Acrostic Poetry 3 rd Grade Lori Martin & Laura Avant ECED 4300-C Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2010

Prewriting/Drafting Georgia Performance Standard ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct. Laura Avant

Prewriting Primary Learning Outcome PLO- The students will complete a graphic organizer to plan and draft an acrostic poem. Laura Avant

Acrostic Poetry a poem in which special letters spell another word. Laura Avant

Prewriting/Drafting Generating Ideas Pick a topic for poem Select a purpose Planning Organize thoughts Begin Writing Laura Avant

Graphic Organizer Plants: activities and information. (2009). Retrieved from Laura Avant

Published Acrostic Hummon, D. (2008, July 20). Animal acrostics. Retrieved from culty/dhum mon/acrostics/acrostics.html Laura Avant

Practice Activity Shared Writing Topic: Easter E A S T E R Laura Avant

Assessment Activity Decide on a topic Write a personal acrostic Use graphic organizer to complete your poem Laura Avant

Revising/Editing Georgia Performance Standard ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct. Lori Martin

Revising/Editing Primary Learning Outcome PLO- The student will revise their personal acrostic poem by differentiating word choice, and proofreading for mechanical errors (spelling). Lori Martin

Acrostic Poetry a poem in which special letters spell another word. Lori Martin

Revising/Editing Improve content Changing or Adding words Correct mechanical errors Lori Martin

Published Acrostic Powell, Consie. (2003). Amazing apples. Retrieved from g02_bookshelf/images/img_insi deapple.jpg Lori Martin

Practice Activity Shared writing technique Revise and Edit classroom draft Use dictionary to change word choice Capitalize title Check for correct spelling Lori Martin

Assessment Activity Revise and edit your acrostic poem, from the prewriting and drafting stage Use the dictionary to edit word variations Correct mechanics Prepare poem to be published Lori Martin