Acrostic Poetry
Poetry
Description:
An Acrostic
poem consists of one or more words following the letters of a word written
vertically.
Applications for History Class:
An Acrostic poem may be
used to describe a person, place or event.
This is good as part of for a poster project or to
accompany an art project.
Directions:
Write the
name of the object or idea being described vertically (this may be one word or several.)
Using each letter, add words that describe the name. For beginners, one word
may suffice, but for most students, several words or a phrase can be used for
each line.
Sample:
M Means
place between two rivers
E Everyone
wanted to farm there
S Sumer
was located here
O Outstanding
hanging gardens in Babylon
P People
invented the wheel
O Often
fought among themselves
T The
flooding provided silt
A Assyrians
were Brutal Warriors
M Most
women took care of homes
I Invention
of Cuneiform
A A
clay tablet and stylus were writing instruments.