Acrostic Poem
Lesson 5
Lesson 5
Today, we will be reading, studying , analyzing, and writing about acrostic poetry.
is normally an unrhymed poem (can have rhyme) where the first letter of each line spells a word, and each line has something to do with the word that is spelled.
Eggs
by Sven Viking
Elegantly shaped
Good to eat
Great fun at Easter
Smooth shelled
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Read
by A. Monti
Real
Exciting
Adventure
Dream
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Earth
by A. Monti
Energy it provides
A lot of animals
Recycling helps
Trees and plants
Home to all
School
by A. Monti
Super
Cool
Happy
Organized
Outside recess
Learning
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Cats
by Unknown
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Tenacious
Softly Purring
Use the Google Doc to analysis an acrostic poem. Remember to make a copy and save it in your writing folder.
Use the Google Doc to write an acrostic poem. Write it in the box provided. You may use color and add a picture. You MUST include free verse in your poem. You will keep one poem per page and all your poems will be written on this Google Doc, so you will need to access this Doc many times to keep adding poems to it. I Recommend you first write your poem on paper and work on it. When you are happy with it, you can add it to this Doc. Remember to make a copy and save it in your writing folder.
When you are finished with the assignment, here is what you can do:
Just keep writing.
Keep adding seeds.
Add to a already started seed.
Decide to take a seed through the writer’s process.
Reread your writing.
Edit your writing.
Work with a writing partner (with permission).
NEVER say "I am finished"
You need to be writing for a minimum of 30 minutes.