Friday 05/11 Writing - Haiku

Purpose: I can write haiku about people, places, things, and ideas.

1. Connection: Haiku Interactive
2. Teaching Point: Today I want to teach you that Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry.  Traditional haiku are about nature--but can be about any topic--and have a very specific syllable structure.  The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the last line has 5 syllables.
3. Engagement: Write haiku following the traditional structure
4. Link: Independent Writing Time
• Write acrostic poems about people, places, things, and ideas you know well (Acrostic Poem Interactive)
• Write poems about things that move or make noise.
• Continue using structure to communicate your content.
• Continue using sensory words to describe weather.
• Continue personifying objects.
• Continue to write words and images for times of the year.
• Use sensory details to describe any other topic.