Classroom Resource

Dynamite Diamante Poetry

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

This classroom resource includes engaging activities to teach basic grammar concepts while developing vocabulary and spelling proficiency. A list of several amusing and informative grammar-themed picture books supply read-aloud examples for a review of nouns and adjectives and an introduction to gerunds. Students themselves refer to the books from the list of materials, plus appropriate dictionaries and glossaries, as they engage in a word-sort activity that provides practice in the spelling changes that can occur when verbs are turned into gerunds. Diamante poems are introduced through handouts and websites, and students compose original, structured poems in this form—first as a class and then independently—using an online interactive tool.  Printable handouts and links are included.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.R3

Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.3.R3

Vocabulary

  • Background knowledge
  • Vocabulary
  • Discussion

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Relating experiences through discussions, reading, and writing will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing.
  • Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
  • Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.36

Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar including punctuation, capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling appropriate for third grade.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.3.36

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Knowledge
  • Rules of standard English grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Sentence formation
  • Spelling

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and spelling conventions.
  • Punctuation marks and their appropriate usage.
  • Capitalization rules for standard English.
  • Complete sentences have a subject and predicate and end with an ending punctuation mark.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar.
  • Use appropriate punctuation.
  • Use correct capitalization.
  • Form sentences correctly.
  • Spell third grade level words correctly.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are rules to forming grammatically correct sentences in standard English.
  • When writing, they must use punctuation correctly, capitalize appropriate words, form complete sentences with subject-verb agreement, and spell the words that are appropriate for third graders.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.42

Write poetry or prose in response to visual images to interpret their meanings.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.3.42

Vocabulary

  • Poetry
  • Prose
  • Visual images
  • Interpret

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language.
  • Writing can be created in response to visual images.
  • Visual images carry meaning to viewers.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Write poetry or prose after viewing visual images to explain their meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Visual images can inspire them to write poetry or prose to describe their feelings and explain the image's meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.25

Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.4.25

Vocabulary

  • Poem
  • Form

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Poetry can be written in different formats.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify the form of a poem.
  • Describe how a poem's form helps convey its meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Poems have varying forms that can be used to convey different meanings.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.39

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.4.39

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.39

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.5.39

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.40

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.5.40

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English capitalization
  • Standard English punctuation
  • Standard English spelling

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English spelling conventions.
  • Punctuation marks and their appropriate usage.
  • Capitalization rules for standard English.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use correct capitalization in writing.
  • Use appropriate punctuation in writing.
  • Spell fifth-grade level words correctly.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • When writing, they must use punctuation correctly, capitalize appropriate words, and spell fifth-grade level words correctly.
Link to Resource
http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/dynamite-diamante-po…

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

ReadWriteThink
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License

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Approved Date

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