1. Guidelines for Digital Book on Poetry
Project description
1) Select 6 of the poem types listed below that you want to learn more about.
Free verse Concrete poem List poem
Limerick Acrostic poem Narrative poem
Diamante Bio poem Clerihew
Cinquain Haiku Found poems
2) Find out more about that type of poetry and describe its characteristics or special
features. Use your class text (Fountas & Pinnell) as a resource! It contains a lot of
great information! Give credit to whatever source you use.
3) Describe how you would use the poem in your reading/writing classroom. Again, use
your class text as a resource. Be specific by including information about the following:
- Into what block of the 3-block format does it fit?
- What skill, strategy or idea would you teach with it?
- Briefly explain how you would use it to teach that skill, strategy or idea.
4) Find and describe at least two online resources for each poem that you might use as
resources when you are a teacher.
5) Compile the poem and pages into a book format like the example in Figure 1. Publish
your book in a digital format.
Figure 1.
Diamante Connection to 3-blocks:
1. LINE 1 one word subject (noun) I would use this poem during a craft minilesson at
the beginning of writing workshop.
2. LINE 2 two adjectives describing LINE 1 noun
Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
3. LINE 3 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to I would use it to teach the importance of word
decribe LINE I noun choice. Having students write a poem with a
restricted number of words can help them realize the
4. LINE 7 one word growing out of or opposite to importance of choosing the right words to portray an
LINE 1 noun (another noun) idea.
5. LINE 6 two adjectives describing LINE 7 noun Resources:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/intera
6. LINE 5 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to ctives/diamante/
describe LINE 7 noun This is an interactive site where students can see
examples of diamante poems and follow a format to
7. LINE 4 four words - two related to the noun in write their own.
LINE 1 and two related to the noun in LINE 7; they
be arranged concurrently or alternately, as the http://www.boobis.com/students/poetry/diamante.ht
originator of the poem wishes. ml
This is another interactive site where students can
Example of a diamante create their own diamante poems.

2. Helpful hints:
Some examples of reading or writing strategies, skills and ideas you might teach with
poetry:
Activating prior knowledge Vocabulary Conventions (writing trait)
Synonyms & antonyms Nouns, verbs and adjectives Point of view
Summarizing Main idea Word choice (writing trait)
Cause and effect Voice (writing trait) Homophones
Punctuation marks Fluency Making inferences
Similes Context clues Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Publishing your book:
Some Websites for publishing digital books are listed below. You are not limited to these,
but you may find them helpful. This project is intended to be a resource for you once you
begin teaching, so use whatever site or format you find most helpful. Be sure whatever
site or program you use will allow you to save your book in a digital format. Most sites
will allow you to view your book in preview mode.
Digital book publishing sites:
Lulu- www.lulu.com
Tikatok - http://www.tikatok.com/#
Big Universe - http://www.biguniverse.com/
Other options:
Slideshare
**Play around with these sites before you choose one.
Turn in your book to me on or before the due date by emailing it to me or saving it as
a .pdf to a CD. You are encouraged to test your book before the due date to ensure it
opens properly.