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Paper Cranes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Paper folding is a great art form that can be incorporated into cultural, mathematic, and art lessons. This resource includes the full instructions needed to fold a paper crane, as well as a Haiku poetry idea. Tip: This activity would be...
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Lesson 1 - Expressing Ourselves in Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write Haiku poetry as they learn to express themselves in writing. In this written expression lesson, students use the writing process to develop their ideas in poetic form. They write about a picture or object that they bring...
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Haiku

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Haiku. In this Haiku lesson, 6th graders explore the history of the poetry form. Students also examine the structure the Japanese poetry as they read examples. Students write their one Haiku.
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write haiku poems on leaf paper.
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Haiku Straw Painting

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore haiku poetry, have the experience of writing a haiku, and make an ink painting to enhance the haiku.
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Haiku - Poetry of the Samurai Warrior

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the Samurai and their Haiku Writings. Students use internet research to gather information about the ancient Japanese Samurai. The students then create individual Haiku writings, and a cultural day is designated when...
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Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore poetry by Issa. In this haiku lesson, students discuss and list the attributes of Japanese haiku as the read poetry by Issa. Young scholars write their own haiku following the criteria presented.
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Haiku Poems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study haiku poems. In this poetry lesson, 8th graders write two haikus containing the standard 5-7-5 syllables content about things they enjoy within nature.
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Poetry III--Haiku Writing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create and solve haiku riddles.  In this haiku writing activity, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration.  Students write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.
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Haiku Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write their own haiku poem after a lesson on the history and format of a haiku. For this poetry lesson plan, 3rd graders write a haiku with the correct lines and symbols.
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Japanese Haiku and the American Experience

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the history to Haiku Poetry. They read classical haiku to comprehend their special sensibility and form. Students encounter the Buddhist philosophical background of this poetry and its roots. They write original...
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What Is Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the study of poetry while focusing on Haiku as a format. They practice reading a variety of different pieces of literature in order to increase exposure. Students discuss the author's...
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Haiku: Observation and Writing in the Japanese Garden

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students observe a Botanical Gardens. Upon returning to the classroom, students write their own Haiku based on their observations.
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The Nature of Haiku Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students brainstorm elements of nature art prints and photos. They identify the syllable count of Haiku and take a nature walk. They write Haiku poems while practicing the use of simile, alliteration, metaphor, and analogy to describe...
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Months of the Year In Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students type Haiku poetry using AppleWorks, including special holidays or events and famous Americans for the month about which they choose to write.
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Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the Japanese literature, music and art. Pupils discuss the culture of Japan. While listening to Japanese music, they write and illustrate a Haiku. Students are given the opportunity to create origami.
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Video Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students write Haiku poetry and illustrate their poems with a form of digital or video technology. For this poetry and technology lesson, students study examples of haiku poetry and then write their own poem. Students use digital cameras...
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Haiku Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a movie to illustrate an original haiku poem in this upper-elementary school, Language Arts instructional activity utilizing technology. The instructional activity meets state standards for Language Arts and includes a...
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Show Don't Tell

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review the Show Don't Tell method of writing haiku poetry. They practice distinguishing poetic language from academic language and create poems based on images, not explanations.
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Nurture Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a poetry book.  In this poetry lesson, students write a cinquain poem, name poem, haiku, limerick, and preposition poem.  
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. For this haiku lesson, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku poem and write...
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Cloud Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Students will...
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Indian Reservation Haiku Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine and write about the relocation of Native Americans to Indian reservations. They view and discuss primary source photographs, brainstorm for details and emotions in a small group, and write a Haiku poem about the...
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Haiku: An Introduction to Writing and Discussing Poetic Form

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are introduced to the vocabulary that is acceptable and unacceptable in writing a haiku. Individually, they are given a set of instructions in which to write their haiku and discuss how these limitations have affected...

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