Monday, February 20, 2012

Poetry! ACROSTIC Poems

In order to improve students' use of descriptive language, 4th graders are participating in a brief poetry unit to mix things up and to learn to infuse their writing with the most delicious and exquisite words and phrases possible.

The first kind of poetry practiced was Acrostic Poems about ourselves. It is easy to describe yourself. We discussed the importance of using long phrases or sentences on each line, writing with descriptive, VIVID language, and incorporating at least a few similes and metaphors.

Please share your Acrostic Poem about yourself!

19 comments:

  1. Lovely as a lilypad drifting in the water
    Intelligent as Albert Einstine
    Loud like a mighty fierce lion
    Loveable as a cute petite kitten
    Young and athletic as a biker

    by Lilly

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  2. Jokester in class.
    Obey my parents.
    Smell like axe.
    Human being.

    By Josh

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    1. Dear Josh,
      I really like your acrostic poem because it is short, simple, and easy to understand. I really like the part where you said “obey my parents.”
      From, Huver

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  3. Kind as my caramel colored bunny Harvy
    Animal lover
    Treats people equally
    Envierment saver
    From,
    Kate

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    1. Dear Kate,
      I love how you used the sentence, Kind as my caramel colored bunny Harvy because it has a lot of details.
      From Kathy

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  4. Appreciate all the stuff I have
    Smiling all the time
    Has a lot of energy
    Loves Justin Bieber
    Expert at writing
    Yelling a lot

    From,
    Ashley

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  5. Kind as a teal blue butterfly gracefully flying,
    As silly as a dirt brown howler monkey,
    Takes little things to stop me from fun,
    Has a bond with anima movies.
    Young and has lots of energy.

    by Kathy

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    1. Dear Kathy,
      Your poem is very descriptive. I think that you use a lot of delicious words to support your writing, and that is pretty cool.
      From, Julian

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  6. Forever a strong bond
    A school of fish, altogether
    Mother, father, children
    Inheritance from one to another
    Loving, caring for each other
    Young and old together

    by Lilly

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    1. Dear Lilly,

      I really enjoyed that acrostic poem you did about family.
      I liked the part about the school of fish all together. That was a great way to put it.

      From,
      Ava

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    2. I think your wording is good and it is kind
      from,Gideon

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  7. S-Sometimes flaming fuchsia red when mad.
    A-At art I am fascinating. When a stroke of paint comes to mind others follow.
    R-Really ridiculously humorous when it comes to friends and family.
    A-Absolutely trembling in terror when it comes to stages


    Sincerely,

    A student in your class Sara

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  8. Geocaching rookie
    Rock climber at the YMCA
    Excited about weekends
    Great at video games
    Observes nature like a hawk looking off a skyscrapers
    Right handed boy
    Young (9 years old)

    By: Gregory

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    1. Dear Gregory,

      I love the line Observes nature like a hawk looking off a skyscrapers. It is very descriptive like the rest of your poem.

      Niklas

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  9. Acrostic poem by Daniel

    Daredevil
    Awesome like energetic cats
    Nice like fathers when they give you candy
    Intelligent like Albert Einstein
    Electrifying like a bolt of lightning
    Likes most animals

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  10. Cool like leather jackets

    Youngster

    Rabbit fast

    Under age 15

    Smart like a 4th grader

    From: Cyrus

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  11. Act likes a hibernating bear stumbling out of bed in the morning
    Never gives up like a drowning Siamese cat swimming survive
    Nice like a freshly cut ruby red rose
    Also like an abstract cloud in the aqua sky
    From,
    Anna

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  12. Short as a leprechaun
    Has cool hair
    wesome
    loves kids
    I love animals
    Young
    Annoying
    Has cool friends from, Shaliyah

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  13. Avery Helped me on my work Yesterday morning At our awesome beautiful school Because I needed help with a problem on my fun math review from, Sa`mya

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