Acrostic
Poem
by Rukaiya
Rattani
INTRODUCTION TASK PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
TEACHER’S PAGE RESOURCES
INTRODUCTION:
All of you have a poet
in you just waiting to
come out.
INTRODUCTION:
Many of you may
have given hope
long ago thinking
it’s way too
complicated but
do not despair
because you will
be learning how
to write acrostic
poems.
INTRODUCTION:
This web quest is
your chance to
awaken the poet
in you! An
acrostic poem
uses all the
letters in the
word to describe
that word.
TASK:
• Write your acrostic using the a topic
of their choice using the acrostic
poem generator online.
• Use an online dictionary or thesaurus
to find synonyms or more interesting
and precise words.
PROCESS:
• You first write down the topic and
your name.
• Then you brainstorm words and/or
phrases that come to your mind .
• Write the acrostic poem.
• The link for the acrostic poem
generator is as follows:
http://www.readwritethink.org/file
s/resources/interactives/acrostic
/
EVALUATION:
Students will present their
acrostic poems by using hand
gestures so that their peers
can guess the topic of the
poem. Then they will read
their poem.
EVALUATION:
Students will then critique their peers
acrostic poems using the following rubric:
0
Follows poetic
form correctly;
lines flow
Quality of
information; words
are important to
the topic
Neatness/Overall
appearance
Spelling/Grammar/P
unctuation
1
2
3
4
5
CONCLUSION:
Now that you are an
expert at writing
acrostic poems, you can
confidently delve into
other form of poems.
TEACHER’S PAGE:
Learners:
rd
3 Graders
Subject - Language
Arts
LEARNING
STANDARDS:
 Students will read, write, listen, and
speak for literary response and
expression.
 Students will read, write, listen, and
speak for information and understanding.
 Students will read, write, listen, and
speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
 Students will read, write, listen, and
speak for social interaction.
TECHNOLOGY
STANDARDS:
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
a. Student apply existing knowledge to generate new
ideas, products, or processes.
b. create original works as a means of personal or
group expression.
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS:
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound
understanding of technology concepts,
systems, and operations. Students:
a. understand and use technology systems.
b. select and use applications effectively and
productively.
CONTENT OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to write an acrostic
poem.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES:
Students will be able to: - Understand that adjectives are words
that describe something.
- Understand and use synonyms to write
poetry.
TEACHER’S PAGE:
• Brainstorm possible topics about which to
write on Microsoft Word. Subjects might
include: words from a content area being
studied, a book title, a favorite author's
name, or a student's personal interest.
• Encourage students to name topics that
can easily be described or that evoke a
feeling. For example, an action such as
war or peace, a game such as soccer or
basketball, or a name such as Jordan or
Britney.
• Record students' suggestions on
the overhead projector or a smart
board.
• Choose a topic from the generated
list that you know students are
familiar with and write it on the
overhead projector or a smart
board, leaving space between the
letters.
• Invite students to name words or
phrases that describe the topic and
that begin with each letter within the
topic word. List their suggestions below
each letter.
• Choosing one example for each letter,
write a model acrostic poem for the
chosen topic on the interactive acrostic
poem generator.
RESOURCES:
Acrostic poem generator:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic
/
Ideas for acrostic poem:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/poetry/acrostic/
Information on acrostic poems:
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~jepcke/usa/pages/acrosticpoem.htm
Acrostic poem games:
http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=vie
wlink&cid=11
Acrostic poem printables:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/acrostic-poem-printables.htm