Diamante Poetry – Posters & Graphic Organizers

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This resource is a set of learning posters and graphic organizers for diamante poetry writing.

There is a poster that teaches about diamante poetry. Students will explore features about diamante poems.

They will use different templates to write a diamante poem.

This pairs well with your poetry unit in English class. You may also love to print these off and use in a center activity.

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PowerPoint files may be imported into Google Slides; no direct Google Slides copy link is included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Students compose a seven-line diamante poem following the noun / adjective-adjective / verb-verb-verb / noun-noun-noun-noun / verb-verb-verb / adjective-adjective / noun structure.
Students select nouns, adjectives, and verbs that fit a specific line's part of speech and word count within the graphic organizer.

Teaching tips

Model the diamante structure using the reference page before students complete their own blank organizer.
Choose one of the ten organizer designs for each student.
Use the editable PowerPoint version if students will type directly into the graphic organizer rather than print and handwrite it.

Skills covered

Diamante poem composition — students write a seven-line poem following the noun/adjective/verb pattern (1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 verbs, 4 nouns, 3 verbs, 2 adjectives, 1 noun).
Parts-of-speech application — students select nouns, adjectives, and verbs that fit a specific line position and word count in the graphic organizer.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What should students know before using the organizer?

Students need to distinguish nouns, adjectives and verbs. Review those word types while modeling the reference pattern before students choose words for their own poem.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.L.3.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. c. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). d. Form and use regular and irregular verbs. e. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses. f. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.* g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. h. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. i. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Core concepts

Diamante poem structure
Parts of speech (noun, adjective, verb)

Topics

Diamante poetry Poetry writing Graphic organizer Parts of speech

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