Jennifer Webb and Car-ra Brimley ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2009 Car-ra Brimley and Jennifer Webb ECED 4300A Cinquain Poetry Fifth Grade Jennifer Webb and Car-ra Brimley ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2009

Prewriting/ Drafting PLO ELA5W4: The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. Jennifer Webb PLO

Primary Learning Outcome The students will complete a graphic organizer to plan and draft a cinquain poem. Jennifer Webb

Cinquain Poetry Non-rhyming five-line poem Describes a person, place, or thing Many different patterns of cinquain poems

Prewriting/ Drafting Generating ideas Decide on a topic and purpose Thinking and planning Organize thoughts Begin writing

Cinquain Graphic Organizer Name______________________________ Date______________________________ Cinquain Graphic Organizer A cinquain poem is a five-line poem that describes a person, place, or thing. Dessert cold, creamy eating, giggling, licking cone with three scoops ice cream a one-word title, a noun two adjectives three –ing verbs a phrase a synonym for your title, another noun Use this graphic organizer to write your own cinquain poem. 1_____________________________ a one word title, a noun that tells what your poem is about 2_______________, _____________ two adjectives that describe what you're writing about 3_________, ___________, _______ three -ing verbs that are related to the title of your poem 4_____________________________ a phrase that tells more about what you're writing about 5_____________________________ a synonym for your title, another noun that tells what your poem is about Modified from Gardner, T. (2009). Cinquain graphic organizer. Retrieved October 15, 2009, from http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson43/RWT016-2.PDF

Published Cinquain Ripley, J. (n.d.). Apples. Retrieved from, http://homepages.wmich.e d u/~j4gillia/cinquain.ppt

growing, falling, rolling ripening slowing on fruit trees treat Apples hearty, healthy growing, falling, rolling ripening slowing on fruit trees treat

Practice Activity Shared writing technique Topic: winter Line 1: title Line 2: two adjectives Line 3: three –ing verbs Line 4: a phrase Line 5: noun/synonym

Assessment Activity Decide on a topic Write your own cinquain Use graphic organizer to complete your poem

Revising/Editing Car-ra Brimley ELA5W3: The student uses research and technology to support writing. g. Uses a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings. Car-ra Brimley

Primary Learning Outcome The student will revise their cinquain poem by improving word choice and proofreading for mechanical errors. Car-ra Brimley

Cinquain Poetry Non-rhyming five-line poem Describes a person, place, or thing Many different patterns of cinquain poems

Revising/Editing Refine ideas and content Changing, adding, deleting, and rearranging words Proofread Correct mechanical errors

Published Cinquain Gardner, T. (2009). Penguins. Retrieved from, http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson43/RWT016-2.PDF

Penguin black, white waddling, swimming, leaping a tuxedo in the cold winter emperor

Practice Activity Shared writing technique Revise and edit classroom draft Use thesaurus to improve word choice Capitalize title and proper nouns Check spelling Check parts of speech

Assessment Activity Revise and edit your cinquain poem Use the thesaurus to modify word choice Correct mechanical errors Prepare poem to be published