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Diamante Poem

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Diamante Poem

Grade Levels

5th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards
CC.1.4.5.M CC.1.4.5.M
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
CC.1.4.5.N CC.1.4.5.N
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
CC.1.4.5.O CC.1.4.5.O
Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
CC.1.4.6.M CC.1.4.6.M
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
CC.1.4.6.N CC.1.4.6.N
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters.
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Description

The students will use this activity during a Poetry Unit. The students will learn what a Diamante Poem is, create a Diamante Poem while using a web site, and print their finished product.

Essential Question

Will the students, after being instructed as to what a Diamante Poem is, and viewing the explanation of what a Diamante Poem is from a website, be able to create a Diamante of their own?

Duration

This lesson should be completed in one 15-minute ELA session and one 40-minute computer lab session.

Assessment

Students work was assessed according to the requirements on the website. Below are samples of student work:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3

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