THE HAIKU

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THE HAIKU

• A Japanese form of poetry

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A brief history of the haiku
The haiku originated in Japan. It is a 3 line
poem. Poets used words to paint pictures about
Nature. Originally when poets wrote a haiku, they
used words and phrases describing things about
Nature but now, you can write about any
subject you want!
My Porch by MM All is so quiet. I gaze as
hummingbirds come To sip sweet nectar.
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• The haiku has a specific form
• The 1st line consists of words or phrases
• that equal 5 syllables
• The 2nd line consists of words or phrases
• that equal 7 syllables
• The 3rd line consists of words or phrases
• that equal 5 syllables

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Whats a syllable??????

• Remember what a syllable is???? It is the sounds
  that the word makes. For example the word ltpapergt
  has 2 sounds or syllables, or the word ltcomputergt
  has 3 sounds or syllables.

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Summer by mm The yellow sun
shines. equals 5 syllables I have time to
sit, ponder, equals 7 syllables And empty my
mind. equals 5 syllables
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The Pond By Marilyn McMurdie
The lily pads sway Gently in the breeze, and
then A frog jumpsrrrivet
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Your Assignment

• With your partner you are to choose 2 subjects
  to write about.
• On the computer write out your first rough draft
  for each Haiku
• Make sure that
• The first line has words/phrases that
  equal 5 syllables
• The second line has words/phrases that
  equal 7 syllables
• The third line has words/phrases that
  equal 5 syllables
• Save your work in your folder
• After you finish writing the first draft put
  both poems on the same screen
• Ask MM for permission to print it out
• Give the rough draft of both poems to a
  partnership in the classroom
• Have the partnership edit your paper and sign it
  on the bottom
• The editors are to check for the correct amount
  of syllables in each line as well as correct
  spelling
• Now make the corrections your editors told you
  about
• Ask MM to edit your poems
• Make any/all corrections MM tells you to and
  then
• Make a final copy of each poem and illustrate
  Each of these
• poems need to be put on a separate paper.