Haiku and you!Miss Svestka’s 2nd grade class

About Haiku

First appeared in JapanCreated by Matsuo BashoMeans “starting a verse of a

verse chainShortest form of a poem in the

world

About Haiku

Modern form was made in 1890’s

Usually include a “season word”

What a Haiku looks like

Usually about nature17 syllables3 lines5 syllables on first line, 7 syllables

on second line, 5 syllables on last line.

Review of Syllables

Exactly- 3 syllablesNature-2 syllablesTomorrow- 3 syllablesAutumn- 2 syllables

Haiku to help you remember

I am first with 5

Then 7 in the middle

5 again to end.

Haiku Example

Green speckled legs

Hop on logs and lily pads

Splash in cool water

Is this a haiku?

Haiku example

In a pouch I grow

On a southern continent

Strange creatures I know

Is this a Haiku?

Haiku Example

I look up at the sky and see

Big, fluffy, white clouds

What do I see in the clouds?

Is this a Haiku?

Haiku Example

Drawing on the sidewalk

Playing on the playground

Summer is my favorite season.

Is this a haiku?

Differences between Haiku and other poems

Haiku do not rhymeHaiku are very short, meant to catch

a glimpse in time

Now you try!

Fall

The leaves are changing

Children are going to school

It’s finally fall!

Now you try!

Rain

Water from the sky

Falls on to my rooftop

And puts me to sleep

Review

Haiku have 3 linesUsually about nature5 on first line, 7 on second line, 5 on

last lineDoesn’t have to rhyme!

Begin your own Haiku!

Works Cited History of Haiku was found at http://

www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson014.shtml and http://www.haiku-plus.de/englisch/haiku-e.html

Haiku examples and “Haiku to help you remember” were found at http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm

Additional Haiku examples by Arianna Svestka

All pictures are from Microsoft Word Clip Art