Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Today:

Diamante Poem

Important Reminders:

• Poetry Study Guide (from yesterday) due WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th
• Poetry Test on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th

Diamante Poems

Ms. Caldwell

7th Grade ELA

Warm- Up

Give me an example for the following:

• Noun
• Adjective
• Verb

Diamante Poem

• This poem takes the shape of a diamond
• Two types: Synonym-Synonym and Synonym-Antonym
• We will focus on the Synonym-Synonym one today

Synonym-Synonym Diamante Layout

Subject of the Poem

Adjective, Adjective

Verb, Verb, Verb

Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun

Verb, Verb, Verb

Adjective, Adjective

SYNONYM for Subject

Synonym-Synonym Diamante Example

Monsters

Creepy, Sinister

Hiding, Lurking, Stalking

Vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies

Watching, Chasing, Scaring

Hungry, Scary

Creatures

Your Task!

Create YOUR OWN Synonym-Synonym Diamante about your choice of technology (cell phone, Chromebook, iPad, Kindle, etc…)

• STEP 1:
• Think of the piece of technology you want to write about
• Find 4 strong, descriptive adjectives to describe your technology choice in the Thesaurus book

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• STEP 2:
• On the Chromebook, go to my Teacher Site on mastccs.org
• Click on “Resources,” and find the “Verbs, Verbs, Verbs!” link on that page
• Find 6 strong verbs to describe your technology choice. BE CREATIVE!

Synonym-Antonym Diamante Layout

SYNONYM

Adjective (syn), Adjective (syn)

Verb(syn) Verb(syn) Verb (syn)

Noun (syn) Noun (syn) Noun(ANT) Noun(ANT)

Verb (ANT) Verb (ANT) Verb (ANT)

Adjective (ANT) Adjective (ANT)

ANTONYM

Synonym-Antonym Diamante Example

Day

Bright, Sunny,

Raining, Shining, Heating

Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Bedtime

Darkening, Cooling, Scaring,

Dark, Cold

Night

Your Task!

Create a Synonym-Antonym Diamante about a topic of your choice this time!

• STEP 1:
• Think of the topic you want to write about
• BRAINSTORM a few adjectives, verbs, and other nouns to describe your topic (lines 2, 3, and part of 4)
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• STEP 2
• Get a Chromebook
• Find nouns, verbs, and adjectives to describe the ANTONYM (rest of lines 4, 5, and 6)
• Use my “Verb, Verbs, Verbs!” website for extra help!

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