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Acrostic Poems - KS2 Natural Disasters Topic

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Engage primary school writers using this acrostic poetry pack based on natural disasters. Pupils can use the templates provided in a variety of ways to create poems that demonstrate their knowledge of natural disasters that may be studied at school, for example volcanoes, earthquakes, flooding or hurricanes.

A variety of tier 3 vocabulary, linked to natural disasters, is included in the pack to link with natural disasters that you may be studying as part of a geography or history topic, or reading about in a class novel.

Teacher notes are also included, with guidance on how the resource could be used in the classroom.

Vocabulary included in this acrostic poetry pack:

  • DISASTER
  • NATURAL DISASTER
  • VOLCANO
  • EARTHQUAKE
  • FLOOD
  • HURRICANE
  • LANDSLIDE
  • DROUGHT
  • AVALANCHE
  • TSUNAMI
  • WILDFIRE
  • STORM

National Curriculum English programme of study links

  • compose and rehearse sentences orally, building a varied and rich vocabulary … (year 3/4 )
  • to select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning (year 5/6)

  • Poem templates
  • Teacher notes
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