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Acrostic Poetry Activity:  In this activity you are going to write an ACROSTIC poem.  Acrostic poems differ from other types of poems in that the first letter of each line spells a word which can be read vertically. The rhyme scheme and number of lines will vary in each poem.

Whistling, howling, whirling winds, In winter form icy crystals Now a blanket of cold shrouds the earth, Trembling branches break, Eerie sounds echo through the woods Replying to the wind's fury.

Trampoline Tumbling through the air Ready to become Air born at any Moment, feeling the springs Puch you up Over and around again and again Light as a feather Instantly rebounding, Naturally full of Energy - - - - - LauraF.

Assignment #1:   Brainstorm at least 10 people, things or ideas you could use to write an acrostic poem.  Choose 3 of you favorites. Open a Word document.  Type the first letters of the word you have chosen down the left side of the page.  Write you poems.  You could use fancy or colored letters to show the word you have chosen.

Read other Acrostic Poems:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jesmith/Acrostic1.html
Acrostic Poems for Children http://www.holycross.edu/departments/socant/dhummon/acrostics/acrostics.html
Rainforest Acrostics  http://www.townwestss.qld.edu.au/StudentPages/Year5-6_files/rainforests/rainpoem.htm

Acrostics in History
Acrostics Honoring George Washington written during his lifetime http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/acrostics/

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