In Literacy, the class created cinquain poems. Cinquain poems come in three formats:

 

 

Pattern 1: Line one – one word

Line two – two words

Line three – three words

Line four – four words

Line five – one word

 

 

Pattern 2: Line one – a noun

Line two – two adjectives

Line three – three -ing words

Line four – a phrase

Line five – another word for the initial noun

 

 

Pattern 3: Line one – two syllables

Line two – four syllables

Line three – six syllables

Line four – eight syllables

Line five – two syllables

 

 

The children explored the three different patterns and then selected a pattern to follow, going on to create their own cinquain poem. After these were written, the children created a PowerPoint display to present their poems. Here are some examples of the children’s work.