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Winter Acrostic Planner and Draft

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Winter Acrostic Planner and Draft

Create a six-line acrostic poem using WINTER. Your poem should tell a short story set during a winter road trip. Use the planning prompts to collect ideas, then draft and improve your poem. Try to include at least two similes and one metaphor.

Collect ideas

For each starting letter, jot down a story event, a sensory detail and a vivid word or phrase. You can use the suggested road-trip characters Tevita, Oliver and Anahera, or invent your own.

1.W — What could happen as the winter road trip begins? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

2.I — What happens next on the journey? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

3.N — What unexpected change affects the travellers? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

4.T — What tense or important moment could happen? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

5.E — What might the travellers discover or work out? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

6.R — How could the winter journey end? Note an event, a sensory detail and a vivid phrase.

Draft your poem

Write one line for each letter, in order. Make the six lines connect to tell a story. Read your draft aloud and revise at least one word or line.

7.Write your WINTER acrostic poem. Begin each line with the matching letter, and include at least two similes and one metaphor.

Check and reflect

Before you finish, check that your poem has a beginning, middle and ending; uses vivid language; includes at least two similes and one metaphor; and has one line beginning with each letter of WINTER.

8.Which image or description in your poem is strongest? Explain what makes it stand out.

9.Name one change you made after reading your poem aloud. How did the change improve it?