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.

Sister  

Smart, cool

Winning, sprinting, swimming

Good looking … mean sticky

Annoying, obnoxious, smelly

Hairy, piggy

Brother

Friends

True, kind

Learning, creating, sharing

Pal and playmate … Cool, nice

Loving, caring, helping

Pure, love

Family

Nice

Gentle, helpful

Pleasing, charming, loving

Cute likable … awfully cruel

Appaing, disgusting, shocking

Abusive, nasty

Bad   

Peacock Cinquain

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

Bird
Feathery,Beautiful
Flying,Singing,Wowing
Creating kids to Love
Peacock

The learning powers I used were
Noticing, revising and planning

Anaconda Cinquain

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

Snake
Slimy , dangerous
Searching, smelling, hiding,
Eats a human being
Anaconda

The learning powers I used were
Noticing, revising and planning

Armadillo Cinquain

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

A word describing the first line or choose another adjective

Ball

Scaly tail

Hiding, searching, feeding

Love the hot desert

Armadillo

The learning powers I used were

Noticing, revising and planning

Who invented Chocolate chip cookies

Who invented chocolate chips cookies ???

Who invented chocolate chip cookies??

Ruth Graves Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies.

Why did Ruth Wakefield want to make chocolate chip cookies ???

Because there was not enough food for in 1930)

When did  Ruth Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies???

The answer for that would be in (1930)

Who invented the hot air Balloon

WHO INVENTED THE HOT AIR BALLOON???

Who invented the hot air balloon???

The answer to that would be Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier.

When did  Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier

invented the hot air balloon???

The answer to that would be  in (1783).

The hot air balloon could carry all sorts of animals like  sheep, rooster and ducks for eight minutes.

Who invented the Telephone

WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE???

Who invented the telephone???

The answer to that would be Alexander Graham Bell

When did Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone???

The answer to that would be in (1876)

Why did Alexander Graham Bell get the idea of inventing the telephone???

Because he got sick of putting cards into envelopes