Sylvia Pollard-WareSylvia Pollard-WareCarnesha McDonaldCarnesha McDonaldECED 3400AECED 3400ADr. Tonja RootDr. Tonja RootFall 2008Fall 2008

Acrostic Poetry5th Grade

Sylvia Pollard-WareSylvia Pollard-WarePrewritingPrewriting

ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student

a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

Primary Learning OutcomeA. The students will use a graphic organizer to create

their own acrostic poem.

Form of WritingAcrostic poetry

•Formed by writing a word vertically down the page

•One letter per line

•Capital letters

•Each line of poetry must begin with the letter on that line and must pertain to the word

•May use one word or a phrase

• Does not have to rhyme

•Use adjectives and phrases that describe the word

Slough, LuAnn (1999,May 18). Mrs. Slough's Home Page. Retrieved November 9, 2008, from Acrostic Poetry Web site: http://manassas.k12.va.us/round/ClassWeb/Slough/Poetry/acrostic.htm

Stage of WritingStage of Writing

Prewriting

•Brainstorm ideas

•Pick a topic•Know your audience•Purpose: inform or explain

    

Topics:Topics:      

    

      

Acrostic Poetry Graphic Organizer

Hummon, David (2007,Decmber,06). Retrieved November 9, 2008, from Acrostic Poems for Children, Teachers, and other Poets Web site: http://www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.htm

ChocolatesCan't resist 'emHave a treatOften, it's a giftClearly people love to eatOh chocolate, oh chocolateLove itAnd treasure itThe best candyEver madeSweet

Practice ActivityPractice Activity

•Let students choose a topic (Ex. Spring)•Use the graphic organizer with the students to find adjectives or ideas and/or ideas about Spring•Make sure that you focus on the letters

S-P-R-I-N-G

AssessmentAssessment•The students will complete their own graphic organizer. • They will use the graphic organizer to begin the drafting stage. •Their topic will be SEASONS.

Carnesha McDonaldCarnesha McDonald

Drafting Acrostic Poetry

GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student.   a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully

Primary Learning Outcome: A. The students will write their own acrostic poem using their graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

Example of an Acrostic Poem:

Can I make cookies to put out for Santa?Here are the stocking’s to put on the fire place.Read the Christmas cards from mom- mom. I’m going to put tinsel on the tree.Singing Christmas carols are the best.The family is on their way to the Christmas dinner.Making the turkey is a hard task to accomplish.As Christmas day comes eagerness is a major factor.Seeing all the presents under the tree gives me butterflies in my stomach.

Paige, 8th grade, Selbyville Middle School, Selbyville, Delaware

Paige. (2008, November 4). Acrostic Poems for Children, Teachers, and other Poets. Retrieved November 25, 2008, from Holycross: http://www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/dhummon/acrostics/north_america.html

Stage of WritingStage of WritingDraftingDraftingAcrostic poetry is formed by writing your

topic vertically down the page of your paper. Each line will start with one letter from the

chosen topic.Each line will start with a capital letter from

the chosen topic. Each line can contain one word or phrase. The words can be adjectives describing the

topic.The poem does not have to rhyme.

Practice Activity for DraftingPractice Activity for DraftingThe teacher and students will write an

acrostic poem together using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

Allow students to volunteer some of their ideas from the topic, Spring, to use during the whole group demonstration.

As students dictate their ideas to you, write their responses in the form of an acrostic poem.

Assessment Activity for DraftingAssessment Activity for DraftingThe students will use the information from

their graphic organizer in prewriting to draft their own acrostic poems.

The students’ poems should describe all four seasons and be written in the correct format, which is vertically down the paper. The poem should read from left to right.

Each letter of the topic word, Season, should begin a line.

The students may be creative and use colored paper and personal drawings to illustrate their poems.

Slough, LuAnn (1999,May 18). Mrs. Slough's Home Page. Retrieved November 9, 2008, from Acrostic Poetry Web site: http://manassas.k12.va.us/round/ClassWeb/Slough/Poetry/acrostic.htm