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maria frencia
12-06-2010, 09:58 PM
:)hello
this is one of the poetry exercises i have given to my students in my poetry class as i thought of giving them simple and fun poetry activity yet challenging as well...
about writing cinquain (pronounced as "sin-cane")
a cinquain is a five-line poem which follows three patterns:
pattern 1:
line 1 -one word
line 2 -two words
line 3 -three words
line 4 -four words
line 5 -one word
pattern 2
line 1 -a noun
line 2 -two adjectives
line 3 -three -ing words
line 4 -a phrase
line 5 -another word for the noun
pattern 3
line 1 -two syllables
line 2 -four syllables
line 3 - six syllables
line 4 -eight syllables
line 5 -two syllables

i asked my students to write 3 examples of cinquain,following the three patterns and topic should be related to Christmas

...and here are the best outputs i got:

from section SPECIAL SCIENCE CLASS -1
rheamie fuyunan:)

light
shining, shimmering
lighting the world
and making sad people
happy

fireworks
glorious, graceful
lighting, shining, kissing
over the dark sky
yehey!

Christmas
love and giving
helping one another
and remember the birth of Christ
our Lord


christy petingaly:)

Santa
kind man
gives children presents
makes christmas happy and
complete

fireworks
colorful, wonderful
twinkling, shining, shimmering
under the sky
amazing

lanterns
yellow, blue
hanging beside the wall
i can feel the essence of love
Christmas


arthur chan:)


socks
put some
money, isn't it
funny, that's the christmas
spirit

Pointsettia
pretty, reddish
amazing, shimmering, blooming
at the christmas tree that you've always
see

happy
is what you feel
during christmas day
i thought that it's the best season
christmas


ryan neri:)

trees
christmas tree
let us light
it, for a bright
tomorrow

snow
cold, beautiful
falling, moving, covering
the roads and streets
wow!

Jesus
Jesus Christ, He
sacrificed His life, so
let us give thanks to our only
Savior


from SECTION SAMPAGUITA -1
loida mayormita:)

christmas
family day
once a year
truly happy and gay
together

oranges
orange and green
people picked from the tree
i swear you'll like it very muh
healthy


katherin dumbasi:)

light
beautiful, colorful
in christmas tree
i wonder how it lights
beautifully

party
enjoy and happy
eating, laughing, dancing
many people around the world
celebrate


from section WALING-WALING
ritchel romo:)

Jesus
happy, humble
surprising, giving, kissing
Jesus is God's gift to us
Pray


Ergie Geverola:)

Mary
Beautiful, helpful
loving, giving, delivering
Jesus is born to her
sacrifice