LESSON PLAN

Subject: Language Arts Grade: 5 Date: April 9, 2018

Essential Question: What is a cinquain poem?
Lesson: Introducing Cinquain Poems Time: 9:05-10:05
SLOs:
2.2 Respond to Text
Experience various texts
• experience oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions
and genres, such as historical fiction, myths, biographies, poetry, news reports and
guest speakers
• write or represent the meaning of texts in different forms

Instructional Objectives:
Knowledge:

Students will know how to identify a cinquain poem

Students will understand that a cinquain poem does not have a rhyme scheme

Skill:
Students will be able to write their own cinquain poem

Key Questions:
What is a cinquain poem?
What are the rules for a cinquain poem?
What is the rhyme scheme?
How many words are on each line?

Materials:
Good copy paper for cinquain poem
Rules for word cinquain poem
Example cinquain poems on power point
List of adjectives and verbs for students to reference

Preparation:
Print good copy cinquain paper enough for each student
Upload copy of cinquain poems on the smartboard
Upload examples of cinquain poems to display on the smartboard
Make out of order cinquain poem for students to reorganize.
Make list of adjectives and verbs for students to reference.

Adaptations:
- If students are struggling to determine the rules for the cinquain poem, ask
probing questions such as “how many words are in each line?” and “what is the
relationship between the first line and the second line?”
 - Students who write below grade level, can work with a partner to brainstorm ideas
for a poem and for help editing
- The poems will be read aloud for students who are auditory learners.
- Poems will also be written on the smartboard for visual learners

Lesson Procedure:
Intro (10 minutes)
1. We have learned a lot about different types of poems already. Can you name all
the different types of poems we have learned about so far?
2. Last time you wrote haiku poems. Does anyone want to share their poem? Have 3
or 4 students share their poem. (those who are not finished the haiku poems will
have some time during the work period to complete it).
3. Today we are going to be learning about a new type of poem called a cinquain
poem.

Body (45 minutes)

4. Pull up a cinquain poem on the whiteboard
5. Have students look at the structure.
6. Their job is to determine the rhyme scheme, theme, the rule for for each line. For
example, the second line can only have two words.
7. Students discuss with their elbow partners.
8. Students inform the class what they think the rules are for writing this type of
poem.
9. Record the predictions for the rules
10. Put up another cinquain poem and have students see if the rules they made for the
first poem is correct for the second poems as well.
11. Inform students of the rules, that there are five line, 11 words, the first line only
had one word which is the theme or the title of the poem, second line two words.
Ask students what type of words are they and what their relationship is regarding
the first word or is there any relationship at all?
12. Now show students a cinquain poem that has the lines mixed up. Again with their
elbow partner determine the correct order of the poem.
13. Students share what the correct order of the poem is.
14. Now let’s write one together using the list of adjectives and verbs.
15. After writing one together. Inform students that they will be writing their own
cinquain poem. I want them to write it about their favorite food.
16. Review expectations for poem writing. Write a rough draft, self-edit, peer edit and
retrieve a good copy paper and write.
Closure (5 minutes)
17. Students put their rough draft into their L.A. duo tangs. Had to get it checked
before putting it away.

Assessment:
Formally assess students answers to questions such as: “what is the rhyme scheme of the
poem” or “what are the rules of cinquain poems?”
Formally assess students answers to questions such as “ what type of poems have we
learned about so far?”
Summatively assess completed cinquain poems
Formally assess students rough drafts of their cinquain poems