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Creativity and Diamante Poetry
Brainstorming Page Possible Combinations Page
(Can copy the first two pages front to back) Diamante Style Drafting Page
Create Scranimals out of construction paper (see photographs of student examples)
Final Draft Page (with an extra page showing where the nouns, adjectives, and verbs fit)
Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky is an excellent mentor text for creative expression and writing diamante-
style poetry. After reading the story, we work through the following process to create our own
original Scranimals and Diamante Poetry.
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Name _______________________________
Date ________________________________ Brainstorming Page
animals plants birds
SCRANIMALS
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Brainstorm a list of possibilities for each category.
Name ____________________________________________________________________________ Date _____________________________ SCRANIMALS
animal plant, bird, or animal ++++
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SCRANIMAL
Combine some possibilities!
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Name ____________________________________________________________________________ Date _____________________________ Diamante Style
an animal
two adjectives that describe the animal
three verbs that tell what the animal does
two nouns about the animal above, two nouns about the plant, animal,or bird below
two adjectives that describe the plant, animal, or bird
three verbs about the plant, animal, or bird
an animal, plant, or bird
SCRANIMALS
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Title - Scranimal Name
Noun - Animal
Verb Verb Verb
Adjective Adjective
Adjective Adjective
Verb Verb Verb
Noun - Plant, Bird, or Animal
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun
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Student Examples
Wolf pup + Eagle = Wolfapupagle
Pygmy + Betta = Pygabetta
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Lion + Dafodil = Liondil
Saber Tooth Tiger + Peregrine Falcon =
Peregrintiger ©Winged One 2013 Single Classroom Use
Cloud Cheetah + Pelican = Cloud
Pelleetah
Shark+ Berry = Sharkberry
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