Placing text within a diamond within a rectangle

I am trying to use Pages 6 to do some very basic Chen diagrams for a database course I am taking and what would seem like a simple task eludes me.
I want to put some text in a diamond shape, then put that diamond shape in a rectangle. I can figure out how to put the diamond shape in the rectangle just fine, but putting text in the rectangle seems like an impossibility. I have tried every option I can find by option-clicking, command-clicking, and fiddling with the Inspector, but nothing seems to work. How can I get a diamond that allows text to be inserted in it AND that can be inserted into a rectangle?
Ideally, I also want to scale the rectangle so each angle intersects with the rectangle. If that's not possible, fine, but it would be nice.
Thanks!

The possibilities are endless. You need to understand the basics.
The default object moves with text and has wrap on. To really play with object layering you need to turn both these features off. Open the Inspector and click on the wrap tab. Select 'Fixed on Page' and uncheck 'object causes wrap. Do this for each object you create.
Objects by default are also filled. Open the Inspector, click on the object tab and from the 'fill' pull down menu select none for no fill (just the object lines).
Pages has transparency. All objects, again in the inspector, can be made transparent by adjusting the opacity slider.
This is just the tip of the iceberg:
With Pages open go to the help menu and select the 'Pages User guide.' In the manual open the section called 'working with graphics and other media'. There is tons of info in there.
Kurt

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