Week 10 English 1 Acrostic Poetry Acrostic Examples

Acrostic Examples What is each poem about? R Revolting rhymes Oompa-Loompas O AAngry farmers

Acrostic Examples G Gigantic flames RRemember 1666 EEvery child knows AAsh floated everywhere TThousands

The first Poetic Features devices letter of Acrostic What did you notice? each line

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? First, we need to

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? Next, we write the

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? Finally, we use our

Enormous feeder Loyal minder Earth remover Power lifter Handy blaster Alarming trumpeter Nimble rammer

Oggle-eyed Creepy weirdo Tough and tetchy On the lookout Prowling, pouncing Up-wrapping Shell cracker

Fire fairy In the sky Red and orange Ever moving Will it land? Ooh

Your task You are going to write a poem about an animal of your

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Week 10 English 1 Acrostic Poetry

Acrostic Examples What is each poem about? R Revolting rhymes Oompa-Loompas O AAngry farmers LLazy aunts Dangerous witches D D Dream blower AAdventurous animals Horrible headteacher H LLickable wallpaper I my favourite food It’s CCold as the inside of a fridge EEvery sunny day C wait Can’t RRunning to the van EEmpty out the money ‘Any A sauce on that, love? ’ Mmmmmm, yummy! M

Acrostic Examples G Gigantic flames RRemember 1666 EEvery child knows AAsh floated everywhere TThousands of homes destroyed F Flames all around IInside the bakery RRed sky EEverything covered in soot O the city Over FFrom house to house L of people escaped Lots On foot, by boat and carriage O Nearly every house N Demolished D On Pudding Lane – Help! But O Not many people died. N What is the poem about?

The first Poetic Features devices letter of Acrostic What did you notice? each line may be spells out alliteration used. the IIt’s my favourite food poem’s simile CCold as the inside of a fridge theme EEvery sunny day vertically – CCan’t wait RRunning to the van what’s this EEmpty out the money ‘Any A sauce on that, love? ’ one Mmmmmm, yummy! M about? Lines can be different lengths

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? First, we need to choose a theme. I know, let’s have… fireworks! Then, we think of lots of words or phrases associated with that theme… bonfire noise spectacular night smoke pop bang crackle rocket sparkle explosion fizz stars

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? Next, we write the letters of our theme word(s) vertically down the page in CAPITAL LETTERS… fireworks F I R E W O R K S

Let’s Try It! How can we write an acrostic poem? Finally, we use our list of words and phrases to create each line. Don’t worry if you can’t think of them in order – it’s fine to go back and add any missing lines afterwards. F lames flicker in the bonfire I watch the sparks fly up R ockets zoom into the night E verywhere the smell of smoke W aiting for the next explosion O ohh. . . Ahhh… Wow! R oaring crowds of onlookers K aleidoscope of colours S eems to go on forever

Enormous feeder Loyal minder Earth remover Power lifter Handy blaster Alarming trumpeter Nimble rammer Thunder maker Jack Ousbey

Oggle-eyed Creepy weirdo Tough and tetchy On the lookout Prowling, pouncing Up-wrapping Shell cracker Patricia Leighton

Fire fairy In the sky Red and orange Ever moving Will it land? Ooh it’s lovely Rocket into space Keeping eyes open wide Such a beautiful sight

Your task You are going to write a poem about an animal of your choice. Each line must start with the next letter of the animal: Eg: L I O N