1. Diamante Poems

2. 94 Poetry: Diamante 4/18 95 Poetry: Diamante 4/18
Goal: To express your creativity by writing diamante poems.
Write as many diamante poems as time allows.
Illustrate them.
94 Poetry: Diamante 4/18
95 Poetry: Diamante 4/18
Essential Skill: Collaborating toward a creative outcome.

3. Singing, dancing, shouting Mesmerizing the adoring audience
Diamante
The Italian word for diamond. This form takes the shape of a diamond when it is completed. There are two patterns to choose from – both of which must be viewed visually to appreciate. Pattern 1 develops one topic. Pattern 2 starts out with one theme and in the middle begins to move toward an opposite theme.
Star
Famous, successful,
Singing, dancing, shouting
Mesmerizing the adoring audience
Performing, working, reaching
Frenzied, dazzling
Showman

4. Pattern 1:
Line 1 – Choose a topic (noun)
Line 2 – Use two describing words (adjectives)
Line 3 – Use three participles ending in “ing”
Line 4 – Use a four-word phrase capturing some feeling about the topic
Line 5 – Use three participles ending in “ing”
Line 6 – Use two describing words (adjectives)
Line 7 – Use a synonym as an ending word (noun, strong word)
Star
Famous, successful,
Singing, dancing, shouting
Mesmerizing the adoring audience
Performing, working, reaching
Frenzied, dazzling
Showman
On page 94, brainstorm a list of possible topics and then try to write 1-4 diamante poems for pattern 1.

5. Diamante: Pattern 2
Line 1 – Choose a noun as your title and an antonym for the ending of your poem
Line 2 – Use two adjectives
Line 3 – Use three participles ending in “ing” words to describe the title
Line 4 – Use two words to express the title noun – then two words to express the opposite ending noun. The theme changes in this line!
Line 5 – Choose three participles ending in "ing" to describe the ending noun
Line 6 – Use two adjectives to describe the ending noun
Line 7 – Use one word – the antonym (opposite) you decided upon in line 1
Loser
Careless, wimpy
Whining, complaining, stumbling
Shy, timid – confident, courageous
Stretching, achieving, succeeding
Hardworking, determined
Winner
On page 95, brainstorm a list of possible topics and then try to write 1-4 diamante poems for pattern 2

6. Pattern 2 Example Health Food natural, low-calorie
nourishing, strengthening, boring
kale, kimchi, chips, chocolate
tantalizing, satisfying, fattening
salty, sweet
Junk Food

7. spinning, shifting, living shores, oceans, horizons, heavens
Pattern 2 Example
Earth
magnificent, finite
spinning, shifting, living
shores, oceans, horizons, heavens
beaming, reflecting, inspiring
celestial, infinite
Sky

8. Warming, burning, shining Day, bright, night, crescent
Pattern 2 Example:
Sun
Golden, glorious
Warming, burning, shining
Day, bright, night, crescent
Illuminating, shimmering, orbiting
Silvery, shadowy
Moon

9. Shopping, spending, buying Buses, planes, bicycles, trains
Pattern 2 Example:
City
Rich, posh
Shopping, spending, buying
Buses, planes, bicycles, trains
Chirping, lazing, sleeping
Peaceful, fresh
Country

10. Glowing, shining, revealing Mirror, candle . . . Whisper, shadow
Pattern 2 Example
Light
Clear, brilliant
Glowing, shining, revealing
Mirror, candle Whisper, shadow
Deepening, sleeping, shrouding
Black, quiet
Darkness

11. Haikus

12. Haiku Haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines.
In the most common form of haiku here are 17 syllables
Line 1 is 5 syllables
Line 2 is 7 syllables
Line 3 is 5 syllables
Haikus are usually written about nature.
Their purpose is to create mood, a feeling in the reader.
There is no rhyme and there are no metaphors or similes.

13. If not for the cat
and the scarcity of cheese
I could be content.

14. The young artist takes
pains to paint a masterpiece:
A smiling pumpkin.

15. Drooping green branches
weighted down with heavy snow
waiting for the spring

16. What if your computer wrote error messages in haiku?
Static, then silence.
The thousand dollar blue screen
dies so peacefully.

17. “Your Mac crashed again,”
screams the rainbow Wheel of Death.
“No one hears your cries.”

18. Haiku /19
Fill page 96 with haikus. Write as many as you can but you must write at least TWO (2).
Suggestions:
Animal Line 1 is 5 syllables
Object Line 2 is 7 syllables famous Person Line 3 is 5 syllables
Riddle
Seasons
Sports
Humor / Jokes