Acrostic Poems How to write them Our lesson

Acrostic Poems How to write them!

Our lesson today Objectives: Students will be able to: -recognize the differences between verse and prose. -recognize and identify the figurative language used in a poem(Review). -Understand what an acrostic poem is and write his own poem • Outcome: By the end of the lesson you will know what an acrostic poem is and write your own so that it can be shared with the class.

• To start off, let’s take a look at some of those features that makes poetry look and seem different from prose. • First of all, poetry is written in Lines and Stanzas. • Even though it’s a bit different, think of these as Sentences and Paragraphs of poetry! • Lines (sentences): rows of words written across a page in a poem • Stanzas (paragraphs): A group of lines that form the divisions of a poem. You can usually recognize these by the spaces between them.

Can you identify from the following two examples which is verse and which is prose. Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you But roses always die And violets shrivel away But forever you will be as sweet As you are today • How many lines are in this poem? _______ • How many stanzas are in this poem? _______ • Next, it’s important to understand that a lot of poetry deals with the difference between • Literal language: Actually means exactly what it says • Figurative language: Uses creative language to be descriptive. Doesn’t actually mean exactly what it says • Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs. ”

? Figurative Language ? ?

Mrtaphor Figurative Language personification simile

Do we have only one type of poetry?

Haiku Acrostic Shape Types of Poetry Free Verse Bio

Haiku Acrostic Shape Types of Poetry Free Verse Bio

What is an acrostic poem? Here is an example. Pop Corns Pop pop popping around One after other making a sound Pop popping I am having so much fun Constantly shooting like the bullets of a gun Originally so beautiful and white Ridiculously addictive and a nice sight No one can resist the sensational crunch So delicious and appetizing when I munch

What is an acrostic poem? Answer: An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. All the lines of the poem should relate to or describe the topic word.

Here’s one I made earlier! Sometimes hard work Cool teachers Homework to be done on time On Everyday I have Mr Touir Older students are 16, may be 17 Leave with end of preparatory certificate.

Now your turn! • Each group will have a scrambled acrostic poem. • Your Task is to reorder the poem and stick it to the paper given to the group. • When you have finished share it with the group sitting next to you. • A volunteer from each group to read the poem

Now your turn! • On your piece of paper write an acrostic poem about a topic you like or about a name given to the group • When you have finished share it with the group sitting next to you and then reporters from groups to read them to the class

Thank you for your attention. I hope that you enjoyed the lesson. See you next lesson. Teacher: Fethi Touir