Diamante Poem - Elephants

Learner:  Ameerah      Learning Coach: M Lennon - LH2      Date:   23 November 2016

Learning Area:  Literacy - Poems

NZC Achievement Objective:  English; Speaking, Writing, Presenting:  Acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes, and strategies to identify, form, and express ideas.

Elephants

elephants

big, fat

stomping, splashing, eating

toes, tail, ears, trunk

playing, swinging, splashing

fat, slow

elephants

Learning Observed

Ameerah has been learning to write Diamante Poems themed around her recent visit to Auckland Zoo. Firstly, Ameerah had to brainstorm different nouns, adjectives and verbs about elephants.  Then she had to choose which ones she would use to make her poem make sense. Ameerah was given a template structure to follow, which listed the order in which her nouns, adjectives and verbs needed to be.  She was able to follow the structure independently to produce the above poem.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During this learning, Ameerah demonstrated that she was: Connected - actively taking part in learning conversations and activities. Capable - understanding the different parts of speech have different purposes. Curious - asking questions and seeking new vocabulary. Thinking  - able to brainstorm and find words relevant to the topic.

Next Learning Steps

Teach others how to write a diamante poem. Begin thinking about opposite words for an antonym diamante poem.