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It may well be best to make up your own worksheet. However, if you would like a ready-made one to print out then:   download a pdf worksheet 

Pantoum Worksheet line 1 to be same as line 12                           lines with same letter rhyme line 2 to be same as line 5 etc.                       rhyming each stanza ABAB                   01 = 12     ...........................................................     A      02 = 05     ...........................................................     B     03 = 10     ...........................................................     A   04 = 07     ...........................................................     B   05 = 02     ...........................................................     B   06 = 09     ...........................................................     C   07 = 04     ...........................................................     B   08 = 11     ...........................................................     C   09 = 06     ...........................................................     C   10 = 03     ...........................................................     A   11 = 08     ...........................................................     C   12 = 01     ...........................................................     A Try starting with three rhyming couplets on a common theme  keeping beats to the line the same throughout. Make yourself a worksheet like the one above, split the couplets and insert the lines using each twice (line 1 = line 12 and so on) consistent with the pantoum rhyming scheme. Sort the punctuation and do lots and lots of editing. For a final check, make sure that each stanza  could work reasonably well on its own as a quatrain and also that  a cohesive story runs through the full 12 lines. This is just one way to approach one popular type of symmetrical three  stanza, rhymed pantoum and is not intended as a definitive model  for writing all types of pantoum. It works for me.