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...