Teaching Resource
Writing a Cinquain Poem Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a cinquain poem.
Use this teaching resource when studying poetry in your classroom.
This worksheet has been designed to introduce students to the purpose, structure and language features of cinquain poems.
It also includes a writing scaffold for students to use when writing a cinquain poem of their own.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN2-6B
Identifies the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, distinguishes between different forms of English and identifies organisational patterns and features
- EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
- EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
- EN3-7C
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELT254
Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and prose
- VCELT316
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes
- VCELT344
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELT1600
Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the readerâs reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and proseElaborationsidentifying the effect of imagery in texts, for example the use of ...
- ACELT1606
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and punsElaborationsdefining spoonerisms, neologisms and puns and exploring ...
- ACELT1611
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odesElaborationsdiscussing how figurative language including simile and metaphor can ...
- ACELT1617
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verseElaborationsidentifying how language choice and imagery build emotional connection and engagement with th...
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Reviewed and corrected definitions.
Fix by Kristian Oct 21st, 2019
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The definition of a cinquain is incorrect. It is a verse of 5 lines with a syllable count for each line of 2,4,6,8,2. Please could you update this worksheet. It’s the 2nd time staff at school have included this in the teaching program but it is wrong.
Louise Bishop · Oct 22nd, 2019
Hi Louise,
This has been fixed and can be downloaded again.
Thanks so much for noticing this error on one of our resources.
If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kristian · Oct 22nd, 2019