Dear Friends: As of Fall 2004 the Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project has been discontinued. This website will be maintained for a time on a limited basis for informational purposes and so that you are able to access the resources provided. All the best to you in your teaching. GPAWP 2003 Summer Institute Web Diary "Acrostics are Worth a Fortune!"

Jacqueline Harvey-Whiteman Barcelona Middle School Glendale, AZ Presentation Title: "Acrostics are Worth a Fortune!" Grade Level(s): 6-12 Book(s) used: NA Other Resources: TBD Presentation Description: Purpose of Lesson: To spark students' interest in writing poetry. This is a good lesson for modeling word choice of the Six Traits of writing. Class Activities: This is a great lesson to introduce writing poetry because students are comfortable with writing acrostics and the culminating fortune activity shows how easy it is to write meaningful poetry. The first thing students do is write an acrostic poem using one word per letter and then moving onto writing multiple word acrostics, and finally writing multiple word acrostics from from a fortune cookie fortune; first in groups and then on their own. The final individual fortune cookie acrostics are then "published" out on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. Note: If you don't see a Navigation Bar on this page, please click here, then click on GPAWP Summer Diary to get back to this page. Back to Web Diary Updated: March 30, 2005