Acrostic Poem Analysis

The central focus of this lesson is composition, which students will achieve through writing an acrostic poem about one of the four seasons. The main purpose of using sensory details, to brainstorm descriptive words, will enhance the students’ writing. For example, using the word “sizzling” instead of “hot.” DeVries (2015) states, “Acrostic poems are formed by writing a single word or short phase vertically and using its letters to start the horizontal lines of the poem” (p. 319). By incorporating the essential literacy strategy, acrostic poems, students are practicing their writing and organizational skills. Thus, meeting the third grade Common Core State Standard in Writing (standard 4), “produce writing in which the development and organization