Procedure

1. Introduce acrostic poems by explaining what they are and how they are written. Show an example to students or create an acrostic as a class.

2. Have each student use a sheet of notebook paper to write their assigned term vertically.

3. Ask students to use each letter as a cue to describe the term using a word, a phrase, or examples.

4. Encourage students to use words they understand and are familiar with.

5. An example of an acrostic poem using the term "simile" is as follows:

   • Seems to be used more often than realized

   • It uses "like" or "as" and sometimes "than"

   • Makes comparisons between unlike things

   • It’s more obvious than a metaphor

   • Liliana is as sweet as an angel

   • Ethan laughs like a hyena