Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  If you have not turned in your children's book, see me today!

1. Prompt:  Write about what you see on the handout you receive.

            2-Group Prompt-- What Do You See?

   
2. Haiku
A Haiku is three lines. 
The traditional haiku has 
5 syllables in the first 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


Way out in the wild
The willow trees are blowing
Softly in the wind.
        -- Lee Caldwell

An old pond!                            

A frog jumps in --                   

The sound of water.                

                           -- Matsuo Basho 

Erased art leaves lines
like ghosts left to haunt the page
and the next new sketch

            --found online


Here is a honku:                                    

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

Sharp turn to the right --        

60-ounce Super Big Gulp        

winds up in my shoe.                

               -- http://www.honku.org/faves.shtml

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.

Here is another school haiku:

Teachers don’t like me
Because I am a loud mouth.
Should I stay that way?
    -- Adam Rose

With Mothers' Day coming up, here is one for a mom:

 Mother, always there,                          [5 syllables]

     Listening to my woes and joys,           [7 syllables]

     The one I turn to.                           [5 syllables]

And there is Hipster Haiku:

Hot sun bears down on
my thin pale arms. And it burns.
Where’s my hoodie?

My black framed glasses
Square and thick with clear lenses
have no prescription. 

     -- Blake Porter

Writing Prompt:  Introducing the  Haiku Contest!

Part 1: Time for zombie haiku.  Try writing some of your own.  The best ones about zombies will win small  prizes!  These are due by the end of class on April 22.   Write at least two to earn your grade.  

Part 2 of the Haiku contest is for traditional or other haiku that are not about zombies.  Write at least two to earn your grade. The best ones will win small  prizes!  These are also due by the end of class on April 22.  

The pattern for haiku is 

3 lines:

5 syllables

7 syllables

5 syllables

(Tales of Ba Sing Se)  12:57 iTunes  Notice that once he falls into the school, Sokka speaks in haiku.

Here are some Zombie haiku samples, by my teacher friend, Joe Anson: 

“let’s give her a hand”—

zombie’s attempt to find a

snack for his daughter

hand and foot in mouth

is a meal for young zombies

not another plague

watching The Walking

Dead reminds zombies of old

fam’ly videos

rude teenage rebel

learned painful lesson; she told

zombie, “Just bite me.”

the hunger games are

undeniably zombie’s

favorite pastime

Haiku

Haiku -- and a Reluctant Fourth Grader

3.  More Hormone Jungle