This activity can be used to diagnose vocabulary meanings or to develop concepts. Write the word on the board. Students must create a good sentence that uses each letter in the word as the first letter in each word of the sentence. S Carl always teases Sara. Students contribute to a class word book by adding words to each page throughout the year.
Students read the poem aloud, chorally.
As the year progresses and students learn the poem, new poems are added. Students learn some by heart and can recite others with a few visual clues. This activity helps students to create their own poems. Make up the basics of a crossword puzzle. Have students complete the puzzle so that real words are made on each line.