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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome! Lesson PlanJapanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome! Lesson Plan
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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!

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Students explore the structure and content of the Tanka form and to arrive at a definition of the structure in English. They analyze a tanka to determine its structure and intent and compose two Tanka; one in traditional form and one non-traditional.

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japanese poetry, japanese culture

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japanese poetry, tanka, english language arts
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Grade
9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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