What do whales sing about? Invite your class to imagine the thoughts of whales before writing acrostic poems on the topic. The plan blends together a bit of life science with plenty of opportunities for creativity and writing.

Concepts

acrostic poems, poetry, poetry writing, active listening, empathy, mammals, whales, marine mammals

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this during a science unit on marine life or alongside a book about whales
• As an extension, invite pupils to come up with another mammal or marine animal about which they wish to write an additional acrostic poem

Classroom Considerations

• For this plan, you'll need to find an audio recording of a whale song; this is not included, but could be found with a Google or YouTube search

Pros

• Comes with student samples that you can show to your class for inspiration
• Provides a list of words you can give to your pupils if they are feeling stumped on how to start certain lines in their acrostic poems

Cons

• None