Bravehearts
An acrostic poem, and a note of thanks
Write an acrostic poem and a note of thanks.
Two short pieces of writing to end the unit, plus how to say some of its words.
An acrostic poem: the first letter of each line, read downwards, spells a word. A poem and a puzzle at once! The book's example spells PATRIOT:
Proud of motherland / Always alert I stand / Time, my concern never / Respect to her, forever / In worse times or better / Our love has no end / To me, my country is my friend.
Read across: a soldier speaking. Read the first letters down: what the soldier is. Now write your own on SOLDIER: seven letters, seven lines, starting S, O, L, D, I, E, R.
Second: a note of thanks, about 50 words, admiring the soldiers' selfless service. Start: "Dear Bravehearts, I would like to ..." Fifty words is short, so every word must count. Say what you're grateful for, in your own words.
Pronunciation. A syllable is a beat of sound in a word. In a word with more than one syllable, one beat is stressed (said more strongly).
| Word | Syllables | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| vassal | 2 | VA-sul (rhymes with apple) |
| successor | 3 | suhk-SEH-suh (stress in the middle; the final r isn't said) |
| resolve | 2 | ri-ZOLV (the s sounds like z) |
Four are monosyllabic (one syllable only):
| Word | Say it |
|---|---|
| rash | the a of rat |
| league | the long ee of seed |
| wrath | 'roth' (silent w) |
| seize | 'seez' (not 'size') |
One-syllable words have no stress: there's nothing for the stress to stand out against!
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