It’s time for a fun activity. If you have sharp colored pencils or fine-tipped markers, you will love this month’s activity. First, download the full-sized PDF file and print off the three pages. Color the horse at your leisure, then read about acrostics. Can you create one or two or three? If so, I’d love to see an image (send to CircleCAdventures@gmail.com). I’ll post any acrostic images on this post. Or write your acrostics in the comments for all to see.
What is an Acrostic? An acrostic is a type of poem that uses the letters of a particular word (called a focus word) to begin each line of the poem. This focus word is written in large letters along the left side of the paper. Every line in the poem must somehow relate to the focus word. Each letter in the focus word can be enlarged, colored and decorated.
You can use NAMES, PLACES, ACTIONS, CHARACTER TRAITS, or just about anything for your focus word. If you use a NAME, you might use one-word descriptions of the person and his or her character. As an example, I used the word INJURY from one of the stories in the new Stranger in the Glade book, “Specter from the Past.” Then I used a NAME (Andrea) and came up with something simple that might describe Andi. Have fun creating these!




Cool!
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Oh, cool! That sounds like fun!
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Cool, sounds fun!
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yay! I printed a few for me and my siblings, thx!
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My Acrostic:
TAFFY:
Truly brave
Andi’s first horse [that wasn’t a hand-me-down]
Fast
Friend to the end
Yellow or Golden in color
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I love it!
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I made an acrostic for Rosa:
Red ribbons are her favorite
Only daughter in her family
Silently supportive
Andi’s friend
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This is awesome!
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I made a acrostic for Melinda:
Mature
Elegant
Luxurious
In love with books and sewing
Nice
Dead set on marrying Peter (I couldn’t think of one for D haha)
Attractive
That was fun!! Thanks for posting, Mrs. M!! 🙂
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I think this is great! Thx for playing!
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and I made one for Justin
Justifying
Understanding
Soft hearted
Tender loving
Innocent
Nice
and one for Shasta:
Stunt horse
Hungry
Always fast
Scared from fire (in courageous love)
Taffy’s foal
Always loves Andi
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You are really getting into this! 😉
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scarred** not scared lol
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Oooh, fun!
Also, the coloring page is BEAUTIFUL!
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Thanks!
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Mrs.M
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here’s one for Jenny Grant:
Joyful
Energetic
Noisy
Noble
Youngest & oldest girl in her family(this one was hard lol)
thanks for doing this Mrs.M!
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But you were very creative with that Y! Good job!
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wow looks fun do I need to send you the photo of the horse I colored too??
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My acrostic:
Ellie:
Energetic
Loves the outdoors
Lively :)-
Interesting
Encouraging
the 2nd one:
Felicity:
Ferocious
Evil
Liar and very Lazy
Immature
Coquettish
Ill-tempered
Tattle-tale
Yammerer
(I was kinda of really hard on poor Felicity lol)
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THAT FELICITY ON EIS HILARIOUS!!! KEEP IT UP!!!
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thx😊
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I’m just grinning. These are wonderful!
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the 3rd one 🙂
Elizabeth (Andi’s mom)
Elegant
Loving
Impactful
Zealous for Jesus
Amazing mom
Beautiful
Exemplary
Tender-hearted
Happy
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Just . . . wow. Nicely done. You chose someone with a LONG name! 🙂
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I did another on Chad:
Caring though bossy (:
Horse rancher
Aaron is his middle name
Dad of 2 (for now)
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Good going. I love it!
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I did one on Mitch too:
Mitch is good at making friends
Intelligent
Thoughtful
Chase, his horse, is the fastest horse in the valley
Hard worker
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These acrostics are all so AWESOME. You are all so creative!
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I’m going to do one for Cory.
Cory=
Charming/Cute
Obedient
Radiant
Young at heart (OOO this Y one was hard… 😉
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But you pulled it off wonderfully well (the Y)).
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Awww, thx!!!
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Nice! And yes the y are always hard! lol
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Lol thx so much.
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Here is one for Riley:
Really good at being Andi’s husband
Interesting
Loves horses
Entertaining
Yearned to have a family(and now he does)
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Love it! Those Ys are tough. You did great..
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Thanks! These are so much fun to come up with!:)
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I’m going to do one more. I have a horse named Feather and hope this will sum him up!!!
Feather=
Fabulous horse
Eager to do what I want
Ageless (he is 21 now and acts like he is 5!!!)
Tense (I can’t get him to calm down LOL!!!)
Headstrong (You know what that means LOL)
Easy-Going (When he wants to be)
Radiant (Sorry, couldn’t find a different word.)
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Love this!!!
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I have a question. Where did the Cory Blake character quiz go? Did you take take it down because the contest ended about and hour ago? Also, awesome post! I tried making one one but I guess I don’t have enough patience lol!
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Yes, I took it down so I could announce the winner tomorrow and highlight in bold the correct answers.
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Whoops I meant to ‘an hour ago’ not ‘and hour ago’! Haha
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Whoops again I forgot to write ‘I meant to write’! Sorry for all these 😦 Haha
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Ok! Thank you, Mrs. M!
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Here’s one for Loony Lou
Likes his privacy
Odd
Old man
Nice
Yucky smelling cabin.
Lost dog, than adopted kitty
Outlandish
Unique
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This is very good and very creative! 👌
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Here’s a poem acrostic I made about WhirlWind, Chads loco horse:
When whirling wind whips round my face,
He raises his hooves, he comes down with grace.
I’m astounded by his marvelous face.
Rendering terror, he wants to chase.
Lovely he looks, colored like lace,
Whirlwind his name, fascinating his pace.
In his eyes, wild fire stood,
Neither he or I misunderstood,
Daring a horse, stronger than wood.
(I know that last line kinda cheesy haha)
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It’s very good!
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Thank you
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That’s really good! Great job!
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Wow, really nice, Faith!
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Thanks!
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Wow!! Great, Great, Great job, Faith!!!! 🙂
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Thx Tori! All of these are super awesome!!!😃
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ANDREA CARTER
Always getting into trouble
Never abandons anyone
Dear to all
Ready to help
Easy going
Always ready for action
Caring
Affectionate
Riley’s beloved
There for her family
Ever the quick-witted
Ready to ride
I hope you like it (^u^)
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Wow! I love it. You did better than I did on her name.
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Great Job Lizzy!!!
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Ty! ☺️
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Wow, these are all so cool!
I did one for Aunt Rebecca:
Relentless in social correctness,
Ever interfering in family matters,
Bossy to the end, especially with those she loved,
Ever the rule follower,
Carter and proud of it,
Couldn’t live in the country without the cities conveniences,
Always independent, Andrea was her favorite.
And one for Kate using her full name, Kathrine:
Kind
Adventures
Truthful
Headstrong
Repentant
Independent
Never giving up
Ever loved by her family.
And Jared:
Joyful
Adventures
Rosy
Energetic
Delightful.
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I love it!😊
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Oh my! These are wonderful!
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Here’s one for Riley:
Reliable
In love with Andi
Loves horses
Exciting
Younger then Melinda
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Great job!!!!
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So I decided to write an acronym poem about theater!
Terrific
Happiness
Excitement
Tiring but worth it
Elation throughout the entire show
Rehearsal fun
What do you think?
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I like it. Very unique. What made you choose theater?
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I was beginning Tech Week that day with my theater group. Since my mind was thinking about theater stuff, that was the first idea that popped into my head, I guess!
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