Thursday, July 10

Good Morning!

You guys continue to rock my world! I am so impressed by your commitment to the project, and respectfulness to other people who were working longer than you may have been! :) Thanks.

Today is your presentations. You'll have 5-10 minutes to "tweek" anything, and then we'll get started.

When we are done, I want to have you write a quick cinquain poem using MS-Word.





Directions for a Digital Cinquain

** Ideas for a cinquain "theme" might be: technology, events, animals, math terms, etc....


1) Compose a Cinquain poem. Use the following reminders to create your poem:

The best-known form of cinquain poetry was created in the early 1900s by a poet named Adelaide Crapsey. These cinquains are similar to haiku in that the rules for writing them are based on syllables.

Cinquain poems have the following pattern:

• Line 1 - 2 syllables


• Line 2 - 4 syllables


• Line 3 - 6 syllables


• Line 4 - 8 syllables


• Line 5 - 2 syllables

An alternate version of the cinquain poem, often called a “word cinquain” is based on words, instead of syllables. “Word cinquains” have the following pattern:

• Line 1 - 1 word


• Line 2 - 2 words


• Line 3 - 3 words


• Line 4 - 4 words


• Line 5 - 1 word

There are no specific rules about writing a cinquain other than that it must have five lines and the correct syllable count (or, if writing a word cinquain, the correct word count).

Part 2:
Step-by-step directions for making a Word document using word art after simply typing the poem.

1. After you have typed your poem, use WordArt to make the first and last lines stand out. Look at the top of the screen, click on the INSERT tab. In the ribbon, you will see the WordArt button.
2. Highlight the first word of your poem. You can easily highlight a word by double clicking on that word.
3. After the word is highlighted, select the crooked A in the ribbon, for WordArt.
4. When you click on the crooked letter A, a dialog box will open. Select the one you wish your word to look like, and then click OK.
5. Your word will be in the box. Click OK at the bottom of that box.
6. The word will appear on the page in WordArt. The word has changed into a picture. Use the Enter key to move the other words down further on the page to get back your alignment.
7. Repeat the task for the last word of your poem.
8. After completing your Cinquain, you will save it to the server for me to print and you to take home!

Example: