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Have you ever used Cinquan Poetry in your EFL class? I did the other day and was pleasantly surprised by the results. My adult EFL students wrote beautiful and evocative poems that moved me. Writing Cinquan Poetry doesn't take up much class time and as I have discovered, it's a fun and novel way to introduce poetry and review grammar points such as nouns, adjectives, and action verbs. Cinquan poetry is made up of five lines. Here's the breakdown: 1st line: a noun, your subject (1 word) Here are two examples: Toronto
I walked my students through it line by line. I had my students focus on an aspect of a country they would be visiting in the near future but any subject would do. Perhaps, you might give it a try and be pleasantly surprised as I was with the results. Copyright (c) 2005 Stefan Chiarantano- All rights reserved 5 CommentsLeave a comment | |
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Five
June 6, 2005 4:13 PM
I have seen both cinquain poems and cinquan poems used for this kind of poem. Are they both correct spellings for this kind of poetry?
Stefan Chiarantano
June 9, 2005 12:16 AM
Cinquain/Cinquan was invented by Adelaide Crapsey. It is a poem of five lines. This poetry was introduced to me under the spelling of 'Cinquan'. Cinquan refers to Cinquain.
Justin Hodges
April 30, 2006 9:44 PM
Great idea! Thanks!
kyle ford
May 1, 2006 8:40 AM
how was cinpuan poetry invented?
kim mcferson
May 1, 2008 3:46 AM
who invented cinquain poetry