Cinquain 

Cinquain (pronounced "cin-kain") is a five-line poem or stanza using one of the following formats:

Cinquain 1

 Line 1 -  one word for the topic (subject or noun)
Line 2 -  two words that describe your topic (adjectives)
Line 3 -  three  words that describe actions related to your topic (action verbs)
Line 4 – four words that describe feelings related to your topic 
Line 5 – one word that is another name for your topic (synonym for  line 1 or something that sums it up)

Cinquain 2

Line 1 - two syllables
Line 2 - four syllables
Line 3 - six syllables
Line 4 - eight syllables
Line 5 - two syllables

Cinquain 3

Line 1: One word

Line 2: Two words

Line 3: Three words

Line 4: Four words

Line 5: One word

 

_________________________

(Title)

____________________________________

(Description)

_____________________________________________

(Action)

_________________________________________________________

(Feeling)

_____________________________

(Synonym)

Format retrieved from http://www.abcteach.com/Writing/cinquain.htm

You are invited to write a Cinquain about a main event, object, person, place or idea that occurred during the reading of this section from Peter and the Starcatchers.

Feel free to use the following web sites for support.

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/coleres.htm (Lesson plan providing support)

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm

(Three formats)