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- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students examine acrostic poetry in history, particularly primary source material in the form of newspaper clippings from the 1700's, where readers wrote acrostic poems praising their president, George Washington. They write a poem about a past figure. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students investigate the health hazards of using inhalants. They conduct Internet research, and using the information from their research create an acrostic on the dangers of using inhalants. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students construct acrostic poems. They consider alliterations use model poems to write their own poems. A graphic organizer is used to organize their work. Poems are read aloud in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students apply knowledge about Native American tribes while writing an acrostic poem. They enhance the writing with pictures that symbolize important characteristics of the tribes. They use digital cameras, scanners, image editing and word processing software to create a final presentation of the poetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students utilize available technology to create, produce, and publish a variety of works. They use a bubble map to brainstorm words that describe themselves. Pupils create a name acrostic that tells about themselves using Power Point. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. Students share their poems with classmates and complete a reflective self-assessment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Write an acrostic poem and examine that adjectives are words that describe something. They then study about and use synonyms to write poetry using example provided as guides. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students are introduced to Acrostic Poetry. Individually, they use their names to write the poem with adjectives that describe themselves. To end the lesson, they work with a partner to write another acrostic poem and share it with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students create their own acrostic poems in accord with their first names. They explain the directions for the acrostic poem and examine the different characteristics that an acrostic poem contains. They compare the main difference between an acrostic poem and other poems that they are familiar with (acrostic poems don't rhyme). Full Review »

