Instruction Design 3

My lesson is designed to begin with the description of what an acrostic poem is. We would then move on to examples of acrostic poems and I would demonstrate my own personal acrostic poem to the students. I varied instruction so that students who have difficulty brainstorming, writing, or using dictionary skills would only be required to make an acrostic using their first name; students who move through assignments quickly could also make an acrostic using their middle name in addition to first and last name. Students need to use their higher order thinking skills during this lesson because they need to think of kind descriptive words that fit who they are. This assignment also allows for as much creativity as the students would like to put into their project.
Students are using technology to complete the final product, they can use an online dictionary, or search for character traits that begin with the letters in their names.