Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Diamante

A diamante poem is similar to a cinquain poem except it has 7 lines instead of 5 AND exactly half of the words refer to the topic and the other half to its antonym. Here are a few examples.

Lava
Hot & Deadly
Burning, Flaming, Smoking
Volcano, Eruption, Chemical, Experiment
Freezing, Clouding, Shattering
Cold & Deadly
Liquid Nitrogen
(by Spencer)

Day
Sunny & Bright
Waking, Working, Playing
Sun, Birds, Moon, Stars
Reading, Resting, Sleeping
Cool & Dark
Night.
(by Mom)

1 comment:

Bonnie said...

Wow, you two are amazing! Can I come to your school? Great efforts, great results!

Love, Gramma