LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Holly Grout is a Language Arts teacher at Clemmons Middle School. She has been teaching for seven years in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, and taught for four years at Atkins Middle School before going to Clemmons. She received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Middle School Education from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is highly qualified to teach Language Arts, Social Studies and Science.

Resources created by Holly Grout

Career research and acrostic poetry
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.6
In this lesson for grade 6, each student will research a chosen career and will use the information to create an acrostic poem.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
By Holly Grout, Deborah Smith, and Natalie Summers.Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.