1. Language Arts: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Handouts: * Diamante Poetry assignment * Cornell Notes: Poetry, Part 4
Homework: * Write a diamante poem, due tomorrow, BOC ) Do a rough draft on notebook paper ) Copy it in dark ink onto your assignment sheet ) Type it, save it onto the Chrome drive or a flash drive ) Print out two copies You will hand in rough draft, assignment sheet, & printed copy
Assignments due: * None

2. Lesson Goal: Learn the distinctive features of diamante poetry.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Learn the distinctive features of diamante poetry.
Analyze published diamante poetry.
Begin writing concrete poetry during class.
Edit and proof your concrete poetry.
Exchange rough drafts of concrete poetry for peer reviews.
Eventually present your diamante poem to the class.

3. Starter #1 How many of you are familiar with “diamante poetry”?
A “diamante” is a seven-lined poem, shaped like a diamond. Can you think of a memory trick to help you recall that a diamante is diamond shaped?
A diamante poem also uses specific guidelines in writing each line. The pattern works like this:
Noun
Adjective, Adjective
Participle, Participle, Participle
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun [or phrases]
What’s a participle? It’s a “verbal” (based on a verb—shows action) used as an adjective. It ends in –ing (present participle) or –ed (past participle). Think of it as an “ing” verb (or an “ed” verb).
What observations can you make about a diamante?

4. Monsters Creepy, sinister Hiding, lurking, stalking
Starter #2 A diamante always uses the same formula, but there are two different types of diamante poems:
The first type is a Synonym Diamante, and it always describes one topic:
Monsters Creepy, sinister Hiding, lurking, stalking
Vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies
Chasing, pouncing, eating,
Hungry, scary Creatures

5. Starter #3 Guess what the second type is?
The second is an Antonym Diamante.
It shows the difference between two opposite topics:
Day Bright, sunny Laughing, playing, doing Up in the east, down in the west Talking, resting, sleeping Quiet, dark Night
What observations can you make about this Antonym Diamante?

6. Starter #4 Now it’s your turn to create a diamante poem
Starter #4 Now it’s your turn to create a diamante poem. You can do a synonym diamante or an antonym diamante. Have fun with it! 
Begin by brainstorming on a sheet of notebook paper. Write your diamante on that same sheet and make necessary changes. When you are confident you have done your best, copy it (using dark colored ink) onto your handout.
Make sure your work is authentic (not lifted/plagiarized) and that it’s your own creation. Enjoy showing off your work to your parents and listen to their feedback. But don’t cross the line by letting them do your work for you. Work that isn’t authentically your earns a zero.
Likewise, plagiarism results in a zero and an after-school writing assignment in my room, where you can prove that you are doing your own work.

7. Starter #5 With our remaining time in class, we need to “shift gears” and transition from LA to Lit.
We’re going to have a lot of fun with the rest of our Poetry Unit, but to pull that off in a timely fashion, I need to prepare you for some new forms of poetry (sub-genres) that we will start reading.
Please turn to today’s handout, Cornell Notes: Poetry, Part 4.

8. Cornell Notes : Poetry, Part 4, Types of Poetry
1. What do we mean by the term “form” when referring to poetry?
Define the following terms:
1) Sonnet
2) Elegy
3) Ode
4) Ballad
5) Epic
1. Form is the overall pattern of a poem
1) A 14-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme and a beat pattern called, “iambic pentameter.” It has an octet (8 lines) w/ an ABBA ABBA pattern, then 6 lines w/ CDE CDE or CD CD CD
2) A sad, thoughtful poem that laments the death of a person or a group.
3) A lyrical poem, full of emotion, dedicated to a person, event, or thing.
4) A narrative (story telling) poem meant to be put to music
5) A long poem chronicling the journey of a hero , the dangers he faces, and the obstacles he must overcome.