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Kate Todd

Cinquain Poetry

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Subjects: English Language Arts
Standards: plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience (EN2.CWT-01.)

Student Instructions

Write a Cinquain Poem 🎯 Your Task You are going to write a cinquain poem about a topic of your choice (e.g. soccer, animals, weather, feelings, or something imaginative). 🧠 What is a Cinquain? A cinquain is a 5-line poem with a special structure: 1 word – your topic 2 adjectives – describing words 3 verbs – action words (ending in -ing) 4-word sentence – a feeling or idea 1 word – a synonym or summary πŸ“ Steps to Follow Choose your topic πŸ‘‰ Pick something you know a lot about or enjoy Use the word bank πŸ‘‰ Find adjectives and verbs to help describe your topic Plan your poem πŸ‘‰ Think about your words before you write Write your cinquain πŸ‘‰ Follow the 5-line structure carefully Check your work Ask yourself: Did I follow the structure? Did I use interesting adjectives? Did I use action verbs (-ing words)? Did I use different words (synonyms)? 🎀 How to Submit on Seesaw Choose ONE way to share your work: πŸ“Έ Take a photo of your written poem πŸŽ™οΈ Record yourself reading your poem ✍️ Type your poem directly into Seesaw 🌟 Challenge (Optional) Try using more powerful or unusual words Write a second cinquain on a different topic Add a drawing to match your poem βœ… Success Criteria βœ” I followed the cinquain structure βœ” I used adjectives and verbs βœ” I used interesting vocabulary βœ” My poem makes sense

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