Today during 3rd period, please read further in the book Haiku Guy. As you read, please complete the following task:
AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER you read with your group, select one or two group members to share one of his/her haiku. Keep going around your circle, reading a chapter, then sharing haiku until all group members have shared at least one haiku.
Together as a group vote for your favorite top 3 haiku. Write these haiku on an index card and hand in to Mr. Craddock at the end of period 3.
Period 4: After our discussion, continue to compose haiku today and through the break. Keep writing in your journal. Post sample haiku on your blogs, share them with friends/family, enter them into upcoming contests.
Some summer Kigo:
Summer solstice, summer evening, summer morning, slow day, short night, summer fog, lightning, sudden shower, summer dew, cloud peaks, scorching/blazing sun, bare feet, awning, sunburn, sunglasses, ice tea, sweat, cactus flower, summer grove, lake, fly, swatter, carnation, marigold, gardenia, moth, cicada, perfume, waterfall, fan, independence day, weeding, blue cornflower, honeysuckle, cherry, strawberries, blackberries, sunflower, snapdragon, potato, carrots, melons, lotus
Some spring Kigo:
balmy night, departing spring, tranquility, vernal equinox, lengthening days, muddy road, melting snow, lingering snow, slush, thin mist, haze, moon, flood, Memorial Day, Easter, Passover, kite, balloon, wild geese returning, any baby animal, nightingale, hawthorn, pussy willow, tulip, snow drop, plum blossom, cherry blossom, violet, Mother's Day, April Fool's Day
Some autumn Kigo:
Lingering summer, short day, wild geese, crows, woodpecker, red dragonfly, raking/burning leaves, rose of sharon, BBQ, pomegranate, pumpkin, fallen leaves, shrike (bird), black cat, mushroom gathering, gleaning, harvest, corn field, deer, Labor Day, Halloween
Use the time in lab to write and compose haiku.
HOMEWORK: Please complete Haiku Guy over the break.
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