Acrostic poems

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Acrostic poems – ANSWERS




1. True or false?
Here is an example of an acrostic poem. Read the poem. Circle true or false
for the sentences.

Practise writing poems
On this page
Everyone can do it
Making beautiful poetry
Simple!
a. The first letter of each line makes a word. true false
b. The topic of the poem is the same as the word. true false
c. Each line has one word one or more words. true false
d. Each line can be one word, a phrase or a sentence. true false
e. Each line can be long or short. true false
f. The lines of the poem must don’t have to rhyme. true false




2. Plan your poem!
Children choose a topic word and write it on the line. Then they brainstorm
words connected with that topic.

My topic word: ..........................................................................................................
Words connected with this topic word:

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3. Write your poem!
Children write their topic word vertically on the left side in big letters as in
the example in exercise 1. Then they use their words from exercise 2 to help
them write the poem, and draw a picture.