diamante poem

Diamante Poem

WALT entertain the reader - Diamantes are diamond-shaped poems ‘that contrast’ two nouns.

Success Criteria:

Step 1:  Think of two nouns that are complete opposite of each other.  Write one on Line 1 and the other on Line 7.

Step 2:  On Line 2, write two adjectives that describe the noun on Line 1.

Step 3:  On Line 3, write three “-ing” words (verbs) that relate to Line 1.

Step 4:  On Line 4, write a short phrase about line 1 and line 7.

Step 5:  On Line 5, write three “-ing” words (verbs) that relate to Line 7

Step 6:  On Line 6, write two adjectives that describe the noun on Line 7.

Step 7:  On Line 7 you will have your noun that you thought of in Step 1.

Winter

Frosty, bright

Skiing, snowball fighting, sledding

Icicles and snowflakes, family holidays

Swimming, suntanning, sweltering

Hot, sunny

Summer

Now have a go at writing your own diamante poem.

WOLf

Predator, grey

Hunting, killing, eating

Hunting all day … wolf’s prey

Grazing, moving, protecting

Brown, powerful

Moose

Hockey

Shinpads, fast

Tackling, shooting, scoring

Practice all day… saving goals

Stopping, standing, sliding

Padded,  gear

Goaly

Cinquain Poem

Purpose: to entertain

Success Criteria

1. Subject
2. 2 adjectives (describing words) to tell about the subject
3. 3 verbs (interesting doing words) ending in ‘ing’ that also tell about the subject
4. A phrase to tell about how the subject feels or what it does
5. A word describing the first line or choose another adjective

Motor

Noisy, loud

Speeding, winning, amazing

Fast, super awesome bikes

MotoGP

The learning powers I used were Managing distractions and perseverance because I need to be able to get my work done.