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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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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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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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TES Global

Tes: Forms of Poetry: Haiku. Theme of Winter: Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn about the form of a haiku. Students will read several examples of haikus and then write their own haikus about the topic of Christmas or New Year's Eve.
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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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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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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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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Garden Vocabulary: Haiku [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A mini-unit on haiku where students learn about and write haiku inspired by Japanese gardens. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but this is not essential.
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Other

Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
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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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Website
Other

Pumpkin Patch: A Collection of Pumpkin Poetry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An awesome collection of student-generated poetry about pumpkins. The site is fully illustrated with student work.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Seasonal Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This site is a three-part lesson that teaches students 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: Lesson Plan: Grades 7 12: Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan, based on the work of the Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, that explores the haiku form of poetry. Students will learn features of a haiku, identify features within Issa's work, and write an original haiku. The lesson plan...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Japanese Poetry Haikus, Tankas, and Lanturnes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the differences between Haiku, Tanka, and Lanturne poetry. Students will be able to create their own poems by using the steps given to write each poem. Students will also review...
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Website
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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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 students to write their own.
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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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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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