Monday, March 9

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: 

• 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​

• 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.
• 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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