Lesson Plan #2
Duration: 2 days
Objectives:
Students will recall information about deserts and desert types.
Students will be able to explain the history and characteristics of Haiku poetry.
Students will create original haikus.
Students will be able to use KidPix to illustrate a piece of Haiku.
Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Computer Projector
KidPix software program
Information Sheet about Haiku history and characteristics
Haiku poetry samples
Key Vocabulary :
Haiku: an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively, usually about nature.
Day 1
Procedures:
1. Introduce Haiku poetry to students. Read several examples of Haiku poetry. Ask students to look for similarities and differences among the poems. Have them compare their observations of Haiku to traditional poetry. Discuss the history and characteristics of Haiku poetry.
History and General Characteristics of Haiku Poetry Handout
For more information on Haiku Poetry follow this link to The Art of Haiku Poetry.
To assess student understanding of Haiku, use this questionnaire.
Haiku Questionnaire Haiku Questionnaire Answer Sheet
Have students close their eyes and imagine themselves walking through the woods, lying in the grass, walking through a field, and so on. Create a list on the board of how the students are feeling about the nature around them. Show students examples of Haiku and use a computer projector to demonstrate writing Haiku using the Create your own Haiku website.
Home Learning:
Students will write their own original Haiku about deserts.
Day 2
Procedures:
1. Have students type and illustrate their Haiku on the computer using KidPix. After the students have created their individual Haiku illustrations in KidPix, the teacher will then combine the slides into one class Haiku presentation (using KidPix slide show).
Instructions for creating a KidPix slide show can be found at:
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/revesby/kpss.html.
Show slide show to the class.
Print out the presentation and make a class book of Haiku for everyone to enjoy. The class book can be sent home with a different child each day to share with his or her family.
Assessment:
Observe students' participation during the class discussion about the history of Haiku. Does each student's piece of Haiku follow the correct format?
Useful Internet Resources:
*North
Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Contains information about Haiku history and characteristics.
http://art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/japan/haiku.htm
*Create your own pseudo-Haiku poetry
Create your own Haiku from drop-down menus.
http://lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haicreate.html
*Japanese Haiku
Student Haiku samples with accompanying pictures.
http://k12.albemarle.org/MurrayElem/Projects/langarts/haiku/japanintro.html
*How to make a Kid Pix slide show
http://schools.ash.org.au/revesby/kpss.html
