6th and 7th Language Arts and Literature

Book Report – Acrostic Poem

Biography/Autobiography

Due: May 2, 2008

 

Objective: You will write an acrostic poem that provides information about the life and accomplishments of the person you read about.

 

After reading your book, collect facts, details, information regarding your person’s life. Be sure to include family information, education, accomplishments, and contributions.

 

Using the person’s name you can create your acrostic in two ways:

 

1. Use each letter of the person’s name as the first letter of your statement:

M ary Ellen was the name of her great grandmother.

S he enjoyed science class at St. Felicitas Elementary School.

H ow she loved to play tennis in high school!

 

2. Use each letter of the person’s name somewhere in your statement:

Mary Ellen was the name of her grandmother.

She attended St. Felicitas Elementary School for 8 years.

She played varsity tennis in high school.

 

 

After reading your poem, your audience should know more information about your person than they did before. Statements should be more than just where and when the person was born. Give the readers fascinating, little-known, or important information.

 

Be creative in how you put your acrostic together. You can:

©      Type it up and use different color ink for the letters and statements;

©      Use markers and typed-written statements;

©      Use magazine cut-out letters and then hand-write the statement;

©      Use sticker letters and type up the statements.

 

You can:

©      Decorate the page with pictures of your person (Xerox copies, or free-hand);

©      Add a decorative border around the edge;

©      Use poster board or fancy papers;

©      Poster should not be bigger than 11” x 17 “

 

Remember that presentation is important. These might get hung up in the hallway. Neatness, correct spelling, good grammar will be part of your grade.

 

Book Report – Acrostic Poem

Rubric

 

Content                                       0     5     10   15   20   25

Information about the person covers:

©      family

©      education

©      accomplishments/achievements

©      contributions

 

Conventions                                               0     5     10   15

Information shows that you

©      followed the directions

©      used good grammar

©      have good punctuation

©      proofread for spelling

 

Presentation                                                    0     5     10

The appearance of your book report is

©      neat

©      creative

©      includes your name

 

Total                                                                              /50