Students investigate the important symbols to Native cultures by writing a poem.  For this animal totem lesson, students discuss animal spirits and their relation to the Native American lifestyle. Students write a cinquain poem...

Pupils describe the basic conventions of cinquain and interpret examples of cinquain. Students characterize the relationship between structure and meaning in cinquain. Pupils compose their own cinquain that describes a person, place, or...

An awesome collection of student-generated poetry about pumpkins. The site is fully illustrated with student work.