Transcript Cinquain Poetry Kelsey Case Korey Allen

ECED 4300C
Dr. Tonja Root
Spring, 2008
Prewriting: Korry Allen
GPS

ELA2W1 The student
demonstrates
competency in the
writing process. The
student
a. Writes text of a length
appropriate to address a
topic and tell the story.
PLO
Students will plan
and organize
components of
the poem by
using a graphic
organizer.
Prewriting: Form of Writing
 Form of Writing:
 A cinquain poem is a five-line poem that describes either a person, a
place or a thing. In this poem, specific lines are designated for a certain
number of words and a certain type of word. Below is an overview of
what should be included.
 First line includes one word that is the subject of the poem
 Second line includes two words that describe the subject
 Third line includes three action words that the subject does (-ing
words)
 Fourth line includes a phrase that includes something else that
describes the subject
 Fifth line includes one or two words that rename what the poem is
about (synonyms)
Prewriting
 Stage of Writing:
 This is the stage of writing that helps you organize your
thoughts and gets you ready to write! During the
prewriting stage, we think about four key components.
These include form, purpose, audience, and topic. Our
form is a cinquain poem. Our purpose is to entertain,
and the audience is our classmates. In order to write a
cinquain poem, we need to find a topic that we want to
write about, and then sort out our thoughts so our poem
makes sense.
Graphic Organizer
Example
APA Citation
 Read,Think,Write, National Council
Grace
Amazing, Smart
Acting, Dancing, Flying
Anything She Wants To Be
Grace
of Teachers of English, & IRA
(2003). Cinquain Graphic
Organizer. Retrieved April 2, from
http://www.readwritethink.org/l
esson_images/lesson51/cinqgrap
hic-grace.pdf
Prewriting: Practice Activity
 The students will use the graphic organizer to create a cinquain
poem. The teacher and students will work together to create the
poem on the given topic. For each line of the poem, the students
and teacher will brainstorm together to pick the perfect words
and phrases. The topic is summertime.
 The teacher will have a copy of the graphic organizer on the
computer, and the students would each have a copy of the
graphic organizer.
 As the teacher discusses each line and writes in what the
students’ say, the students will write the information on to their
own graphic organizers.
Prewriting: Assessment activity
 To assess the students during the prewriting process,
students will draw a topic from a bowl. The bowl will
include words of all types but words that the students
are familiar with.
 The students are to fill in the blanks of the graphic
organizer on their own.
 If the student completes the poem using the correct
words for that particular line, they have completed this
assignment.
GPS
 ELA2W1 The student
demonstrates competency in
the writing process. The
student
a. Writes text of a length
appropriate to address a
topic and tell the story.
PLO
Students will write
a poem using the
cinquain graphic
organizer
 Form of Writing:
 A cinquain poem is a five-line poem that describes either a person, a
place or a thing. In this poem, specific lines are designated for a certain
number of words and a certain type of word. Below is an overview of
what should be included.
 First line includes one word that is the subject of the poem
 Second line includes two words that describe the subject
 Third line includes three action words that the subject does (-ing
words)
 Fourth line includes a phrase that includes something else that
describes the subject
 Fifth line includes one or two words that rename what the poem is
about (synonyms)
 Stage of Writing:
 This stage of writing is where you get your ideas down
on paper. You use the ideas that you created in your
prewriting, to figure out what you are going to write
about. The ideas are in written form, not focusing on
the mechanics of the actual poem.
Example
APA Citation
 Read,Think,Write, National Council
Firefighter
Brave, Smart
Saving, Climbing, Rescuing
Spraying Water from a Hose
Hero
of Teachers of English, & IRA
(2003). Cinquain Graphic
Organizer. Retrieved March 20,
from
http://www.readwritethink.org/less
on_images/lesson51/cinqgraphicfirefighter.pdf
 As a guided practice activity, students will create a cinquain poem with
a partner. A different topic will be given to each group of students. The
topics will be related to a specific subject area that is being discussed in
class. The students will be told what type of word goes on each line
and then they will use their own words to create their own poem.
Remind students that they are just coming up with the words, not
focusing on the mechanics of the poem.
 The teacher will go one line at a time, giving the students the
guidelines and then allowing the student to discuss with their partner
possible words, then finish that line before moving on to the next.
 Once the students are finished with their poems, they are to share
them with the others. This will allow the students to see that even if
they are using the same topic as others, all the poems will be different.
 To assess the students during the drafting process,
students will draw a topic from a bowl. The bowl will
include words of all types but words that the students
are familiar with.
 The students are to simply come up with words for
each line, as they did with their partner.
 If the student completes the poem using the correct
words for that particular line, they have completed this
assignment.