How to Write a Cinquain Poem

Grade Levels

5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Related Academic Standards

CC.1.4.5.F CC.1.4.5.F

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

CC.1.4.5.K CC.1.4.5.K

Write with an awareness of style. • Use sentences of varying length. • Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

CC.1.4.5.M CC.1.4.5.M

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

CC.1.4.5.N CC.1.4.5.N

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

CC.1.4.5.O CC.1.4.5.O

Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

Expand

Description

This site contains two methods for writing a 5 line cinquain poem: one method uses the traditional syllable approach and the other method uses the a theme word approach.

Can Teach

Information