Acrostics
A simple way to introduce HTML, and
Concisely play with language
Related to a topic,
Or even just a word, that
Students
Take an
Interest in - a form of
Creative
Silliness.
Acrostics are apparently an ancient form. They’re also a new way to deliver a punch line, or an epithet.
Sarah Mcintosh Puglisi wrote,
J ust so far away in snow and bittering cold
E yes are opening to poem’s magic shimmer
W ays to look out at life’s mysteries are young words
E asy gems these look at first flash
L essons show us the subtle truths of their expression
S tudent writing has bloomed in Noon’s ice garden
Link | November 30th, 2006 at 4:53 pm