Introduction to Poetry - The Cinquain Poem

Yesterday I introduced you to a new unit ~~Poetry~~. I read you the book titled, “Nuts to You!” by Lois Ehlert. What a little mischievious squirrel! What we noticed about the book is that every page consisted of rhyming words. Here is a list of rhyming words you came up with:

1. He - She

2. Wheel - Feel

3. Run - Fun

4. Squirrel - Pearl

We then came to the conclusion that this book was a type of poetry! Can all of you remember what type?

We made a poetry web and we came up with the following key words that we thought reflected poetry:

1. Long

2. Short

3. Rhyming

4. Patterns

5. Poems

6. Acrostic

7. Haiku

Well done class!

To review, I taught you about the Cinquain poem. Can any of you remember how many rules a CINQUAIN poem consists of.... I'll give you a hint...How many fingers on a hand? Yes! 5! Here they are:

Line 1:
one word(subject or noun)
Line 2:
two words(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3:
three words(action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4:
four words(feelings or a complete sentence) that relates to line 1
Line 5:
one word(synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up)

Look at the following pictures I took in class above. You all followed the rules impressively!