Acrostic Poems 1

 This term, we are learning about poetry, plays and performing.(Did you spot the alliteration there?) We  have started with acrostic poems. An acrostic poem uses the consecutive letters of a word as the first letters of words to describe the chosen word.

To make it a poem (and not a shopping list) words should be  selected  and sequenced for the sound and rhythm they make when read aloud.

In the following poem, we chose our class's name - Huia 1 - and everyone suggested words to use for each letter. To make it more specific, we used only nouns which had some relevance to us. Some words were discarded is the editing process.  If you know us well, you will understand why we chose these words.

Happiness, history, homework, help

Unity, ukulele, unanimity, unique

Identity, Ireland, iPad,  integrity, Intermediate, Internet

Awhitu,  anthology, ability, acknowledgement, achievement, ANZAC

Opportunities, organisation, orchestra, onomatopoeia, opinion, ourselves,

Narratives,  nature, novel, nationalities, neatness, notebook,

Español, etiquette, education, environment, excellence, effort 

                                      ~oO000Oo~