Thursday, 10 November 2016

Poetry- Cinquains


Cinquains

A cinquain is a five-line poem that was invented by Adelaide Crapsey. She was an American poet who took her inspiration from Japanese haiku and tanka. Cinquains are particularly vivid in their imagery and are meant to convey a certain mood or emotion. 
This example of a cinquain was composed by Keyanie Desir-Cools and chrishner Ishmael
Enjoy 

Monkey
Brown, Hairy
Squeaking, Swinging, Walking
Steals and gobbles up bananas
Greedy!
Image result for monkey eating a banana

Keyanie Desir-cools
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16 comments:

  1. Unknown12 November 2016 at 07:14

    HAHA! Loved the performance! One to remember for sure!

    -Nikita

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    1. Unknown12 November 2016 at 18:14

      lol thanks

      Keyanie

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    2. Unknown17 November 2016 at 02:33

      That makes two of us Nikita darling and so was your poem, the limerick on "Matter".

      Pixie Thel (Thelsa J. Philgence)

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  2. Unknown12 November 2016 at 19:33

    After this session on poetry, I visualize cinquaines as a wonderful introductory activity.

    Priscillia

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  3. chrishminthel12 November 2016 at 19:46

    This was the best class I've had for my entire time spent at Teacher's College..a day to remember. Very informative and entertaining.

    Chrishner

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  4. Unknown14 November 2016 at 17:25

    After this lesson, I have developed a greater love for writing poems. I would also like to use cinquains in my classroom as an evaluation activity. After students have learnt about different topics in their entirety, students can write cinquains about the topic and share it with the class. This activity will be more meaningful and engaging for students.

    Gizelle Edward

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  5. Unknown14 November 2016 at 17:51

    I COULD VIVIDLY REMEMBER THIS PRESENTATION. LOL. THIS TYPE OF POEM WOULD BE WONDERFUL S AN EVALUATION TO TEST KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

    SHADITTA

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  6. Unknown15 November 2016 at 17:13

    This was a presentation which caught my attention. It had me to think of ways that I could engage my students in writing poetry in all subject areas....Shameika

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  8. Unknown17 November 2016 at 02:41

    I may not know much about Adelaide Crapsey but the fact that she got her inspiration from the Japanese, I am in love with her. After all Japan is one country I am dying to visit before going 6 ft under. They are a set of people I consider to be extremely brilliant (exclude the fact that the country is highly polluted in air pollution).

    Pixie Thel (Thelsa J. Philgence)

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  9. Unknown29 November 2016 at 10:17

    This lesson had me to realize that cinquains can be used as a concluding activity in all subject areas. The students can summarize the content of the lesson in the form of a cinquain.....Shameika

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  11. janmarline29 November 2016 at 12:03

    I really enjoyed that lesson, there were some great performances and yeah Shameika great idea. Marla.

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  12. The Aspiring Writer2 December 2016 at 10:27

    I enjoyed the lesson on cinquains in our LIT class. This is my first time learning about them. I like the cinquain published here, but i dislike bananas. Oops!! ..Gisele Antoine

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  13. Unknown9 December 2016 at 18:30

    This class was very interesting. IT brought back many memories of Literature class way back in secondary school days.

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