Acrostic
POEMS
An acrostic is a structured poem in which the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase, vertically. The poem can describe the
subject or tell a brief story about it. Read the acrostic below and create your own garden-related acrostics.
Definition of Carrots
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C rammed with vitamin
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A, you see, these
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R oots grow in
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Source: Lettuce Introduce You: Poems about Food, Laura Purdie Salas
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Agriculture in the Classroom
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