What Makes Something Alive - Virginia Department of Education

Topic 2: Session 2.6 – Animal Poetry Completion
Session Supplies:
• Animal Cinquain Final Copy sheet (pg. 56)
Session Virginia SOL
Science English Mathematics History & Social Science
2.1 k 2.2 a, b, c, e
2.6 a, d
2.7 e
2.12 d
Session 2.6 – Animal Poetry Completion
Teacher Questions & Notes
Procedures
1. Pair students with a buddy to read and edit each other‟s cinquain
and provide suggestions for improvement, if needed.
2. Have students write and illustrate the final copy of their cinquain
on the Animal Cinquain Final Copy sheet (pg. 56).
Suggested Extensions
3. Make a class book using the student cinquains. The book may be
placed in the classroom library for students to reread later.
4. Students may write cinquains about other familiar objects.
5. Students may write a different type of poem about the animal they
chose for their cinquain.
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Virginia Animals and their Habitats
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