Haiku

Activity
Target level	JHS
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This activity can help reinforce syllables.

Instructions

1. Divide a piece of paper into four sections, in each section write a season.
2. Ask the students for seasonal words for each section.
   • Winter: skiing, skating, ice hockey, snowman, ice.
   • Summer: swimming, fishing, rose, violet.
   • Fall: jogging, American football, rugby, hiking, leaves, pumpkins.
   • Spring: baseball, tulips, cherry blossoms.
3. Students can organize words found in their textbook.
4. Give the students 3-4 international haiku examples.
5. Have the students choose a favorite season and write a sentence for it.
6. Have the students add 2 more lines to make their story.
7. Haiku is generally written on three lines.
8. It is not necessary that it follow the 5-7-5 syllable pattern, but each line should be short.

See also

• Junior high school activities