haiku momma

April, Thanks for a great teching demo.

Poetry/ nature/ diversity all rolled into...

I took the idea straight home, and Adrienne started composing Haiku. She has two to speak of (she, too, broke the rules on her second try, You go Girl!).

She wants to teach the art to Adzuki our 8 yr old.

It's having an impact. Thanks Tad and fam...

April's Teaching Demo

Great job, April! You did a nice job teaching about haiku. I like to use haiku with my students as well--it seems to be a "safe" poetry format that doesn't make them shake at the knees. Maybe it's just the simplicity of them that they find comforting. I think it's a great way to teach vocabulary because the haiku format requires students to think about what words will work the best, both to convey a message and to meet the syllable requirements of the form. It was a fun lesson.

Cyndi's Haiku

Enchantment, Wonder
Appalachia Mountain Home
People, Places, Land

Smooth her hair falls free -
windswept leaves that tease the trees
She's the fallen leaves.

~April

Enjoy :)

On the ground a branch
filled with rot, decay, and death
life revealed below

Tawn's Haiku

Sounds involved in flight
Softly, silently winging
The owl's prey surprised

Ann's Haiku

Warm, moist heat hitting

my face like a wall everywhere.
I miss central air.