1. 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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. 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

7. Published Cinquain
Ripley, J. (n.d.). Apples Retrieved from, d u/~j4gillia/cinquain.ppt

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

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

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

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

15. Published Cinquain
Gardner, T. (2009). Penguins. Retrieved from,

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

17. 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

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