This document provides an overview of acrostic poems, including their structure and examples. It explains that an acrostic poem is a form of poetry where specific letters in each line spell out a word or phrase vertically. There are 5 steps to writing an acrostic poem: choosing a topic, writing the topic word vertically, brainstorming descriptive words, placing the words on corresponding lines, and completing the poem. Several acrostic poem examples are given using the words "CAT", "Tiger", "SURF", and "BOOK".

1. Acrostic Poems

2. Poetry
O Type of writing that expresses meaning.
O Poems are written with words chosen for
their sounds and beauty as well as their
meaning.
O Different forms

3. Acrostics

4. Acrostic
O Fun, poetic form
O 5 easy steps
O 1.Decide what to write about.
O 2.Write your word down vertically.
O 3.Brainstorm describing words
O 4.Place your brainstormed words or
phrases on the lines that begin with the
same letters.
O 5.Fill in the rest of the lines to create a
poem.

5. CAT
CAT
CAT
O Curious
O Curious
O Cuddly
O Attitude
O Cute
O Tail
O Ginger
O Tails
O Kitten
O Paws
O Attitude

6. Tiger
Tiger
O Is cute
O Gold eyes
O Ears are big
O Tame
O Really lazy

7. O
O
O
O
SURF
Standing steadily
on the board
Use your arms and
legs to balance
Ready for a huge
wave
Fun, exciting you
should try it
O BOOK
O Busy as a bee I
was,
O On the search of a
break,
O On picking up the
book in the library,
O Kept me smiling

8. Friends
O Cool
O F
O Excellent
O Really Cool
O Dependable
O I
O Awesome
O Excellent
O N
O Dependable
O S