Understanding Acrostic and Diamante poetic forms

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ACTIVITY 1

Read

ABC

by Spike Milligan

 Twas midnight in the schoolroom
And every desk was shut
When suddenly from the alphabet 
Was heard a loud "Tut-Tut!"

Said A to B, "I don't like C;
His manners are a lack.
For all I ever see of C
Is a semi-circular back!"

"I disagree," said D to B,
"I've never found C so.
From where I stand he seems to be
An uncompleted O."

C was vexed, "I'm much perplexed,
You criticise my shape.
I'm made like that, to help spell Cat
And Cow and Cool and Cape."

"He's right" said E; said F, "Whoopee!"
Said G, "'Ip, 'Ip, 'ooray!"
"You're dropping me," roared H to G.
"Don't do it please I pray."

"Out of my way," LL said to K.
"I'll make poor I look ILL."
To stop this stunt J stood in front,
And presto! ILL was JILL.

"U know," said V, "that W
Is twice the age of me.
For as a Roman V is five
I'm half as young as he."

X and Y yawned sleepily,
"Look at the time!" they said.
"Let's all get off to beddy byes."
They did, then "Z-z-z." 

Just a clever poem for you to add to your anthology if you wish.

 

ACTIVITY 2 CREATE A NUMBER OF DIAMANTE POEMS

DIAMANTE POETRY

There are just a few rules to writing a diamante:

  1. Diamante poems are seven lines long.
  2. The first and last lines have just one word.
    The second and sixth lines have two words.
    The third and fifth lines have three words.
    And the fourth line has four words.
  3. Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns.
    Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives.
    Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.

 1. Day

2. sunny yellow 

3. running, laughing, playing

4. grass, hills, slides, friends

5. stopping, drooping, yawning

6. silver grey 

7. Night

If this is too hard you can change it as long as the poem is a diamond shape :

 Go to

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante

-poems-30053.html

 or

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante_poems_2/

ACTIVITY 3 CREATE A NUMBER OF ACROSTIC POEMS

ACROSTIC poetry.

PARKOUR

see YouTube on parkour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oEbF8hXktc

Parkour and Freerunning 2014 - Find Your Own Way 

P LAYING in the city

A RCHING over tall buildings

R ACING to grab the wall

K OOL running

O VER obstacles smooth and rough

U NDER wire and in small spaces

R ISING upward in a risky somersault

 

You can create acrostic poems from any name - even your own - or your favourite hobby or sport, season or really ANYTHING that you would like.

Experiment - consider vocabulary and create images for the reader. 

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Use complex language in your acrostic and diamante poems.

In the diamante poem you may consider using ideas such as :

war (as the first word of the the poem)

peace (as the final word of the poem)

Or you may consider other complex concepts.

 

In the acrostic poem, use similes or metaphors and alliteration :

Dancing on thin ice

Acting with no fear

Narrowly missing missiles that hiss like snakes in the air

Goading a bear!

Eating Maccas!

Riding a bike without brakes, blindfolded!

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ACTIVITY 1

Read

ABC

by Spike Milligan

Twas midnight in the schoolroom
And every desk was shut
When suddenly from the alphabet 
Was heard a loud "Tut-Tut!"

Said A to B, "I don't like C;
His manners are a lack.
For all I ever see of C
Is a semi-circular back!"

"I disagree," said D to B,
"I've never found C so.
From where I stand he seems to be
An uncompleted O."

C was vexed, "I'm much perplexed,
You criticise my shape.
I'm made like that, to help spell Cat
And Cow and Cool and Cape."

"He's right" said E; said F, "Whoopee!"
Said G, "'Ip, 'Ip, 'ooray!"
"You're dropping me," roared H to G.
"Don't do it please I pray."

"Out of my way," LL said to K.
"I'll make poor I look ILL."
To stop this stunt J stood in front,
And presto! ILL was JILL.

"U know," said V, "that W
Is twice the age of me.
For as a Roman V is five
I'm half as young as he."

X and Y yawned sleepily,
"Look at the time!" they said.
"Let's all get off to beddy byes."
They did, then "Z-z-z." 

Just a clever poem for you to add to your anthology if you wish.

 

ACTIVITY 2 CREATE A NUMBER OF DIAMANTE POEMS

DIAMANTE POETRY

There are just a few rules to writing a diamante:

  1. Diamante poems are seven lines long.
  2. The first and last lines have just one word.
    The second and sixth lines have two words.
    The third and fifth lines have three words.
    And the fourth line has four words.
  3. Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns.
    Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives.
    Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.

1. Day

2. sunny yellow 

3. running, laughing, playing

4. grass, hills, slides, friends

5. stopping, drooping, yawning

6. silver grey 

7. Night

If this is too hard you can change it as long as the poem is a diamond shape and begins and ends with one word :

 Go to

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante

-poems-30053.html

 or

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante_poems_2/

ACTIVITY 3 CREATE A NUMBER OF ACROSTIC POEMS

ACROSTIC poetry.

PARKOUR

see YouTube on parkour : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oEbF8hXktc

Parkour and Freerunning 2014 - Find Your Own Way 

P LAYING in the city

A RCHING over tall buildings

R ACING to grab the wall

K OOL running

O VER obstacles smooth and rough

U NDER wire and in small spaces

R ISING upward in a risky somersault like an astronaut launched into space.

 

You can create acrostic poems from any name - even your own - or your favourite hobby or sport, season or really ANYTHING that you would like.

Experiment - consider vocabulary and create images for the reader. 

Notice the use of a simile in the final line. What is a simile? Does it create a visual image?