Miss Carroll's Class / Sensory Poems

Miss Carroll's Class

Poetry

For a recent computer room project, Miss Carroll's class wrote and published poetry. With Mrs. Degnan's assistance, we worked on two kinds of poems: cinquains and sensory poems. Both are very structured, each follows a very specific pattern.

CINQUAIN ('sing kane'): A cinquain is a five line poem.

                Line 1 - A noun
                Line 2 - Two adjectives describing the noun.
                Line 3 - Three 'ing' words
                Line 4 - Four words
                Line 5 - One word similar in meaning to the word in Line 1

Scroll down to view cinquains written by Miss Carroll's students.


Monster	Princesses	Apparition
Slimy, ugly	Commanding, beautiful	Groaning, invisible
Creeping, drooling, moaning	Ruling, playing, fooling	Whizzing, booing, slipping
He grabbed my brother.	Being polite at dinner	Haunting eerie webby house
Creature	Queens	Phantom

by Diamond L.	by Jeamy T.	by Edwin F.

Mummy	Ghost
Dirty, wrinkly	Transparent, ugly
Limping, tripping, falling	Scaring, booing, chasing
Dragging bandages, chasing intruders	Roaming around scaring people
Haunting	Phantom

by Brandon M.	by Angelica F.

SENSORY POEM

                Line 1 - Name an emotion or feeling. Finish the line with a color.
                Line 2 - Tell what it sounds like.
                Line 3 - Tell what it smells like.
                Line 4 - Tell what is tastes like.
                Line 5 - Tell what it looks like.
                Line 6 - Tell what it feels like.

Scroll down to view sensory poems written by Miss Carroll's students.

ANGER	ANGER

Anger is black.	Anger is black.
It sounds like people yelling at you.	It sounds like thunder and lightning.
It smells like rotten cheese.	It smells like houses burning.
It tastes like a flavor you always hated.	It tastes like a red hot fire ball.
It looks like black rumbling clouds.	It looks like a big flame of hot gas.
Anger feels like yelling, screaming, and kicking.	Anger feels like glass shattering.

by Elizabeth N.	by Chris L.

HAPPINESS	HAPPINESS

Happiness is red.	Happiness is gold.
It sounds like people clapping.	It sounds like hearts pounding.
It smells like pizza.	It smells like red roses.
It tastes like a juicy apple.	It tastes like candy hearts.
It looks like a puppy.	It looks like a baby's red cheeks.
Happiness feels like a big hug.	Happiness is like loving someone.

by Vatsana M.	by Jonathan T.

SURPRISE	SURPRISE

Surprise is pink.	Surprise is bright red.
It sounds like a present.	It sounds like a present unwrapping.
It smells like pink and white flowers.	It smells like roses.
It tastes like cake.	It tastes like cupcakes.
It looks like a little girl with rosy cheeks.	It looks like a very pretty face.
Surprise is a child.	Surprise is a bouquet of flowers.

by Jazmin M.	by Aisha J.