Athletics Acrostic Poem

Try you hand at writing a Athletics themed Acrostic Poem. An Acrostic Poem is a poem where the first letter of each word on each line of the poem is the letter from a related word written vertically. Use the buttons under the poem to shuffle the words or to print this as a worksheet.

Athletics Acrostic Poem

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that cover running, throwing, jumping and walking. Athletics competitions can be traced back as far as 776 BC to the ancient Olympic games. Did you know that the Olympic gold medal is not actually made from gold, instead it is plated with 6 grams of gold.

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Try making a Athletics themed acrostic poem. Each line of your poem should start with a letter from the word RUNNING.