Acrostic Poems, The Seasons - KS2 Text Types: Writing Planners and Model Texts

Poetry gives pupils the opportunity to explore and develop their use of language. Using this resource pack, pupils in KS2 will explore acrostic poems, reading an example showing WAGOLL (what a good one looks like), before writing their own on the theme of the seasons. Pupils will investigate alliteration and the use of synonyms to expand their vocabulary choices.

This KS2 resource pack includes:

• Acrostic poem model text: Winter Nights
  This model text includes an acrostic poem that describes winter, with the word winter spelt out at the end of each line.
• Acrostic poem writing sheet
  This contains success criteria for writing an acrostic poem as well as examples of alliteration and synonyms to inspire ideas.
• Seasons images
  A set of images that show each of the seasons to inspire writing.
• Acrostic poem planning sheet
  This worksheet allows pupils to note ideas about the season that they are writing about.
• Themed writing paper
  The writing paper can be used for pupils to present their work. Blank pages are included as well as examples with each of the seasons listed for pupils to write on.

What is an acrostic poem?

An acrostic poem is a simple poem where the first letter of each line spells a word and that word is usually the subject of the poem. The letters that spell the word can also be placed at the end or within each line. It does not have to follow any rhyme or rhythmic pattern

This resource is part of the WAGOLL: text types writing packs collection.
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• Acrostic poem model text: Winter Nights
• Acrostic poem writing sheet
• Seasons images
• Acrostic poem planning sheet
• Themed writing paper