Haiku - You're a Poet If You Know It

Haiku - You're a Poet If You Know It

Let's see how well you know it.

Haiku 俳句

More modern Haiku poems aren't all about nature.

They can have any theme you like.

As long as they follow the line and syllable rules, they can even be funny!

Haiku 俳句

• Haiku is a Japanese art form

• It is a type of short form poetry

• Traditional Haikus are usually about nature

• The rule for writing a Haiku are based on syllables

• Follow rule of 5-7-5 Syllable

• Have 3 Lines

Multiple Choice

Haiku is a kind of ________ poem.

• Japanese

• Chinese

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What is a common theme for Haikus?

• Lemons

• Pencils

• War

• Nature

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How many lines are in a haiku

• 7

• 3

• 5

• 2

Haiku 俳句

• How many lines are in this poem?

• Count the syllables in the first line

• Count the syllables in the second line

• Count the syllables in the third line

Syllables

• Syllables are chunks or beats of sound

• All words are made of syllables

• Some words, like toy, have 1 syllable

• All syllables have a vowel (or vowel sound, like y)

• The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary has 19 syllables!

Multiple Choice

What is the syllable pattern in a Haiku?

• 3-3-3

• 7-5-7

• 4-3-8

• 5-7-5

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How many total syllables are there in a Haiku?

• 17

• 5

• 7

• 20

Multiple Choice

Which line is missing a syllable?

Butterflies hatch

Bees drink the juice from flowers

Bees fly everywhere

• Line 1

• Line 2

• Line 3

• Lines 1 and 3

Multiple Choice

Guess the animal of this Haiku:
Flower visitors 
Busy, buzzing in the field 
Black and yellow stripes 

• Zebra
• Fly
• Bee
• Butterfly 

Multiple Choice

Complete the Haiku:
^{An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow,}

• My boat suddenly, sinks.
• I'm free to ride the waves.
• the sea welcomes me.
• I hear the ocean calling. 

Multiple Choice

Which is a haiku?

• little brothers are

  little bits of annoying

  how annoying is mine?

• lemons like to laugh

  over funny grapes and cows

  lemons are silly

• even though

  I am 3

  I still like to eat

• purple cows and I

  eat grapes in the prairy

  life is so much fun

Multiple Choice

Which one is a haiku?

• What is a haiku?

• Green trees are pretty

  They help the enviroment

  do you like green trees?

• I love my cat

  Her name is Serinety

  She loves to cuddle

• Space is very cool

  It has a lot of planets

  Earth is my very favorite

Multiple Choice

How many total syllables are there in a Haiku?

• 17

• 5

• 7

• 20

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Which could be the second line of a haiku?

• Warm sun shining down

• White sandy beaches

• Fish going for a swim

• Waves crash on the sandy shore

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Which could be the first line of a haiku? 

• Pretty blossoms
• Blossoms blowing in the air
• Beautiful blossoms
• Pretty blossoms dancing

Multiple Choice

Is this Haiku?

I count the morning

stars the air so sweet I turn

riverdark with sound.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this Haiku?

I count the morning

stars the air so sweet I turn

riverdark with sound.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this Haiku?

I count the morning

stars the air so sweet I turn

riverdark with sound.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this Haiku?

The dry leaves whisper

Telling stories to themselves

In a gust of wind

• Yes

• No