Cassie Copeland Haley Hancock ECED 4300 – B Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2010 4 th Grade Diamante Poems

1. Cassie Copeland Haley Hancock ECED 4300 – B Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2010 4th Grade Diamante Poems

2. Cassie CopelandPrewriting GPS:ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

3. Cassie CopelandPrewriting PLO: Students will select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

4. Diamante Poems • Forms the shape of a diamond • Begins with a subject that contrast to the ending subject • 7 lines • Adjectives • Describing words • Does not have to rhyme

5. Prewriting • Brainstorm describing words for both topics • Choose audience and purpose of writing • Outline for poem • Do not focus on spelling, grammar, shape

6. Graphic Organizer

7. Diamante Poem LoveWonderful, beautiful Caring, liking, thinking Innocence, smile, tear, guilt Fighting, violating, disgusting Terrible, worst Hatred Opp-Beckman, L. (2003). Pizzaz!. Retrieved March 29, 2010 from Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and ZAnyZcribbling. Website: http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html

8. Practice Activity • Complete the online Diamante Graphic Organizer • 4th grade group practice activity • Begin by letting the class brainstorm and agree on two contrasting subjects http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

9. Assessment Activity • 4th grade students will complete an assessment activity • Complete the Diamante Poem graphic organizer

10. Haley Hancock • Drafting • ELA4W4: The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The students. a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. • PLO: Students create a draft for a Diamante Poem.

11. Haley Hancock Editing b. Revises selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text. • PLO: Students will revise by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging Diamante Poem.

12. Haley Hancock Drafting c. Edits to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, etc • PLO: The students will edit Diamante Poem.

13. Diamante Poems • 7 lines • Diamond shape • Does not rhyme • Two opposite topics

14. Stage of Writing • Drafting Stage: • Get information down on paper • Skip lines • Place X’s on skipped lines • Do not focus on spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar

15. Revising and Editing • Revising Stage: delete, add, change, and rearrange • Editing Stage: correct punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and grammar

16. Diamante Poems Vacation Happy, fun Sleeping, dancing, traveling Liberty, car, beach, night Exciting, interesting, moving Unhappy, boring Work Opp-Beckman, L. (2003). Pizzaz!. Retrieved March 29, 2010 from Pizzaz! People Interested in Zippy and ZAnyZcribbling. Website: http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/diamantes.html

17. Practice Activity • 4th grade class will use online group graphic organizer that they completed as a class to write down content on piece of paper.

18. Practice Activity • 4th grade class will revise and edit a Diamante Poem on interactive white board as a class.

19. Assessment Activity • 4th grade class will use the graphic organizer that they completed during the prewriting assessment and write down content on piece of paper.

20. Assessment Activity • 4th grade class will make revisions on draft using a red pen. • Make editing marks on draft using a green pen.