Cinquain Poetry By: Jillian Soucy & Melissa Forte 3rd Grade Dr. Tonja Root ECED 4300 C

The Prewriting Stage Jillian Soucy GPS: ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Prewrites to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

Prewriting Stage  PLO: Students will use the prewriting stage to form a cinquain poem.

Cinquain Poetry Poem with five lines Uses a syllable count of 2,4,6,8,2 Structured form of poetry Choose words for expression rather than for mechanics

Cinquain Poetry Lines: 1 noun/topic 2 adjectives that describe the topic 3 words that express action 4 words that express a feeling 1 word that refers to the title

Prewriting Stage Determine Audience Research Topic Use graphic organizer Stage for planning Search for ideas Gather information

Graphic Organizer Name______________________ Date_______________________ Cinquain Graphic Organizer A cinquain is a five-line poem that describes a person, place, or thing. dessert a one-word title, a noun cold, creamy two adjectives eating, giggling, licking three -ing participles cone with three scoops a phrase ice cream a synonym for your title, another noun Use this organizer to write your own cinquain. 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 participles that describe what your poem is about 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

Graphic Organizer Cinquain Poems.(n.d.) Retrieved October 24, 2009, ReadWriteThink Website. /lesson_images/lesson43/RWT PDF

Example 1 : Cinquain Poetry Baseball Bat cracks against The pitch, sending it out Over the back fence, I did it! Homerun Barden, C. (n.d.) Cinquain Poems. Retrieved October 25, 2009, from

Practice Activity for 3 rd Graders  Give class topic….. Winter  Class will work together and use the graphic organizer to fill in thoughts  Share examples for the students  Ensure the examples are read to the class in order to understand the sound of the syllables  Use elbow partner for any assistance

Assessment Activity  Now you will work on your own graphic organizer  New topic is……..Any animal of choice  Use thesaurus to expand vocabulary  Focus on thoughts, not complete sentences  Assessment will be based on completion of the entire graphic organizer and the connection to the topic

Drafting Stage Melissa Forte GPS: – ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Prewrites, to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct. PLO Students will write a rough draft using their graphic organizer.

Drafting Stage Main focus on content Skip lines with x’s Not final copy Label rough draft on top of paper

Cinquain Poetry Five line poem Line 1: one word (subject/noun) Line 2: two words (adjectives) Line 3: three words (action verb) Line 4: four words (phrase/feeling) Line 5: one word (sum)

Cinquain Poetry Example #1 Penguin black, white Waddling, swimming, leaping A tuxedo in the cold water emperor

Cinquain Poetry Example #2 Sheepdog Gentle, shaggy Ambling, rambling, shambling A rollicking hayrick of unruly hair Sadie

APA Citation (2009). Composing cinquain poetry with basic parts of speech.

Practice Activity 3rd Grade: Students will use the pre-writing graphic organizer to fill in the following: Line 1__________________ Line 2__________________ Line 3__________________ Line 4__________________ Line 5__________________

Assessment Activity 3rd grade Complete the cinquain poem Students assessed based on content of poem Students will have to use prior knowledge

Revising GPS: ELA2W1: The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. The students J. Rereads writing to self and others, revises to add details. PLO: Students will revise their drafts by adding, deleting, changing, and rearranging.

Cinquain Poetry Poem with five lines Structured form of poetry Line 1: one word (subject/noun) Line 2: two words (adjectives) Line 3: three words (action verb) Line 4: four words (phrase/feeling) Line 5: one word (sum)

Revising Put draft aside for several days for fresh start Main focus on content Read word by word (using finger) Anticipate/ meet the needs of readers through changing, adding, deleting, and rearranging content. Use proofreaders marks

Practice activity Students will read their drafts aloud to partner The partner will listen for compliments and give suggestions on how to change their drafts to make them better

Assessment Activity Students will use a red pen to make corrections. After making corrections the student will then hand it to their partner who will then revise in a different color pen.