Classroom Resource

Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

1, 2

Overview

In this classroom resource, students write free-verse acrostic poems about themselves using the letters of their names to begin each line. They then write an additional acrostic poem about something that is important to them. After proofreading, both poems are recopied or typed and illustrated and then mounted on construction paper for display. Several opportunities for sharing and peer review are incorporated.  Acrostic poem interactive and ABC word list included in this resource.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.R5

Utilize the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Unpacked Content

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Vocabulary

  • Writing process
  • Plan
  • Draft
  • Revise
  • Edit
  • Publish
  • Genres

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish.
  • Various genres of writing.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Plan writings in various genres.
  • Draft writings in various genres.
  • Revise writings in various genres.
  • Edit writings in various genres.
  • Publish writings in various genres.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier.
  • There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.30

Write legibly, using proper pencil grip.

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Vocabulary

  • Legibly
  • Proper pencil grip

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Proper pencil grip.
  • Legible letter formation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Write legibly.
  • Use proper pencil grip.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Proper pencil grip aids in writing legibly.
  • Writing legibly is required for clear written communication.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.32

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

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Vocabulary

  • Rules of standard English grammar
  • Punctuation rules
  • Capitalization rules
  • Spelling rules

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to the first grade level.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use proper grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling by following the rules of standard English.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Using standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling in their writing will help them clearly communicate with a variety of audiences.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.35

With prompting and support, write an informative or explanatory text about a topic, using facts from a source and providing a sense of closure.

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Vocabulary

  • Informative
  • Explanatory
  • Topic
  • Facts
  • Source
  • Sense of closure
  • Prompting
  • Support

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Informative or explanatory texts provide facts about a topic that were gathered from a research source.
  • Informative or explanatory writing should end with a sense of closure.

Skills

Students are able to:
With prompting and support,
  • Write an informative or explanatory text about a topic.
  • Use sources to find facts.
  • End the text by providing a sense of closure.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Informative or explanatory texts require research, provide facts or details about a topic, and end with a sense of closure.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.7

Demonstrate standard English usage when speaking.

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Vocabulary

  • Standard English
  • Usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • That standard English means the formal use of the English language.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use the standard English language when speaking.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • They should use the standard form of English when speaking.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.17

Analyze meaningful parts of words and phrases in discussions and/or text.

Unpacked Content

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Vocabulary

  • Analyze
  • Meaningful word parts
  • Phrases

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Words can be divided into parts to learn the meaning of the word.
  • Phrases are groups of words that carry meaning.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and analyze meaningful parts of words or phrases in discussions and/or text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Words can be divided into smaller units that carry meaning.
  • Phrases are groups of words that carry meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.38

Apply knowledge of grade-appropriate phoneme-grapheme correspondences, multisyllabic word construction, syllable division principles, and spelling rules (or generalizations) to encode words accurately.

Unpacked Content

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Vocabulary

  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
  • Multisyllabic word construction
  • Syllable division principles
  • Spelling rules
  • Generalizations
  • Encode
  • Accurately

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Grade-appropriate phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
  • Multisyllabic words are words that are composed of two or more syllables.
  • Syllable division principles.
  • Spelling rules (or generalizations).
  • To encode accurately means to spell a word correctly.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Accurately encode (spell) single syllable and multisyllabic words using their knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences, multisyllabic word construction, syllable division principles, and spelling generalization.
  • Accurately divide words into syllables to spell multisyllabic words correctly.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • To spell (encode), they must accurately represent the letter symbols (graphemes) that correspond to the spoken sounds (phonemes).
  • They can use syllable division principles to break a word apart to make it easier to spell.
  • They can use their knowledge of the six syllable types to accurately encode words.
  • There are spelling rules, or generalizations, in the English language that can help them spell words accurately.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.42

Write an opinion piece about a topic or text with details to support the opinion, using transitional words and providing a sense of closure.

Unpacked Content

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Vocabulary

  • Opinion
  • Topic
  • Text
  • Details
  • Transitional words
  • Closure

Knowledge

Students know:
  • An opinion piece is a writing that provides an opinion about a topic or text and provides reasons for the opinion.
  • Opinion pieces often include transitional words.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Write an opinion piece about a topic or text using details to support the opinion, transitional words, and a concluding statement.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Opinion writing follows a predictable structure which includes, stating the opinion, providing details to support the opinion, and ends with a conclusion.
  • Opinion pieces often include transitional words.
  • Opinion writing can be used to explain their opinions and the reasons they have the opinion.
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