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April is…

April is…. National Poetry Month. Let’s learn about. haiku. What is Haiku?. A type of poetry that doesn’t rhyme It is 3 lines long Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables It usually describes one thing or moment (animal , season, person, place, etc.).

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April is…

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  1. April is… National Poetry Month Let’s learn about haiku

  2. What is Haiku? • A type of poetry that doesn’t rhyme • It is 3 lines long • Line 1: 5 syllables • Line 2: 7 syllables • Line 3: 5 syllables • It usually describes one thing or moment (animal, season, person, place, etc.)

  3. Featured haiku:Prelutsky, Jack. If Not for the Cat. 2004.

  4. For each poem… • Listen / read the haiku. • Count the syllables. • Decide what animal you think the haiku is about. • HAVE EVIDENCE to support your thinking! bonus: Write your own haiku! Check the “visual” links in our catalog for helpful websites.

  5. What animal is this? What is your evidence? We are wrinkled hulks With astonishing noses. Our ears block the sun.

  6. What animal is this? What is your evidence? When I raise my tail, Expressing my displeasure, Even wolves make tracks.

  7. What animal is this? What is your evidence? I have no hatchet And yet I fell a forest. My teeth are my tools.

  8. What animal is this? What is your evidence? Raucously we caw. Your straw men do not fool us. We burgle your corn.

  9. What animal is this? What is your evidence? Don’t think about it – Just leave the vicinity If you hear my tail.

  10. Looking for more poetry? Non-fiction section 811

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