Discover diamante poems with your students using this Diamante Poem template!

A diamante poem is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, making a diamond shape.

The purpose of this activity is to show what you know about the topic(s) you have studied.

The diamante is a form of writing that reviews words and concepts. Content vocabulary words are a great starting place

For example,

Antonym/Synonym Diamante

Line 1: Write a noun

Line 2: Write two adjectives that describe the noun in line 1

Line 3: Write three verbs that describe the noun in line 1

Line 4: Write a four nouns that go with both nouns in line 1 and 7

Line 5: Write three verbs that describe the noun in line 7

Line 6: Write two adjectives that describe the noun in line 7

Line 7: Write an antonym/synonym for the noun in line 1