1. Revealing part of your identity through haiku I am nobody A red sinking autumn sun Took my name away By: Richard Wright

2. The Haiku… Thoughts and Questions… Share the visual images you see within the haiku. What types of images represent nobody and name away. What do the adjectives red sinking autumnrepresent? What do you think Wright is revealing about his identity? Share some ideas on how to reveal yourself through the haiku. I am nobody A red sinking autumn sun Took my name away

3. Rite of Passage Connection Create a haiku about yourself (autobiographical) Your haiku should follow the 5-7-5 syllable structure Your haiku should be both revealing and mysterious Ms. Cruz’s example Like the sea, she breathes A calm surge plots and bellows Opponents bubble

4. Make your identity haiku pay! The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for Grades 7-12 Deadline: In hand by March 25, 2011. Entries received after that date will not be accepted. Eligibility: Any student in grades 7 through 12 enrolled in school as of September 2010 may enter. Regulations: Submit up to three haiku per student. All haiku must be previously unpublished, original work, and not entered in any other contest or submitted elsewhere for publication. Submissions: Each haiku must be on three separate 3" x 5" cards. The haiku must appear on the front of each card; your name, address, age, grade level, and school (please include the school address) must appear on the back of (only) one of the cards for each haiku. All winners will be notified. Winning haiku and commentaries will appear in Frogpond. Do not use staples for any purpose. Entry fee: None. Submit entries to: Tony VirgilioNick Virgilio Haiku Association1092 Niagara RdCamden, NJ 08104-2859. Adjudication: Judges named by the HSA. Awards: Six haiku will be selected and each awarded $50. The winning haiku and list of winners will be published in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site. Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication. Correspondence: Please keep a copy of your haiku; entries cannot be returned.

5. State Standards (FL) The student will: LA.1112.4.1.1 write in a variety of expressive and reflective forms that uses a range of appropriate strategies and specific narrative techniques, employs literary devices, and sensory description; and LA.1112.4.1.2 incorporate figurative language, emotions, gestures, rhythm, dialogue, characterization, plot, and appropriate format.

6. Thank you… Wright Connection scholars! Powerpoint created by Marisol Cruz, July 2010