Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

PRINTOUTS

• Sample Cinquains handout
  
  
• Cinquain Graphic Organizer
  
  
• Cinquain Reflections Worksheet

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WEBSITES

• Serious Play: Reading Poetry with Children
• Sharing Poetry With Children
• Bringing Poetry and Children Together
• Seasonal Haiku

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PREPARATION

This lesson would follow class discussion about basic parts of speech. As a continuation and application of the concepts learned on parts of speech, in this lesson, students write poems which rely on different parts of speech for each line.

Make copies of worksheets for students as necessary, and be sure to evaluate the poems in the AMAZE collection to ensure that examples are appropriate for your students.

For tips and background information on reading poetry with children, see the NCTE tip sheet Bringing Poetry and Children Together or The Academy of American Poets' Serious Play: Reading Poetry with Children.

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