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Curated OER

Hurricanes-Disasters In the Making

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the proper methods for plotting hurricanes while developing their understanding of hurricanes by researching and gathering tracking data from technological sources. Students develop a newsletter about hurricanes,...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: You Too Can Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here's a creative lesson for students to examine various haikus, and Japanese culture, then write their own haiku poem, and illustrate it using watercolors! Provides plenty of links to more information, a thorough explanation of the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The World of Haiku

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A productive, technologically relevant site that provides a lesson plan on the Japanese Haiku. Complete with educational objectives and extensive student-centered lesson development.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Haiku Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this whiteboard activity by SMART, students will learn what a Haiku poem is, where Haiku poems originated and how to create their own Haiku poems.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! Class Book of Picturesque Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons about haiku using "One Leaf Rides the Wind" by Celeste Davidson Mannis as an introduction and model. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
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Other

In the Moonlight a Worm Haiku Homepage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn the form, inspiration and spirit of haiku poetry and learn to write it yourself. An in-depth discussion of the philosophy behind haiku, as well as the literary structure.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing, Reading, and Understanding Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on different aspects of poetry: definitions, types of poetry with examples, and how to read, write, and analyze poetry. It includes three videos: a YouTube video of "El Guante" performing a free verse poem, a...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Japanese Poetry Tanka? You're Welcome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A poem "which expresses a personal response to nature," the tanka is a form of Japanese writing very similar to the haiku. This lesson plan is a great extension to any study or exploration of Japanese art, culture, and writing. Included...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Can You Haiku?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Informative lesson for students concerning the writers, descriptions, and characteristics of the haiku. Also allows students to create their own original haiku.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Haiku Starter

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A printable, two-page graphic organizer to help students brainstorm ideas and write a rough draft of a haiku. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Haiku as a Cultural Icon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These detailed lesson plans let students research about Shiki and Haiku, compose on their own poetry, and learn about Japanese culture.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Seasonal Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This site is a three-part instructional activity that teaches young scholars how to write and depict seasonal imagery through haiku. Students study, listen to, and create original haiku on colored backgrounds.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Selected Haiku by Issa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Japanese form of poetry known as haiku. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, the poet Robert Hass reads a short collection of amusing, often ironic haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. [1:32]
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Read, Write, and Analyze Poetry (Haiku and Free Verse Poetry)

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on poetry; it defines free verse and haiku, explains how to write each, and provides examples. It offers a slideshow which provides tips for beginners on how to read poetry, how to identify types of poetry, and how...
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abcteach

Abcteach: How to Haiku [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Wonderful printable haiku form that explains how to write one and leaves room for learners to write their own.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Oceans: A Sensory Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson plan, students use the ocean and their five senses as inspirations to create their own unique haikus. Lesson provides assessment criteria and a list of sources.
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Other

Lesson Plan: Writing a Haiku

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Check out this instructional activity on haiku that includes samples by Richard Wright. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational tool.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Technology Haiku

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the "Technology Haiku" by John P. Curtin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Teach Kids How to Write Haiku

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article defines Haiku poetry and offers a step-by-step method of teaching students to write a Hailu and ideas for publication when they are completed.
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TES Global

Tes: Forms of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These Several lessons provide students with an understanding with different types of writing forms: calligram, cinquain, diamante, haiku, and narrative.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetic Form and Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This online lesson makes use of concrete poems to teach the structure and form of poetry. Uses a "Columbus Day," theme for the lesson, but can be used any time of the year.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Playing Around With Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students listen to and read various texts using figurative language including a ballad, poetry (Haiku, Cinquain, Limmerick) and rap music. They discuss language, meaning and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to...
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Unit Plan
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Poetry in Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Wonderful multicultural/diversity poetry unit created by a Queens high school teacher. Students explore poetry from different cultures, including their own (in English and/or their native language).
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PBS

Pbs Parents: Creativity Haiku

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Using this activity students can test their understanding of language and poetry by creating a Haiku using the word tiles in the box. Teachers and parents check out the interact, understand and expand buttons for more activities.

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