Word Wednesday: Cinquin Poem

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Lava

Hot, liquidy

Moving, exploding, rolling

Large hole in mountain

Fire

When introducing poetry writing, we've attempted to avoid rhyming, as this can be very intimating. Poetry involves all sorts of patterns and templates: haiku, colour poems, alliteration, five senses, shape poetry. We introduced Cinquin poetry, 'cinq' meaning five lines. Each line then follows a template: Line One: 1 topic (noun), Line Two: 2 descriptive words (adjectives) Line Three: 3 action words (verbs) ending in -ing, Line Four: 4 word phrase, Line Five: 1 (new) noun. When complete, it should be shaped like a diamond.

Lava Rock

Hot, orange

Moving, flaming, burning

Moving upward fire fast

Lava Rock

EXPAND ON POETRY:

There's a rock in my sock said the ox to the fox. Using a large number of word families, this book was based on rhyme and rhythm.