Get out your poetry packet & fill in the visual dictionary (page 4) for simile, metaphor, and anthology
Objectives: Today I will read, discuss, and draft haiku poems.
Homework:
Agenda:
Objectives: Today I will read, discuss, and draft haiku poems.
Homework:
- Finish drafting haiku poems if you do not finish in class
- Last day to turn in late work is Friday
Agenda:
- Haiku (page 16)
- Roughly translates to "light verse" in Japanese.
- Haiku are traditionally about nature.
- 3 lines; each line contains a set number of syllables.
- Syllable: a form of pronunciation that has one vowel sound
1 Syllable: All
2 Syllable: Wa-ter
3 Syllable: Po-e-try
- Syllable: a form of pronunciation that has one vowel sound
- The haiku that we'll be discussing today have been translated from Japanese.
- Because of this, these poems do not fit the 5 syllable / 7 syllable / 5 syllable format in English
- Haiku by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo
- Take 5 minutes to read & annotate the reading about Violet de Cristoforo and her haiku.
- We will use this to prepare for a discussion.
- Δ Change in thinking
- + Agree
- - Disagree
- O Important words
- ☆ Interesting Information
- ? Question/confusion
- ! Important
- ∞ Connection
- Think: Take 1 minute without talking to think about group discussions.
- Brainstorm 3 qualities of a successful and positive group discussion. What should one look and sound like?
- Let’s practice those qualities for a successful & positive group discussion!
- With your table groups you will:
- Use discussion questions to analyze the haiku you read by Violet De Cristoford.
- Practice using the discussion qualities we brainstormed as a class.
- Reflect on how well you and your group participated in the discussion.
- Choose 3 discussion questions to answer for each haiku. Then, use the discussion and response sentence starters to consider each question.
- With your table groups you will:
- Post Discussion
- What was easy about having a group discussion?
- What was difficult?
- What was a new or interesting idea that was discussed in your group?
- Reflection
- Answer the reflection questions about your group discussion.
- This will be your exit ticket.
- When you finish, start drafting two haiku. These are homework if you do not finish them in class.
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