HAIKU POETRY
One of my favorite things about April teaching is poetry. Have you ever used the book Dogku when teaching Haiku? It's a tale of stray dog and his journey to find a family, written in Haiku.
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| Dogku by Andrew Clements |
After reading the story to your class, revisit the text and examine it from a poetry point of view.
- Does the poem have a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
- Is the poem about nature, seasons, or animals?
- Does the author use the senses to convey the message?
Model writing a Haiku poem. Make it interactive by asking students to help. Then have students write their own Haiku poems about a pet, a Petku!
- Does the poem have a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
- Is the poem about nature, seasons, or animals?
- Does the author use the senses to convey the message?
Model writing a Haiku poem. Make it interactive by asking students to help. Then have students write their own Haiku poems about a pet, a Petku!
FREEBIE
The freebie I'm sharing with you today is a pet Haiku class book. It includes a cover page, title page, and several pet pages.
Each student is responsible for writing and illustrating one page of the poetry book. The pages are collected, assembled with the cover page, and bound together as a collaborative book. The book can be read to the class and placed in your classroom library.
Click the link below to download, Petku.
Giveaway
Hop to THe NEXT Stop
Hop on over to see my friend, Bex, at the Reading and Writing Redhead for another poetry freebie. :)
Happy Spring!
A special thanks to Hello Literacy, EduClips, and Epiphanous Owl for the fonts and graphics used in this post.
