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Writing an Acrostic Poem
Saturday, 19th February,2011,[object Object],NajiaZaheerNazir,[object Object],Instructor, English Language and  Literature in English,[object Object],Generation’s School,[object Object]
Activity 1: Gearing to Write,[object Object]
Read These lines and deliberate on the theme,[object Object]
Departed Soul, winged and empowered,,[object Object],Every inch a solemn piece,,[object Object],After such a drag-such a screeching drag,[object Object],There it met the closed call.,[object Object],“Hark ! I  have descended my throne”,[object Object]
Were you able to detect any underlying theme/ thought?,[object Object]
Writing an Acrostic Poem
Now do you see any dominant feature?,[object Object]
Theme?Structure?Both?,[object Object]
Now Read This!,[object Object]
Identify the Theme,[object Object],Ruthless murderer, armed with madness,,[object Object],Implicated innocents to suit his desires, ,[object Object],Cardinally reproachable. Obsession,,[object Object],Hunger, craving for more,[object Object],And more, forayed to the hallways of,[object Object],Revenge, so truly sought by the desperates.,[object Object],“Dog has met his end.”,[object Object]
Do you Know this Character?,[object Object]
Acrostic Poem,[object Object]
Observe the lines again!,[object Object]
Ruthless murderer, armed with madness, Implicated innocents to suit his desires, Cardinally reproachable. Obsession, Hunger, craving for more And more, forayed to the hallways ofRevenge, so duly sought by the desperates “Doghas met his end.”,[object Object]
Can you Define therubrics of an acrostic poem,[object Object]
1. Choose a theme ,[object Object]
For Instance:,[object Object],Take up the theme ‘Life’,[object Object]
Write as many words as you can think of when you deliberate on this theme,[object Object]
LIFE,[object Object],Unabashed Beauty,,[object Object],Naivety,[object Object],Long journey into the night,[object Object],Full of surprises,[object Object],Eternity,[object Object],Experiences gained,[object Object],Innocence lost,[object Object],Forced to live,[object Object],Escape,[object Object], ,[object Object]
Now write the first letters of your selected theme vertically.,[object Object]
L,[object Object],I,[object Object],F,[object Object],E,[object Object]
Begin each line with the respective letters of the selected word.,[object Object]
Activity 2:” Death Be Not Proud…”,[object Object]

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