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Count the Syllables 🟪 Count the syllables in each line of your poem. (Jill's first draft did not have enough syllables in the last line.) Add, delete, or change words to fit this pattern:

Line 1: five syllables

Line 2: seven syllables

Line 3: five syllables

Check the Details 🟪 Make sure that you have used the best words to describe your topic. (In Jill’s poem, she decided that “worn-out” would be a better adjective than “dry old.”)

Check for Errors 🟪 Correct any spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors. Then make a neat final copy of your poem. Here is Jill’s finished poem:

Lilacs bloom purple

Around a worn-out fence post,

Glad that spring is here.