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Cinquain Poetry

3rd Grade

Cinquain Poetry

3rd GradeNicole Schuknecht and Brooke

Meeks ECED 4300 A Dr.Tonja RootSpring 2009

Nicole Schuknecht & Brooke Meeks, ECED 4300 A. Spring 2009

PrewritingNicole Schuknecht


Georgia Performance Standard

•ELA3W1- The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The studentm. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.Nicole Schuknecht & Brooke Meeks, ECED 4300 A. Spring 2009

Primary Learning Outcome

The student will demonstrate the structure of Cinquain Poetry by creating their own Cinquain Poem.


Cinquain Poetry

•An unrhymed poem consisting of five lines

•Describes something•Specific lines are designated for a certain number of words and certain types of words

Nicole Schuknecht & Brook Meeks, ECED 4300 A. Spring 2009

•1st line: 1 noun telling the subject of the poem

•2nd line: 2 adjectives describing the subject of the poem (line 1)


Cinquain Poetry

•3rd line: 3 –ing verbs showing action about the subject of the poem (line 1)

•4th line: 4 or 5 word phrase describing the subject (line 1)


Cinquain Poetry

Cinquain Poetry

•5th line: a synonym replacing the title of subject (line 1)


Example: storm/tornado (hurricane or blizzard)

Line 1 is general Line 5 is specific

•Noun: names a person, place or thing

•Verb: expresses action•Adjective: describes a noun or pronoun

•Adverb: describes or modifies an action


Prewriting Stage

•1st step in the writing process

•What you do before you write

•Organize your ideas and thoughts


Key components of

prewriting•Choose a topic•Pick a form•Choose an audience•Pick a purpose•Create a Graphic Organizer


•Form- Cinquain Poetry•Audience- Teacher and Peers•Purpose- to entertain or inform

•Graphic Organizer- Shows the specific ideas we need to list to create a Cinquain poem


Graphic organizer


Noun

Subject of your poem

________________________________

Adjectives

Words that describe the subject of the poem

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

Action Verbs

List some -ing action verbs that describe the subject’s action

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

Phrase

A four-five word phrase that describes the subject

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Synonyms

Words with similar meaning as the subject

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

____________________________________________

Modified by Nicole Schuknecht from Douglas, C. (2008). Cinquain Poetry Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University. Valdosta, GA.

Example of a Cinquain Poem

LionGolden, Strong

Staring, Creeping, PouncingA hunter on the prowl

Predator


(2003). Writing Cinquain Poetry. Retrieved March 31, 2009, from http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/5-6/activities/poetry/cinquain.html

Practice activity

Guided Practice (3rd grade)

•Brainstorm ideas for a topic•Consider the purpose and the audience

•We will use the shared pen technique to brainstorm


Practice cont.•Line 1: name a general topic•Line 2: Brainstorm 4-5 adjectives to describe the topic

•Line 3: Brainstorm 4-5 verbs to describe the topic


Practice cont.

•Line 4: Brainstorm 2-3 four word phrases to describe the topic

•Line 5: Rename the topic using a synonym and be specific


Assessment

It is your turn to complete your own graphic organizer for your

Cinquain Poem


Assessment cont.

–Choose a topic–Brainstorm 4-5 adjectives–Brainstorm 4-5 verbs –Brainstorm 3-4 phrases–Brainstorm 3-4 synonyms


DraftingBrooke Meeks


Georgia Performance

Standard–ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student

m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

Nicole Schuknecht & Brooke Meeks, ECED 4300 A. Spring

2009

Primary Learning Outcome

The student will demonstrate the structure of Cinquain Poetry by creating their own Cinquain Poem.


Drafting Stage•Second stage of the writing process

•We will be using the graphic organizer that you completed during prewriting to help you create your poem.


Drafting stage cont.

•Drafting is putting all of your ideas down on paper

•You do not have to worry about mechanics during this stage of writing.


Drafting stage cont.

•Make sure that you include everything needed for a cinquain poem to be complete


Drafting stage

•During this stage there are 6 main things that need to be focused on:


Drafting stage cont.–Title– One noun–Two adjectives–Three –ing action verbs–A four or five word phrase–A synonym


Practice

•Now we will use the graphic organizer that was completed during prewriting as a reference for writing your cinquain poem.


Practice cont.•Focus on the topic of your poem

•Do not worry about mechanics such as capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, etc.


Cinquain Rough Draft

_________________

(Subject: one word)

_________________ _________________

(Two adjectives describing Line 1)

__________________ __________________ __________________

(Three –ing verbs describing Line 1)

__________________ __________________ __________________ _______________

(One phrase describing Line 1)

___________________

(One Synonym renaming line 1)


Example of a Cinquain Poem

Dog Loyal, Brave

Loving, Playing, Guarding Best friend of man

Pet


(2008). Poem Hunters.com. Retrieved March 31, 2009, from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cinquain-poems/

(2008). DogBreedInfoCenter. Retrieved March 31, 2009, from http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images19/BloodhoundAbby4Months.JPG

Assessment•Now you will write your first draft of a cinquain poem independently using your graphic organizer.

•Your Cinquain poem should look very similar to the examples that you were shown.


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