Teachers, save “Number the Stars - Diamante Character Poem” to assign it to your class.

Line 1 - noun/character Line 2 - two adjectives that describe the above noun/character Line 3 - three -ing verbs (progressive tense) telling about Line 1 Line 4 - four nouns (first two nouns relate to Line 1, and the last two nouns relate to Line 7) Line 5 - three -ing verbs describing the noun/character in Line 7 Line 6- two adjectives describing the noun/character in Line 7 Line 7 - a different noun/character