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poem about themselves Provide students with an outline of how to write an auto-biographical poem. Give students time to write their own poem. Time permitting, students should then transfer the poem onto a good piece of paper and illustrate. Make sure the poem is put into their journal. Ask any students who wish to share their poems. 6 Acrostic Poems: Connecting Words - work as a group to create a finished product - find words that start with specific letters and work with those to create a poem on a specific theme - use this knowledge to compose their own acrostic poems Break students into 6 groups. Give each group a poster board with a word on it (written vertically, one letter at a time). Tell them to write the first word that comes to mind that starts with each letter. Ask each group to share their poems. Explain to the class that they have just written an acrostic poem. Provide an example that adds in connecting each new word to the original word. Share this poem in order to convey the concept of a “unified poem.” Students should understand that words on their own do not necessarily make a poem; we need to connect our thoughts and ideas. On the other side of the poster board, the same word will be written. Ask students to repeat the exercise, keeping in mind the idea of connections and unity. Ask each group to share their new poem and how - poster board (6 sheets) with words written on the front and page (vertically, one at a time) - markers - writing tools - paper - pencil crayons Teacher observation of contribution to discussion Self-assessment of group activity Completion of group acrostic Completion of name acrostic Completion of personal acrostic
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