Lindsey Gibbs
& Sarah Ward
ECED 4300 C
Fall 2008
Dr. Tonja Root
 ELA5W4 The student
consistently uses a writing
process to develop, revise,
and evaluate writing. The
student
a. Plans and drafts
independently and resourcefully.
PLO - The students will
brainstorm words and fill out a
diamante poetry graphic
organizer.
 The name of this type of poetry is
derived from its shape.
 Diamante poems always have
exactly seven lines.
 Diamante poems do not have to
rhyme, but you can choose to
make them rhyme.
Line 1: one noun as the subject
Line 2: two adjectives
describing the subject
Line 3: three participles
(ending in –ing) telling about
the subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
 Line 4: four nouns: first two
related to the subject & second
two related to the opposite of the
subject
 Line 5: three participles telling
about the opposite of the subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Line 6: two adjectives
describing the opposite of the
subject
Line 7: one noun that is the
opposite of the subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Students will pick a topic
Use graphic organizer to:
Brainstorm adjective words
describing the topic and the
opposite topic.
 Brainstorm nouns related to the
topic and nouns related to
opposite word.
 Brainstorm participles ending
in –ing telling about the topic
and opposite topic.
•Irving, T. Diamante Poems by
Mrs. Murphy’s Class. Retrieved
November 9, 2008, from
http://www.franklinlakes.k12.nj
.us/famsweb/curriculum/Engli
sh/diamantepoems/diamante.
html
Students will all receive a
graphic organizer while
another will be put on the
overhead. As a class,
brainstorm all words needed
for graphic organizer. Students
should fill out their own as the
entire class brainstorms and
teacher fills out class graphic
organizer.
Students will all receive a blank
graphic organizer. Individually,
students will follow the same
steps as in the practice and
brainstorm words to fill out
their own graphic organizer.
 ELA5W4 The student consistently
uses a writing process to develop,
revise, and evaluate writing. The
student
a. Plans and drafts independently
and resourcefully.
PLO - The students will draft a
diamante poem by filling in a
graphic organizer.
 The name of this type of poetry is
derived from its shape.
 Diamante poems always have
exactly seven lines.
 Diamante poems do not have to
rhyme, but you can choose to make
them rhyme.
 Line 1: one noun as the subject
 Line 2: two adjectives describing
the subject
 Line 3: three participles (ending
in –ing) telling about the subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Line 4: four nouns: first two
related to the subject & second
two related to the opposite of
the subject
Line 5: three participles telling
about the opposite of the
subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Line 6: two adjectives
describing the opposite of the
subject
Line 7: one noun that is the
opposite of the subject
Adapted by Tonja Root, Ed.D., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
 Students will use a graphic
organizer to:
 Choose best choice from
brainstormed words and fill out
graphic organizer as according
to diamante guidelines.
Title ______________________________
Poet _________________________
_______________
________________ , _______________
________________, _______________ , _____________
____________, ____________ ; ___________ , ___________
________________, _______________ , _____________
________________ , _______________
_______________
Root, T. (n.d.). Diamante poem organizer. Retrieved November 9, 2008, from
http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/writing_&_reading_poetry.htm
Bloodgood, J.W. (2004).
Dynamite Diamante Poetry.
Retrieved November 10, 2008,
from Read, Write, Think Web
site:
http://www.readwritethink.org/
materials/diamante/
 The students will choose the best
words from the class organizer.
These words will be placed on a new
graphic organizer to make the draft
of the class diamante poem.
Students will fill out their own
graphic organizers as the teacher
fills the one out on the board.
Students will be given a new
graphic organizer. They will use
all the steps in the practice
activity to fill out their own
organizer individually.