Acrostic Poems Time: 50/60 minutes Level: from Intermediate to Advanced Language Aims: show students how to write an acrostic poem and the structures to use. Educational Aims: by studying poetry, we can promote literacy, build community, and foster emotional resilience. Procedure: 1. Name the poem: distribute to each group cards with examples of haiku (poetry class #1), cinquain (poetry class #2) and acrostic poems, and other cards with their names. (5 minutes) 2. Once they match the names to the poems, ask them to read the poems out loud. (5 minutes) 3. Ask them to describe the haiku and cinquain poems, and explain what an acrostic poem is: (10 minutes) An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. The most common and simple form of an acrostic poem is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase. A less common and slightly more difficult type of an acrostic poem is where the last letter of each line spells out the word or phrase. Finally, the more difficult type is where letters in the middle of the acrostic spell out the word or phrase. 4. Ask them to re-tell briefly some of the fairy tales they are familiar with, then read a fairy tale of your choice, different from what they know. I used the book 'Gossip from the Forest' by Sara Maitland, and I chose 'The Dreams of the Sleeping Beauty', p.324-332. (10/15 minutes) 5. Ask them to write an acrostic poem using the template below: (10/15 minutes) 6. Ask them to read their own poems to the class. (10 minutes). Matheus Durante: First you need to dream. After that, you must feel. Imagine that fantasy is real. Reality gets so boring when You learn that what is unreal Tastes better just for a few. All you got is nothing... Life has sent you no mail that day. Everything is not real So live in a fairy tale. Gabriel Delgado: For you, A fairy tale In your life Resounds Your way To Analyse the world, Less disturbed. But in the End, this is how it is Supposed to be. Leonardo Puttini: Falling down the rabbit hole, Alice was feeling sick. Illness took her everything, Reducing her to absolutely nothing. Yelling in pain, Tearing her thoughts apart, Alice could not feel anything. Looking for help, she shouted, Ending noticing that she had no voice at all. Suddenly, waking from a nightmare, she felt hungry and ate the magic cake. Pedro Giraldi: Fairies, dragons, gnomes and witches All over the dark forest. Irritating all of them in Reality is false. You should give them a chance, They are normal creatures As you and me. Let them show their true faces, Except unicorns. I am Sure they are bad animals!
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