People Of Significance Poems

Social Studies 6

Name: ______________________

Date: ________________

Mod: _______ People of Significance Poems

Marco Polo Henry the Navigator Niccolo Machiavelli Martin Luther John Calvin Michelangelo Buonaratti

Leonardo da Vinci Johann Gutenberg William Shakespeare Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Galileo Galilei

Sir Isaac Newton Vasco de Gama Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Ptolemy Cervantes

Directions: Using any person of significance from our Renaissance/Reformation unit, create either a Diamante Poem or an Acrostic poem. Use looseleaf paper to draft your idea FIRST! ACROSTIC POEM: An acrostic poem is made when the first letter of each line begins with a letter of the person’s name. The lines consist of words or phrases describing the person’s characteristics. L anky I ntelligent N C ivil War President O ral communicator L awyer by profession N ick-named “Honest Abe” DIAMANTE POEM: A diamante follows a line by line formula: Line Line Line Line Line Line Line

#1: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: #7:

person’s first name two adjectives that describe that person three “ing” words related to the subject four nouns that describe the person three verbs that tell how the person acted or felt two adjectives that describe the person person’s last name Abraham Lanky, bearded Thinking, caring, feeling Emancipator, leader, president, Martyr Commanded, led assassinated Honest, presidential

Lincoln

Person of Significance

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Person of Significance

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