Acrostic poems: All about me and my favorite things
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=309
A lesson plan for grades K–2 English Language Arts
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to acrostic poetry. They create poems using their names as a starting point for writing about themselves. Students can use the printing press interactive to print up their works.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
- clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
- using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
- engaging in more extended oral discussions.
- producing written products.
- completing graphic organizers.
- Objective 4.05: Write and/or participate in writing by using an author's model of language and extending the model (e.g., writing different ending for a story, composing an innovation of a poem).
- Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.06: Self-monitor composition by using one or two strategies (e.g., rereading, peer conferences).
Grade 2
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.07: Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process:
- planning and drafting.
- rereading for meaning.
- revising to clarify and refine writing with guided discussion.
- Objective 4.07: Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process:
Kindergarten
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.06: Write and/or participate in writing behaviors by using authors' models of language.
