poetry

1. 8P20
Week 16
Poetry

2. Sakai Resources
 Go to – “Useful web links”:
 Funny Poetry for Children
 Instant Poetry Forms
 Magnetic Poetry
 PoetryTeachers.com
 Rhyme Rehab

3. Haiku
 Line 1: 5 syllables
 Line 2: 7 syllables
 Line 3: 5 syllables

4. Haiku for winter
Frosty winter’s day
Bare white limbs on creaking trees
Imperfection, grace

5. Haiku for Sochi
Four years in coming
Don’t disappoint us, Sochi
Peace in and peace out
http://victorialynn.hubpages.com/hub/Poem-to-Pray-for-
Peace-in-Sochi-the-Winter-Olympics-2014

6. Haiku and Social Media
 http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/sochihaiku-
hashtag-shows-anger-at-olympics-and-russia
#SochiHaiku Hashtag Shows Anger At Olympics
And Russia

7. Chris Hadfield Tweet from
Space
 Original tweet: “Mining town in northern China – the
open pits gleam with blue from space”
 As haiku poem:
Northern China mines (5)
Open pits gleam blue from space (7)
Rich reserves of ore (5)

9. iPad App
 Pic Collage
 Select a Chris Hadfield tweet from space
 Rewrite it to fit the haiku form
 Conduct any research needed to clarify the tweet
 Using Pic Collage:
 Select appropriate online images and arrange as a collage
 Select a background
 Type the haiku into a text box
 Save to photos