for Memorization
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