1. CINQUAIN Penguin black white waddling, swimming, leaping a tuxedo in the cold water Emperor.

2. WHAT IS THE LAYOUT? Line 1: A one-word line, should be a noun. This is your subject. Line 2: Two adjectives about the subject. Line 3: Three verbs that end in –ing that are about the subject. Line 4: Four words about a feeling of the subject. Line 5: One word synonym about subject.

3. WHAT IS A NOUN? School Snowflake Planet Computer Ice cream Baseball  Person, place, thing or idea. Mr. Andrus Friendship Classroom Happiness Sunshine Gummy Bears

4. WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? Fuzzy Elegant Mysterious Quiet Soft Cold Creamy  Describing words that affect nouns Brown (Colors) Red Quick (Speed) Slow Huge (Size) Tiny Hard

5. WHAT IS A VERB? Dance Kick Run Yell Write Play Follow Be  Shows Action Fly Skip Jump Pounce Whisper Sneak Laugh

6. LETS DO ONE TOGETHER  Noun  Adjective, adjective  Verb, verb, verb (ending in ing)  Phrase, usually 4 words  Synonym

11. NOW IT’S TIME TO MAKE YOUR OWN CINQUAIN!