A cinquain is a type of form poem, like a haiku, that follows certain rules for each line. Our students stretched their creativity to write poems about nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns--making them think about the ordinary in a way they probably never have before. Check out some of these great poems.
Verbs
active, involved
doing, showing, acting
the main action words
sentence-makers
by: Nathan Wenger
Pronouns
different, switchable
confusing, helping, replacing
words that replaces names
replacer
by: Makayden Lofthouse
Adjectives
descriptive, explanatory
describing, helping, categorizing
illustrative word
description
by: Russell Floyd
Adjectives
descriptive, explainable
helping, describing, specifying
word that describes something
helpful
by: Guillermo Fuentes
active, involved
doing, showing, acting
the main action words
sentence-makers
by: Nathan Wenger
Pronouns
different, switchable
confusing, helping, replacing
words that replaces names
replacer
by: Makayden Lofthouse
Adjectives
descriptive, explanatory
describing, helping, categorizing
illustrative word
description
by: Russell Floyd
Adjectives
descriptive, explainable
helping, describing, specifying
word that describes something
helpful
by: Guillermo Fuentes
