What’s in a Name
Acrostic Poem about PULGAR and his
adventures
Acrostic
• 1st letter in each line of the poem spells the subject
vertically
Cats purr loudly;
Active at night,
Tackle my toes.
Acrostic Poem about Black Bears
Black bears
Live in North America.
Average length is 4.5 to 6 feet and they
Can weigh up to 600 pounds.
Killing people is not their habit, unless the
Bear feels threatened. They
Eat both animals and plants
And like to fish, climb, and swim. They
Really like to sleep in dens during the winter.
Small cubs are born during January or February in the den.
Writing your acrostic poem
• Get a sheet of paper and write PULGAR
vertically
• Use your Pulgar story and what you have
learned from creating a plot diagram to create
an acrostic poem about the Pulgar and his
adventures
Editing for content
• Read your Pulgar acrostic poem
• Answer these questions to yourself. If the answer
is no, make the necessary revisions
– 1. Did you introduce the main character in your
poem?
– 2. Did you describe the setting in your poem?
– 3. Did you tell rising action events in your poem?
– 4. Did you tell the climax in your poem?
– 5. Did you tell the falling action in your poem?
– 6. Did you tell the resolution in your poem?
Revising your poem-1 (line 1)
• Does your first line say Pulgar for the letter P?
• If so, let’s come up with some more
words/phrases to use instead of Pulgar
• Brainstorm a list as a class and select from one
on the list or create your own
Revising your poem-2 (nouns)
• Use a red pen and underline your nouns
• Make a chart with at least 6 of your nouns (at
least one from each line of the poem)
• Brainstorm a list of synonyms for these nouns
• Use a thesaurus and/or dictionary as well as
the charts on the wall to assist you in creating
a thorough list
• Add some of these nouns to your poem
Revising your poem-3 (adj)
• Select 6 nouns and write them down (at least one
noun from each line of the poem)
• Under each noun, brainstorm a list of adjectives
to describe this noun
• Use a thesaurus and/or dictionary as well as the
charts on the wall to assist you in creating a
thorough list
• Add some of these adjectives to your poem (you
may add more than one adjective to a noun)
Revising your poem-4 (verbs)
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Our next focus is on action verbs
Use a red pen and circle all of your action verbs
Make a chart with 6 of your action verbs
Under each action verb, brainstorm a list of
action verbs with similar meanings
• Use a thesaurus and/or dictionary as well as the
charts on the wall to assist you in creating a
thorough list
• Substitute some of these new action verbs for the
ones you currently have in your poem
Revising your poem-5 (adverbs)
• Now that you have a list of verbs, its time to
describe them with more detail
• Look at each of your action verbs and add at
least 4 adverbs to give your verbs more detail
• Use your thesaurus and/or dictionary as well
as the charts on the wall to assist you
Revising your poem-6 (repetition)
• Now that you have revised your poem, it’s
time to check to make sure you did not repeat
the same nouns, adjectives, action verbs, and
adverbs
• If you do have repetition, use your charts and
your thesaurus to eliminate these
Typing your poem
• Make the size of the font extra large and bold
for each of the letters of PULGAR
• If your line goes beyond one line, indent the
remaining lines of the poem
example
L
ovely Luci lives in Fieldstone Park, a neighborhood just across the street from both
Helena Middle School and Helena High School. If she wanted to walk to school each
day, she could. However, she might need to pack an
U
C
I
mbrella if she looks outside and sees that there are gray skies. It’s always better to be
safe than sorry.
ould you imagine how funny it would be if
showed up at school dripping wet one day to teach! Everyone would laugh…but worse of
all, I would probably end up getting sick.