Objectives
- Students will learn how to write a haiku.
- Students will practice their reading comprehensions skills.
Materials
- Pencils
- Paper
- Copies of the Haiku Handout
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and/or the rest of the Harry Potter books.
Procedures
- Distribute the Haiku Handout to students.
- Go over sections 1, 2 and 3 of the handout together.
- Count the syllables in the sample poems together (either as a class or in small groups).
- Have students write their own haiku using the template at the bottom of the handout.
- Break the class into partners and have students check each other's work by counting the syllables in each line.
- Give students time to edit their poems.
- Have students share their poems with the class.
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Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.
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