Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Cinquain Poems

What happens when the lines of a poem grow, then stop short? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a cinquain is a five-line poem with 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables, count syllables line by line, fix a line that does not fit, and write their own.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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