Haiku Learning Objectives Poetry 11 Date: To learn what a Haiku is. To create our own modern Haiku poems.

In exercise copy – I see, I think, I believe

In exercise copy – I see, I think, I believe

Notes Haiku: A form of Japanese poetry that describes an image very quickly. I am first with five, Then seven in the middle. Five again to end. Syllable: The way we split words into speech sounds. Traditional Haiku focus on the syllables used (5,7,5). Modern Haiku focus on the image (A,B,C)

Modern Examples Snow melts. Suddenly, the village is full of children. Frog sunning on lily pad as dragonfly darts by. Thrapp!

Modern Examples Sudden spring storm-- a family of ducks paddles around the deserted lake. I kill an ant and realize my three children have been watching.

The point of this Haiku is to describe an image. A student answers. A teacher uses a pen to tick the question.

Let’s start creating then: We’ll focus first on modern Haiku which uses an idea called ‘cutting’ (Kiru). Think of an image of two things somehow connected. Line one introduces thing one, Line two introduces thing two Line three connects them. We won’t count syllables yet – that comes later.

Nature– Think-pair-share Create some Haiku about nature: images you see in the world outside. Remember, an image of two things, somehow related.

School: think-pair-share Create some Haiku about school: Shorter this time, 5 or 6 words per line.

What other images could we use?

Homework Find an image – a photo, a google picture, if you want to draw an image or use one of your schoolbooks or a cover. Write a Haiku describing it. Next time bring in that image and the Haiku.

Part 2

Haiku Learning Objectives Poetry 12 Date: To practice traditional Haiku. To work on our use of syllables.

In exercise copy, let’s play this game.

Haiku can also be a game Write down what animals these poems are describing. I love to eat food Catch mice and climb trees plus purr. Love being petted. Swings through the jungle. Eats bananas from the tree. Has two very long arms. In a pouch I grow On a southern continent Strange creatures I know. Green and speckled legs. Hops on logs and lily-pads. Splash in cool water.   I have a long tongue, I also have a long neck, and I have spots too! Grey long snotty nose. Big fat floppy ears four legs. Some call me DUMBO.

These Haiku: The Haiku from the warm-up are traditional Haiku, which focus on the use of syllables. I am first with five, Then seven in the middle. Five again to end. The point of these Haiku are discovery.

Exercise one – create our own Haiku Zoo: 5,7,5. Think-pair-share. I love to eat food Catch mice and climb trees plus purr. Love being petted. Swings through the jungle. Eats bananas from the tree. Has two very long arms. Green and speckled legs. Hops on logs and lily-pads. Splash in cool water.   I have a long tongue, I also have a long neck, and I have spots too! In one sentence or three, you must give clues as to the animal you are talking about. Line one must have 5 syllables, line two 7 and line three 5 again.

Exercise Two– create a Haiku guessing game. One Person One Place   One item   Everyone create individually 3 haiku, one on each of the above. We shall then guess who or what they are.

Homework Find another image. Write a traditional Haiku describing it (5,7,5). Next time bring in that image and the Haiku.