What Makes Something Alive - Virginia Department of Education

Session 2.4 – Animal Poetry Introduction
Teacher Questions & Notes
Procedures
8. Model and write a class cinquain using the animal and describing
words from the class book.
9. Have each student select an animal that they will write a cinquain
about. Students can look at the seven-column chart that was made
by the class during Topic 2, Session 2.1 to get an idea for an animal
if they are unsure what animal to select.
10. Begin to prepare students to write a cinquain in the next session. To
prepare for writing the cinquain, have students brainstorm and
organize their ideas in their journal. Use the Cinquain
Brainstorming sheet (pg. 52). (This page will be used again in
Topic 2, Session 2.5.)
“Animal Poetry” (pg. 282) is a Project WILD activity that use poetry as a method to learn about the
environment. “Water Wings” (pg. 110) is another activity that uses poetry and can be found in Project
WILD Aquatic.
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