Diamante Poetry
3rd Grade
Ashley Pless and Jessica Soady
ECED 4300 B
Dr. Tonja Root
Spring 2007
Diamante Poetry
3rd Grade
Prewriting
Jessica Soady
ECED 4300 B
Dr. Tonja Root
Spring 2007
Diamante Poetry
• Diamante poems derive their name from the
Italian word for diamond.
• They are diamond-shaped poems with 7 lines.
• They do not have to rhyme.
• A diamante poem uses specific types of words
such as gerunds (-ing), adjectives, and nouns.
• It can be about one topic, but most commonly, it
contains two opposite topics.
Prewriting
• Start by brainstorming a topic and
then think of the opposite.
• Place the topics in your graphic
organizer.
• Then fill up the organizer using
adjectives, gerunds and nouns that
are all synonyms of the two topics.
Graphic Organizer
APA Citation for Graphic Organizer
Petal Flower Graphic Organizer. Retrieved April 16,
2007, from
http://members.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/star/flowers7.shtml
Example
Seasons
Winter
Rainy, cold
Skiing, skating, sledding
Mountains, wind, breeze, ocean
Swimming, surfing, scuba diving
Sunny, hot
Summer
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Opp-Beckman, L. (2003). Pizzaz! Diamonte Poems. Retrieved April 10, 2007
from Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling.
Website: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html
Example
square
symmetrical, conventional
shaping, measuring, balancing
boxes, rooms, clocks, halos
encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing
round, continuous
circle
N.A. (n.d.) Teachers Guided Activities. Retrieved April 14, 2007, from Las
Angeles County Office of Education. Web site:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/KodaysKids/Diamante.htm
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Practice Activity for
Prewriting
• Write your topic in the center of the
flower and in the petals write two words
that are adjectives, three words that are
describe your topic ending in –ing, and two
nouns that are synonyms of the topic.
• Feel free to add more words to the petals,
but be sure that they meet the guidelines
named above.
Assessment Activity for
Prewriting
• Each of you will fill out your own
graphic organizer following the
directions on the top of the page.
• For this project, you will work
individually to make your own
diamante.
Diamante Poetry
3rd Grade
Drafting
Ashley Pless
ECED 4300 B
Dr. Tonja Root
Spring 2007
Diamante Poetry
• A diamante is…
– a poem that is seven lines long
– it is written in a diamond shape
– it follows a specific pattern using parts of
speech to describe either synonyms or
antonyms (typically antonyms)
– the end result is either contrasting or
comparing two words in the form of poetry
Drafting
• Take the words brainstormed during the
prewriting stage and decide exactly what
the poem will be about. (Will it be a
comparison or a contrasting poem?)
• Narrow down words and fit them in the
graphic organizer appropriately following
the guidelines.
Line 1:
______________
one word
(subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7)
Line 2:
______________ ____________
two words
(adjectives) that describe line 1
Line 3:
______________ _____________ _____________
three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 1
Line 4:
______________ _____________ _____________ ____________
four words (nouns)
first 2 words relate to line 1
last 2 words relate to line 7
Line 5:
______________ _____________ _____________
three words
(action verbs) that relate to line 7
Line 6:
______________ ____________
two words
(adjectives) that describe line 7
Line 7:
______________ ____________
one word
( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1)
APA Citation for Graphic Organizer
N.A. (n.d.) Teachers Guided Activities. Retrieved April 14,
2007, from Las Angeles County Office of Education. Web
site:http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/Koday
sKids/Diamante.html
Practice Activity for
Drafting
• Take the words brainstormed during prewriting as
a class, and decide whether or not the poem will
be a comparison poem or contrasting poem.
• After this decision, choose the actual words to
use in the poem.
• Follow the prompts in the graphic organizer to
know which parts of speech go where and how
many of each need to be chosen.
• Fill in the chart appropriately.
Assessment Activity for
Drafting
• Independently fill out the graphic
organizer with individual topics for
everyone in the class.
• Follow the prompts on the graphic
organizer appropriately to create a
comparison or contrasting diamante
poem.