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Cargando... African Acrostics: A Word in Edgewayspor Avis Harley
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Acrostics are a fun and simple type of poetry. I feel as though a book like this would be good to read when discussing different forms of poetry. Young and Adolescent students would enjoy the art of writing an acrostic poem. When reading the poem to younger audiences you could challenge the students by asking them to decipher what the acrostic spelled out and how it relates to the poem. This book contains color photographs of various African animals, each with a lighthearted poem that contains an acrostic. While some of the acrostics simply spell the name of the animals, others expand the topic of the poem. There are varying rhythms in the poems and some are more serious than others. Included in the book is a nice biography of the author and photographer. The last page explains how the photographer captured many of the photos for the book-quite interesting. There are two pages of more information about each animal included in the acrostics. Also included are two pages explaining acrostics. This is a fantastic book for introducing students to a common type of poetry-acrostics. The possible curricular activities for this book are endless. This is a very simple book, meant to give a varied version of the acrostic poem, set adjacent to photos of the African animals in which they describe. At first I thought it would be a repetition of the first poem, "A Croc Acrostic," with the first letters of each word spelling CROCODILE. But the author took it in a fun direction. Like the poem about hippopotamuses which spells RIVER REVERIE. But my favorite was perhaps the poem about giraffes which spelled SKY FRIENDS. It was cute. I don't really know how I would describe a theme for a book filled with gimmicky poetry that describes animals. It's fun, and it's certainly a beneficial text for elementary students when they come across this form...but I don't know about any overarching theme. The only use I could think for this would be in a lesson about acrostic poetry, in which this text, or this and others, are used as a guide to writing their own poems. Includes themed pages revolving around certain animals, but the poems are all original and follow multiple acrostic patterns (acronyms) that include the first word of each line (usually spelling the animal), as well as reading diagonally, backwards and across pages in order to find coded messages within the poems. The poems are fun and short, and could be accessible to variety of age groups. It could be a good tool for teaching acronyms and the use of adjectives (for an ESL classroom as well, though some of the language might be a but too complex and flowery for some newcomers), and after reading the book children could be prompted to write their own acrostic poetry using their own names or other animals. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Inside every acrostic is a secret message, often lurking in the first letter of each line (read top to bottom). But look out! These acrostics not only follow their subjects to Africa, but they also take the form to a whole new level. Here you'll find the elusive double acrostic (in which the first and last letters of each line spell a message), the cross acrostic (in which the message is read diagonally), and the multiple acrostic (see it to believe it), not to mention lions, zebras, crocodiles, hippos, leopards, and elephants. Oh, my! Illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, this collection is sure to send poetry buffs and animal lovers on an armchair safari they'll never forget. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The first acrostic poem is called Acrostic and spells out WORD IN EDGEWAYS while the text is informative and playful instruction on how to enjoy this poetry form. This book was a lovely surprise and I hope you find it and enjoy it as well. It looks as fun to read out loud as it is to share its fun and discovery with another. ( )