Acrostic Poetry uses the first letters of a word or words to compose a poem. 

Word Mystery Theatre is our dramatic writing experience with acrostic poetry.

 

 

First, notice that each letter is NOT a single phrase! The letters connect into a line of poetry. This disguises the word.

 

When the poem is read aloud, the audience cannot hear where each line begins and ends!

 

That creates Word Mystery Theatre!

 

What is the word hidden in the poem? It's a mystery!

 

The second read aloud is line by line so students can write the first letter of the word in the line and gradually see the hidden word or words emerge to their surprise! 

 

An acrostic poem -- pause while audience writes a

Can be about anything -- pause while audience writes c

Really -- pause while audience writes r

 

Reading line by line till each letter is written:  a c r o s t i c   reveals the hidden word in the poem!

 

 

 

Word Mystery Theatre Hide-a-Word Poems by Bob

 

Jurassic Park: The Real Story by bob

 

Early one morning on a day long ago

Xeroxed and copied like many other days, but

This time

In the blink of an eye

Nothing would ever be the same again.

Catastrophe's whirlwind

Terrible explosions

Intense heat

Oxygen denied

No future for many.

 

Evening arrived

Venturing forth one would find

Earth's environments changed

Nothing having escaped

Time's upheaval.

 

 

It came from the 10th Century by Bob

 

Back in the distant past and

Like today, people lived 

Under different systems of government.

Every region had separate

Tribes and rulers

Often opposing one another

One one occasion, a ruler united the people

The story remained un-remembered till 1996.

History it seems is never past but always with us

 

 

WRITING IN TEAMS CLASS:  A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

 

Going to be creative

Or at least interesting

Otherwise my

Grade will be

Lower than the

Excellence I

 

Demand from myself

Oh, this is a 

Constant quest or a lingering curse

Stay tuned to see how I do!

 

 

Negative Numbers

 

No Way! Ms G. This cannot be right!

Every number only 

Goes

All the way from 1 to 100

To

Infinity.

Very strange! Why are you being

Ever so . . . ?

 

Not today, Ms.G!

Under no circumstances. What do you

Mean? Just

Because you are the teacher you get to say

Every number can

Really be positive and negative?

 

 

A Day at the Park

 

Mighty

Yells!

 

Fun on the fields

Running and jumping as

I throw the

Sphere as far as it can

Be thrown!

Easy laughter!

Effortless effort!

 

Dynamic exercise for

One and all.

Going to stop now, I'm too tired.

 

 

Image from Study.com

 

You might instead make the final letter of each line the hidden word in the acrostic!