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Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Grades 7 12: Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa Lesson PlanPbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Grades 7 12: Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa Lesson Plan
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Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Grades 7 12: Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

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A lesson plan, based on the work of the Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, that explores the haiku form of poetry. Students will learn features of a haiku, identify features within Issa's work, and write an original haiku. The lesson plan includes a video of U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass reading a translation of eight haiku by Issa.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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