+ Diamante Poetry ECED 4300B, Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2008, 4 th Grade Erin Duede Jessica Parks

+ Erin Duede Prewriting ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.

+ PLO Students will be able to identify and understand synonyms and antonyms in order to write a diamante poem.

+ Today we are going to write a diamante poem. A diamante poem is a seven line poem in the shape of a diamond. This type of poem can be used to compare and contrast antonyms (opposites). Form of Writing

+ When writing a diamante poem, it is important to be able to use the different parts of speech. For the first line, a noun is listed for the subject of the poem. Remember, a noun is a person, place, or thing. Form continued…

+ Form continued… The second line consists of two adjectives describing the subject. Adjectives are words that describe how something looks, acts, etc. Three participles (-ing words) are written on the third line to describe the subject.

+ Form continued…  The fourth line consists of four nouns.  The first two are related to the subject from the first line of the poem.  The second two nouns describe the antonym of the subject.

+ Form continued… Line five lists three participles describing the antonym (opposite) of the subject. The sixth line contains two adjectives that describe the opposite of the subject.

+ Form continued… For the last line, one noun is listed that is the opposite of the subject.

+ Stage of Writing Prewriting: This stage of writing helps you organize your thoughts and gets you ready to write. During the prewriting stage, we need to think about four key components: form, purpose, audience, and topic.

+ Stage of Writing continued… This particular form is diamante poetry. The purpose is to entertain, and the audience is our classmates. We need to think of topic we are interested in, and then sort out our thoughts so our poem will make sense.

+ Graphic Organizer To sort and organize our thoughts, we need to write our ideas in a graphic organizer.

+ Diamante Poetry (Prewriting)

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+ Example citation Murphy. (n.d.). Diamante Poems by Mrs. Murphy’s Class. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Franklin Lakes Web site: h/diamantepoems/diamante.ht ml

+ Practice Activity The students will complete a graphic organizer as a class in order to finish the prewriting stage for diamante poetry.

+ Prewriting Assessment Activity The students will complete a graphic organizer individually.

+ Jessica Parks Prewriting ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.

+ PLO Students will be able to identify and understand synonyms and antonyms in order to write a diamante poem.

+ Form of Writing Today we are going to write a diamante poem. A diamante poem is a seven line poem in the shape of a diamond. This type of poem can be used to compare and contrast antonyms (opposites).

+ Form continued… When writing a diamante poem, it is important to be able to use the different parts of speech. For the first line, a noun is listed for the subject of the poem. Remember, a noun is a person, place, or thing.

+ Form continued… The second line consists of two adjectives describing the subject. Adjectives are words that describe how something looks, acts, etc. Three participles (-ing words) are written on the third line to describe the subject.

+ Form continued…  The fourth line consists of four nouns.  The first two are related to the subject from the first line of the poem.  The second two nouns describe the antonym of the subject.

+ Form continued… Line five lists three participles describing the antonym (opposite) of the subject. The sixth line contains two adjectives that describe the opposite of the subject.

+ Form continued… For the last line, one noun is listed that is the opposite of the subject.

+ Stage of Writing Drafting: This stage of writing helps you form your poem by using your graphic organizer. During the drafting stage, we need to write the poem in the shape of a diamond.

+ Stage of Writing Continued… We can use our graphic organizer to see what should be placed on each line of our poem. During our drafting stage, we do not need to worry about errors.

+ Stage of Writing Continued… We can fix our errors during the revision and editing stages.

+ Graphic Organizer To draft our poem, we fill in our graphic organizer for drafting using our graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

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+ Example citation Murphy. (n.d.). Diamante Poems by Mrs. Murphy’s Class. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Franklin Lakes Web site: h/diamantepoems/diamante.ht ml

+ Practice Activity The students will complete a graphic organizer as a class in order to finish the drafting stage for diamante poetry.

+ Drafting Assessment Activity The students will complete a graphic organizer individually.