Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic
Publication Information
Author:  Schnur, Steven	Illustrator:  Evans, Leslie
Title:  Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic	Date:  1999
Publisher:  Clarion Books	City:  NY, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-82269-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, alphabet, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| language arts - writing
Summary:
Description of spring using acrostic poetry and in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of acrostic books of the seasons. Illustrations are linoleum cuts that are colored by hand. The illustrations support the wonderful language used to show spring.
Teaching Ideas:
The book serves as a model for writing acrostic poems. Students could provide art or photographs to accompany their poems.
Teaching Strategies:
Clustering    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
Copy Change    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
Fluency Activities    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
Helping Students in the Writing Process    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > spring Science > outdoors Science > nature Literature and Language > poetry Literature and Language > figurative language > acrostic

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