Let’s see…

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Global Positioning System

United States Postal System

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Be Right Back

I Know, Right?

Laugh/Laughing Out Loud

There’s a type of poetry which resembles the acronyms we had

earlier. Anyone who knows?

What do you mean IDK? Try harder!☺

Acrostic Poetry

Adjectives Capital lettersRhyming not a mustOne letter per lineStay on the topicTerrific way to reviewImaginativeCan be time

consumingNote: not my original poem; source: the web

Acrostic Poetry

Phrase or just one wordOrganizedEvery letter is usedTry to describeReally easyYou can make your own

Note: not my original poem; source: the web

1. Acrostic Poetry doesn’t have to rhyme.2. It needs plenty of details.3. Keep an open mind as you write.4. You can write about any topic you want (but I’ll tell

you what you will write about later ☺).5. Add your true feelings and ideas to whatever you

decide to write about.6. Have help from a friend or family member (as a peer

editor).7. Think before you begin writing poetry.8. Enjoy!

Some (unwritten) Rules in Writing Acrostic Poetry

Good Example

Happy feelings all aroundA look of joy upon facesPurposely smilingPeople get the inspiration to smileYou should too!

Bad Example

HoldingApplePoodlePriceYou

Examples:

Note: not my original poem; source: the web

1. For today, you need to compose four (4) examples of Acrostic Poetry

2. Your topics are: a. Yourself/Your first nameb. Christmasc. Hanukkah (use this spelling, please)d. Kwanzaa3. Papers are to be turned in today. 25%

will be deducted if you pass it tomorrow.

Let’s watch the videos about these celebrations…

(If there’s extra time, you can watch them again.)