Haiku-Teaching-Powerpoint

1. Writin
g
Haiku

2. What is a Haiku?
• Haiku doesn’t rhyme.
5 syllables in first line
7 syllables in middle line
5 syllables in final line
• A form of poetry from Japan with a very short lines
and with a specific pattern
• Usually has to do with nature.
• Consist of three lines.
• Its name is generally translated as “good
words”.

3. Example of Haiku
An old silent pond,
A frog jumps into the pond,
Splash! Silence again.
What makes this a
Haiku?
Haiku has 3 lines.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Haiku has a specific syllable patterns.
5 syllables in first line.
7 syllables in second
line.
5 syllables in third line.

4. Lively children play
among the cherry blossoms
in the old graveyard.

5. After coming out
to close the gate, I end up
listening to frogs.

6. Sensory Details in
Haiku Poetry
• The poem describes what can be seen, heard,
smelled, tasted or felt.
• Sensory details can create a specific mood or feeling
in the poem.

7. Example of sensory details in
Haiku poems
The smell of roses
Sweet and fragrant in the breeze,
A garden in bloom.

8. Summer
Let’s have a go!
How can we write a haiku?
holiday
hot
beach
sunshine flowers
ice-cream
swimming fun
games
warm
sea
sand
First, we need to choose a theme.

9. Summer
Next, we choose two or three ideas which
will flow together.
hot holiday
beach
sunshine flowers
ice-cream sea
swimming fun
games
warm sand

10. Summer
Holidays are here.
We can go to the sea side.
Hot sand and the cool sea.
Now we have our ideas, let’s try to fit them into the 5-7-5 syllable format.
You might have to alter words or phrases slightly fit the pattern.

11. Let’s have a go!
You could write a haiku about the seasons, or about an animal or plant.
The choice is yours!

12. How many lines does
Haiku have?
Three

13. How many syllables
are there in each line?
5-7-5

14. Haiku is generally
translated as?
Good words

15. Instructions: TRUE or FALSE. Write “HAI” if the statement
is correct and write “KU” if the statement is wrong.
1. Haiku consist of three lines.
2. Haiku was originalized from China.
3. The first line of haiku consists of seven syllables.
4. Haiku is generally translated as bad words.
5. Haiku gives the reader a brand-new experience of a
well-known situation.
6. Haiku is a form of poetry which cannot be written.
7. Kigura are the seasonal theme of haiku.
8. Haiku poems describe anything.
9. The second line of haiku consists of seven syllables.
10.Haiku is a fourteen-syllable verse form.