Social Studies 6 Name: ______________________

Date: ________________ Mod: _______

People of Significance Poems

Marco Polo Leonardo da Vinci Sir Isaac Newton

Henry the Navigator Johann Gutenberg Vasco de Gama
Niccolo Machiavelli William Shakespeare Christopher Columbus
Martin Luther Nicolaus Copernicus Ferdinand Magellan
John Calvin Johannes Kepler Ptolemy
Michelangelo Buonaratti Galileo Galilei 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
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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 #1: person’s first name

Line #2: two adjectives that describe that person
Line #3: three “ing” words related to the subject
Line #4: four nouns that describe the person
Line #5: three verbs that tell how the person acted or felt
Line #6: two adjectives that describe the person
Line #7: person’s last name
Abraham
Lanky, bearded
Thinking, caring, feeling
Emancipator, leader, president, Martyr
Commanded, led assassinated
Honest, presidential
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Person of Significance

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 Person of Significance

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