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Slipping, Sliding, Tumbling: Reinforcing Cause and Effect Through Diamante Poems
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Four 45-minute sessions |
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Avon, Massachusetts |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 4 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Talking Poetry with Blabberize
Students will be motivated to share their poetry through an online tool the features recording and animation.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
This online tool enables students to learn about and write diamante poems.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 3 – 6 | Calendar Activity |  April 18
Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Students select a poem and create a Stapleless Book using the interactive tool.
PRINTOUTS
Grades 3 – 8 | Printout | Writing Starter
This tool will allow your students to create a diamante poem by reflecting on their knowledge of a topic and by using nouns, verbs, and adjectives in a creative manner.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 6 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12: A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities
These skill-based activities will help students develop the academic thinking skills and language to understand challenging content concepts.

