Kiwiana – Quilt – Acrostic Poetry

A fun poetry writing activity when studying New Zealand identity / Kiwiana.

Write an acrostic poem and colour the picture. Cut and arrange like a quilt. This looks fabulous displayed on the wall.

Two Options:
♦ With picture – just add colour.
♦ Without picture – draw your own.

There are 26 different templates altogether.
Made on A4 size paper.
Each template measures approximately 26cm x 13cm.

There are 13 templates with the picture on the left hand side, and 13 templates with the picture on the right hand side. Use the same amount of each in order to display like a quilt (see the image on the cover page above for an example).

Included:
♦ Swanndri
♦ Pavlova
♦ Gumboots
♦ Hokey Pokey Ice Cream (poem shortened to ‘Hokey Pokey’)
♦ Jandals
♦ Monarch Butterfly (poem shortened to ‘Monarch’)
♦ No. 8 Wire
♦ Poi
♦ Rugby
♦ Silver Fern
♦ Haka
♦ Feijoas
♦ Kiwi
♦ Pūkeko
♦ Pōhutukawa
♦ Pāua Shell
♦ Kūmara
♦ Hei-Tiki
♦ Koru
♦ Harakeke Kete (poem shortened to ‘Flax Kete’)
♦ Kiwifruit
♦ Mince Pie and Tomato Sauce (poem shortened to ‘Pie & Sauce’)
♦ Black Singlet
♦ New Zealand Flag (poem shortened to ‘NZ Flag’)
♦ Pounamu
♦ Fish and Chips (poem shortened to ‘Fish & Chips’)

Given the differing lengths of the words in the poems, this activity is easily tailored to your student’s ability/speed. Short poems (eg POI) can be given to your less able students and long poems (eg BLACK SINGLET) can be given to your more able students,

Please note that 24 of the images are hand drawn, and 2 (Kiwi and Pūkeko) are digitally drawn. All of the images were designed by the same NZ artist. Please be prepared for 24 of the pictures to not have perfect lines, rich black colour, etc, like the digitally drawn images that we are all used to!

More Kiwiana / NZ resources available in my store.

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