Acrostic Poetry

Room 12 have been learning about nouns (naming words), adjectives (describing words) and verbs (doing/action words).

Below are Acrostic Poems written by Room 12 students, using the above language features, and expressing their understanding and interpretation of the tragic natural disasters that have recently occurred in Christchurch and Japan ...........

Earthquakes are dangerous
A big tsunami hit Japan
Ruined places in Japan
The 5th biggest earthquake ever
Help in on the way
Quakes are killing people
Unique people are helping
Airports are flooded
Kids are in trouble
Everything is destroyed and crushed
Nicola

Earthquake are big in Japan
An earthquake can destroy homes
Running for their lives, holding babies
Their homes are on fire
Help is written on roof tops
Quiet time for people who died
Use your senses and keep safe
A lot of people without food & water
Kids, adults & animals died
Earthquakes killed them because they
couldn’t breathe under water.
Anthony



Earthquakes causing Tsunamis
Aftershocks hitting
Running people everywhere
Tumbling buildings fall
Help is coming
Quiet people in shock
Uh oh the roads have cracked
Action is everywhere
Kids can be heard crying
Everyone is scared
Cory

Earthquakes in Japan
A tsunami in Japan
Rain and storms pound them
Tsunamis are dangerous for the people
Help is coming from all around the world
Quakes are very horrible
Using helicopters to help
An earthquake can happen, anywhere, anytime
Kids have died
Everyone is in shock

Everyone running for their lives
A bad time
Rubbish on the streets
Terrible matters
Houses crushed
Queen Elizabeth helping
Unique people are helping
Amazing people have survived
Kids have died
Everything is scary
Sam

Earthquakes in Japan
Aftershocks in Japan
Running away from Tsunamis
Terrible homes destroyed
Helicopters try to help people
Quivering buildings
Unique people offering to help
Animals are dying
Kids dying
Everyone is frightened
Queenie

Earthquakes are unstoppable
A tsunami has hit
Rocks are falling down the hill
The tsunami was really strong
Houses have been destroyed
Quakes are really strong
Use yourself to escape
An earthquake is hard on them
Kind people help everywhere
Earths plates moving cause the quake.
Katipa