Do Now – Thursday, 12/17
• Date range: December 14th– December 18th .
• Term: Coup
• Definition: A sudden overthrow of a government by a
small group of people.
• Sentence: Creat your own, underline the term.
• Illustration (Draw): Picture is required and must be
related to the term. Be creative 
You can easily write an acrostic poem! Use the guidelines below.
1. Select a topic for your poem. (SOUTH AMERICA) WILL BE EVERYONE’S TOPIC.
2. Write the topic word vertically on your paper. (Be sure to capitalize each letter
of the word.)
3. Start each line of the poem with the capital letters you wrote.
4. Each line of the poem should consist of a word or phrase related to the topic.
See the example below using the word poem.
Play with words
Open your mind
Everything is possible
My, what a great poem I wrote!
5. Each letter line needs at least 4 words. (48 Words Total in Poem, 50 preferred)
6. MAKE SURE YOU USE AT LEAST 10 BOLDED VOCABULARY WORDS FROM YOUR
TEXTBOOK FROM PAGES 210-295 . or Word Wall
Rubric:
Capital Letters of South America?
10pts
50 Word Poem ?
50 pts
Include 10 Vocabulary Words?
20 pts
Is Poem Decorated & Colored?
20 pts