---
title: Acrostic Poems and Comprehension
description: Students will write Acrostic poems to demonstrate their comprehension of a literature selection.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/acrostic_poems_comprehension-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Summarizing skills and comprehension through Poetry**

**Grade Level: 4**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will write Acrostic poems to demonstrate their comprehension of a literature selection.

**Know Before You Start:** This activity can be used as a formative or summative assessment. This lesson works great as part of a literature or after reading a short story.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic based on the character Opal from the book *Because of Winn Dixie*. Students do not need to be familiar with the book.
- Ask students what they notice about each panel in the comic. Each panel has a phrase or sentence that starts with a letter of Opal’s name.
- Explain that the comic shows an Acrostic Poem. This is a fun way to remember key ideas and details about a character in a book or story. 
- Model how to write a simple Acrostic poem using a familiar character and story.

**Activity:**

- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own Acrostic poem comics based on a character in the literature they have read in class. 
- Encourage students to think about key ideas, details, themes, and important information that should be included in the poems.

**Closure:**

- Provide an opportunity for students to share their Acrostic poems with other students. 
- Provide feedback to students about their finished comics.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Display the sample Acrostic poem for student reference.
- Create an anchor chart of necessary components of an acrostic poem. 
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qed6oaf) to print or display

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1629220924077285376/thumbnail.png) Because Of Winn-Dixie ](https://content.pixton.com/because-of-winn-dixie)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1629219580100648960/thumbnail.png) Bud Not Buddy ](https://content.pixton.com/bud-not-buddy)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2088291610146664448/thumbnail.png) A Wrinkle In Time ](https://content.pixton.com/a-wrinkle-in-time)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-lightning.png) The Lightning Thief ](https://content.pixton.com/the-lightning-thief)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-wtmmtm.png) Where The Mountain Meets The Moon ](https://content.pixton.com/where-the-mountain-meets-the-moon)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-sarah.png) Sarah Plain And Tall ](https://content.pixton.com/sarah-plain-and-tall)

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