The document discusses poetry and different poetry activities for a week 12 class. It includes summaries of haiku poems, instructions for students to write and illustrate their own haiku poem, and activities where students share and discuss poems in pairs and groups. Examples of slam poetry, spoken word poetry, and youth poets are provided as additional resources. Students are also instructed to fill in the blanks of a poem about being alive with descriptive phrases.
2. Poetry
• “From the simplest lyric to the most complex
novel and densest drama, literature is asking
us to pay attention.”
• Frederich Buechner
3. Haiku
An old silent pond.
Into the pond a frog jumps
Splash! Silence again.
Basho
4. Framing a Moment
• Find a scene, object, moment and “frame” it.
Capture its essence in a haiku poem (5/7/5)
• Write your haiku on the paper provided.
Illustrate it if you wish and sign it (if you wish)
• Post your haiku on the bulletin board
• If you finish early peruse the books of poetry
on the tables. All available from IRC
5.
6. Sharing Poetry
. Find someone at another table and share the
poem you brought.
Explain why you chose it
. Now the two of you find a second pair.
Share your partner’s poem with the new pair
and explain why your partner liked it.
Add any thoughts of your own.
9. Being Alive
Being alive is _____ing ___________
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That’s being alive.
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That’s being alive.
10. Being Alive
Being alive is opening a Christmas gift and
discovering tickets to Europe
Turning a corner in Paris and spotting the Eiffel
Tower
Finding the perfect art book for my son in a tiny
Parisian store
That’s being alive
Editor's Notes
Read Beuchner Feb 20 (Listening to Your Life) re framing experiences
