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Acrostic Book Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars read the story Wild Horse Winter and construct acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students use adjectives and events in the text to develop an acrostic poem.
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September Acrostic

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing instructional activity, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of September. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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October Acrostic

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of October. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.
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August Acrostic

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literature learning exercise, students write an original acrostic poem about the month of August. Students begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on each line.
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Louis: Acrostic Poem

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem on the main character, Louis, from the book, The Trumpet of the Swan.
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Crafting Freedom

George Moses Horton: Crafting Virtual Freedom Through Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is "virtual freedom"? How about "enslaved entrepreneurship"? Class members will learn about these terms and much more as they read the poems and examine the life of George Moses Horton.
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On World Poetry Day, We're All Poets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Put away the books and the printouts, and break out the paper and pens to honor World Poetry Day.
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Maniac Magee: Found Poem

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Instruct your readers to scrounge through the pages of Maniac Magee in search for descriptive passages or words they may use to write poetry. As they look for meaningful, sensory descriptors in Jerry Spinelli's novel, readers connect to...
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Learning English through Poems and Songs

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Exposing learners to the power of words in poetry is a stimulating way to learn languages. Songs, haikus, rhyming words, and narrative works are all employed in a resource for teaching English as a Second Language.
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Everyone Can Write Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Embark on a journey of writing several different types of poetry. Fifth graders read several examples, and use the examples to model their own writing. Each poem is to be accompanied by a different art visual representation. In the end,...
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Poetic Me

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this writing poetry worksheet, students discover what an acrostic poem is and how to write one. Students then compose acrostic poems about themselves.
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Beatrix Potter and Alliteration

For Students 5th - 7th
In this creative writing worksheet, learners utilize a variety of strategies to creatively write alliterations, tongue twisters, similes and finally an acrostic poem.
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Acrostic Poem Plan

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students make a plan for a poem using the letters of the word "cycling" as the letters that begin the first lines of each line of the poem.
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Roald Dahl

Matilda - The Weekly Test

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Readers take the main characters in Matilda and individually describe them through a mnemonic. To get there, group members create an acrostic poem describing the character they were given, and choose one of the words from the acrostic...
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Puffins

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing learning exercise, students write an original acrostic poem about Puffins. Students write a descriptive word or adjective for each letter on the lines provided.
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Classroom Adventures Program

Creating Characters

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Examine character in depth. Over the course of these six lessons, learners explore their own character traits, determine the traits of characters in the books they read, practice comparing and contrasting, and collaborate in small groups...
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The Trumpet of the Swan

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literature worksheet, students, after reading The Trumpet of the Swan, write a Swan Acrostic poem inside a swan and start each line with the letter that is on that line.
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Seussville

What Can Your Class Do?

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Inspire scholars to do their part for planet Earth with a read-aloud of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, and variety of activities designed to boost the environmental activist in us all. Activities include writing poems about the Earth, sorting...
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Charlotte's Web

For Students 4th - 6th
In this literature instructional activity, students, after reading the novel, Charlotte's Web, write an original poem about Wilbur and start each line with a word that begins with the letters in his name straight down.
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Sweet Magnolia Book Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this literature unit worksheet, learners read the book Sweet Magnolia and answer seven short answer questions based upon the text.
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Comprehension Questions for Cousins

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension questions for Cousins worksheet, learners read the book then answer 18 comprehension questions about it.

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