Writing a Cinquain Poem about Sheep or Wool

Write a five line poem about something that you learned from the internet sheep farm field trip or the video clips.

First Line: A one word title (one or two syllables)
Second Line: 4 syllables -  describes title
Third Line: 6 syllables -  expresses action
Fourth Line: 8 syllables - expresses a feeling
Fifth Line: Another word for the title (one or two syllables)

Here is an example:

Lambs White ones, black ones Running in the meadow Growing wooly, mother watches. Sheep

 

Print this page and write your poem here:

• Cut your poem from the page. 

• Take another sheet of paper.

• Draw a large sheep on it and color the picture. 

• Draw the sheep large enough so that your poem will fit in the middle of it. 

• Paste your poem inside the colored sheep.

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Last revised on April 1, 2005