Cinquain
A cinquain is a poem consisting of 5 verses, which can be used for many different things
in an EFL classroom. This is the pattern of the poem:
1. the
first line is a noun describing the subject of the poem;
2. the
second line consists of two adjectives describing the noun in the first line;
3. the
third line contains three verbs (infinitive or gerund form) that give more
information about the subject;
4. the
fourth line is a four-word phrase describing feelings related to that subject;
5. the
fifth line is a noun again, a synonym of the subject in the first line.
When
doing literature, you can ask your students to write a cinquain about the story
or about another poem. You can ask them to write a cinquain when introducing a new
subject to see what their pre-knowledge is or use it as an introduction for a discussion
in class. When there are some problems in the class you can also tell them to
write a cinquain to express their feelings and you can always use this type of
poem to introduce certain parts of speech, new vocabulary or practice their
writing skills.
Have
you ever used a cinquain in your classroom? How was it accepted?
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