Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
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NCTE: ReadWriteThink
Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
In this three-part lesson, students write and illustrate haiku depicting seasonal images. First they use their observation skills, real-world knowledge, and knowledge of parts of speech to help them create seasonal word charts. They then listen to and read samples of haiku to identify haiku criteria, followed by a writing session where they create haiku that depict seasonal images. Finally, they publish their poetry in one of three methods. They can mount their haikus on colorful backgrounds that illustrate the images in their poems. If tablets are available, the Haiku Poem App can be used to publish their poetry. If computers are available, students can use the Haiku Poem Interactive.