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TES Global

Tes: Forms of Poetry: Haiku. Theme of Winter: Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn about the form of a haiku. Students will read several examples of haikus and then write their own haikus about the topic of Christmas or New Year's Eve.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Playing Around With Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students listen to and read various texts using figurative language including a ballad, poetry (Haiku, Cinquain, Limmerick) and rap music. They discuss language, meaning and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing, Reading, and Understanding Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on different aspects of poetry: definitions, types of poetry with examples, and how to read, write, and analyze poetry. It includes three videos: a YouTube video of "El Guante" performing a free verse poem, a...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Japanese Poetry Tanka? You're Welcome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A poem "which expresses a personal response to nature," the tanka is a form of Japanese writing very similar to the haiku. This lesson plan is a great extension to any study or exploration of Japanese art, culture, and writing. Included...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Japanese Poetry Haikus, Tankas, and Lanturnes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the differences between Haiku, Tanka, and Lanturne poetry. Students will be able to create their own poems by using the steps given to write each poem. Students will also review...
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abcteach

Abcteach: How to Haiku [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Wonderful printable haiku form that explains how to write one and leaves room for students to write their own.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Oceans: A Sensory Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, students use the ocean and their five senses as inspirations to create their own unique haikus. Lesson provides assessment criteria and a list of sources.
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PBS

Pbs Parents: Creativity Haiku

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Using this activity students can test their understanding of language and poetry by creating a Haiku using the word tiles in the box. Teachers and parents check out the interact, understand and expand buttons for more activities.
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Other

History of Haiku: Basho Matsuo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes Basho's writing style, including his sense of humor. It also provides several examples of his poetry.
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Other

Essays and Reviews: Mourning for Hokujurosen: Poem by Yosa Buson

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem is followed by a brief commentary. The writer explains images in the poem, and some of Buson's philosophical beliefs which affected the poem.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A learning module that includes twenty-two links to videos, pictures, weblinks, charts, and activities about different types of poetry including couplet, cinquain, acrostic, diamante, limerick, free verse, lyric, narrative, concrete, and...
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Haiku Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this whiteboard activity by SMART, students will learn what a Haiku poem is, where Haiku poems originated and how to create their own Haiku poems.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Simple Formula Poem: Dueling Haikus

For Students 9th - 10th
This writing prompt generator provides possible topics for students to write two haiku poems using opposite topics; therefore, "dueling haikus."
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an excellent flipchart to help the students construct their own haiku. It goes over counting syllables. This lesson is visually appealing and has a lot of hands on activities to help build schema.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Haiku Variation [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Tired of 17 syllables? Try a poem with 17 words instead with this variation on a haiku. Examples are provided. [PDF]
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Poetry

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches forms of poetry. It goes over a few key poetry definitions and then gives examples of a haiku and cinquain.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Traditional Haiku [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A summary for writing a traditional haiku is provided with examples.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Types of Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces a variety of poem types to students. It contains various forms of poetry with example poems.
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Columbia University

Asia for Educators: What Is a Waka?

For Students 9th - 10th
This large, wonderful site includes so much information on Asia that it is hard to showcase each element. It is easiest to enter Waka into the keyword box in order to access all the provided information. You will find an essay that...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Di Ku And/or the Tri Ku [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students use a basic haiku structure to create di-ku and tri-ku poems to demonstrate understanding of a topic. Directions and examples of each are provided.
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Read Works

Read Works: Spring

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] One Haiku and three additional three-lined poems about spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Pennsylvania

U Penn: Poetic Terms and Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Terminology: Practice 5 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] To be "in the know" in literature, you need to know the terminology used to describe, interpret, and analyze poetry, drama, and fiction. As you proceed through the sections...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moon Phaser [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th Standards
In this activity, 4th graders will study the moon for a period of one month and learn to identify each major moon phase. They will then describe the moon through poems, haikus, and similes.

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