March 11, 2008

March 11, 2008
Students received a tape-in about cinquains. They taped it on the back of the last page used in the notebook and wrote at least three types of cinquains.
See the pink hand-out.

We also looked a Haiku and Honku, and students each wrote a haiku or honku. If you go to The Tales of Ba Sing Se, and look for the "Tale of Sokka," you'll hear many haiku!
Find this at http://www.nick.com/turbonick/index.jhtml?searchTerm=Avatar or on YouTube.
A Haiku is three lines. The traditional haiku has 5 syllables in the line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third. Traditional haiku is about nature, but there are haiku poems about other topics. For instance, the "honku" is about driving in traffic.
YOU WILL WRITE ONE HAIKU OF ANY OF THE TYPES, BUT MAKE SURE IT HAS THREE LINES THAT FOLLOW THE 5 SYLLABLE, 7 SYLLABLE, 5 SYLLABLE PATTERN.

Here is a traditional haiku:

As simple as that --
spring has finally arrived
with a pale blue sky.
-- Issa

Here is a honku:

Impatient Hummer
honking, speeding, ruining
a weekend morning.
-- Aaron Naparstek

And here is a "redneck" haiku:

Well-dressed trailer trash
will have muumus and flip-flops
in matching colors
-- Mary K. Witte

And this is a school haiku by an A.F. student"

A.F. Junior High
has crowded halls with backpacks
and lots of people.
--Adrian G.