In our homeschool, we use the wonderful Institute for Excellence in Writing curriculum. We are in the middle of a unit on Christmas poetry. I didn't know if the kids would enjoy it or not, but their first foray into composing a poem went very well.
We began the unit learning about the form and structure of a cinquain. They have 5 lines and each line has a set number of syllables.
Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 4 syllables
Line 3: 6 syllables
Line 4: 8 syllables
Line 5: 2 syllables
Here are the results. I'm thrilled.
Ben's poem:
Christmas
Happy faces
Wonderful, Loving God
Who sent His Son to die for us
Jesus
Joshua wrote this:
Joyful
Time of giving
A star brightly shining
Tis the night of our Savior's birth
Christmas
(and yes, he knows we don't know the specific date)
Rebekah:
Christmas
Baby Jesus
A large star brightly shines
Angels together in chorus
Joyful
Elizabeth wrote this one:
Jesus
A Loving Friend
Who gave His Life for us
Defeated sin and rose again
Hopeful
I love them all!
The poems, too!!
Why don't you try writing your own Christmas cinquain?? I'm going to give it a try.
Wow, I am seriously impressed -- both with their poems and with you, for having the courage to teach them poetry!
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to try writing Christmas cinquains! Thanks for the inspiration (and instruction)!
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