Acrostic poems make use of a keyword written vertically, where each line of the poem begins with a letter of the keyword. The structure of this formula poem combined with teacher modeling provides a scaffold for students, showing them how to think flexibly and develop ideas and choose interesting words. Moreover, encoding information in poetic form is a thought-provoking way to capture and retain important content. This article describes an instructional framework for teachers to extend acrostic poetry into content areas. (Contains 2 tables.)